ASHEVILLE and DURHAM The Festival of Lights began at sundown Saturday, but Hanukkah celebrations have taken place across the state throughout December.Despite Hanukkah not being a primary religious celebration for the Jewish community, Jewish […]
ANKARA, Turkey The Russian ambassador to Turkey was shot in the back and killed as he gave a speech at an Ankara art gallery on Monday by an off-duty police officer who shouted “Don’t […]
BERLIN A truck plowed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin on Monday evening, killing nine people and injuring up to 50 others, police said.German media, citing police at the scene, […]
RALEIGH N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory conceded his loss of the executive mansion to Attorney General Roy Cooper Monday. The concession speech came after weeks of hearings and investigations into allegations of voter fraud and […]
ASHEVILLE — Biltmore Estate is a North Carolina tourism powerhouse, and its Christmas at Biltmore is the site’s busiest time of the year. This year, 62 decorated trees — highlighted by the Banquet Hall’s 35-foot […]
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump is set to announce on Tuesday that he has chosen Republican U.S. Representative Tom Price, an orthopedic surgeon and vociferous critic of the Affordable Care Act, as health and […]
ASHEVILLE A 20-year-old Asheville man accused of murdering his neighbor and offering to pay someone to kill his own parents pleaded guilty Tuesday to plotting mass shooting attacks in the name of Islamic State.Justin […]
As the nation prepares to observe the Thanksgiving holiday, school children will hear the oft told tale of Native Americans coming to the rescue of the starving new European settlers of Plymouth in 1620, and […]
BEDMINSTER, N.J. – President-elect Donald Trump will hold a series of meetings on Sunday in New Jersey as he continues to put together a team for his incoming administration, Trump spokesmen said.They said Trump and […]
A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected R.J. Reynolds’ bid to void a decade-old order requiring tobacco companies to televise “corrective” advertisements about the dangers of smoking.The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Reynolds […]
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