SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — President Donald Trump expressed satisfaction on Tuesday with the federal response to Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico, despite criticism that the government was slow to address the crisis and two weeks later much […]
The Wake Forest basketball team will play in the Paradise Jam as scheduled. The tournament just won’t be held in the Virgin Islands. Because of the damage suffered on the islands by hurricanes Irma and […]
Sept. 17, 1787 Signers in Philadelphia endorse federal Constitution On Sept. 17, 1787, a majority of delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia approved the U.S. Constitution, with North Carolina representatives William Blount, Richard Dobbs […]
CHICAGO — Toys ‘R’ Us Inc got court permission on Tuesday to borrow more than $2 billion to start paying suppliers so it can stock up on items like Lego building blocks and Barbie dolls […]
RALEIGH — Officials say that at the peak of Irma-related power outages approximately 77,000 N.C. homes and businesses were dark, and by noon on Tuesday 63,000 were still without power, mostly in the west and […]
FLORIDA CITY/MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — Florida allowed some residents to return on Tuesday to areas hammered by Hurricane Irma winds and storm surge, while the death toll rose in the second major hurricane to hit […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Tuesday scrapped a five-year-old program that allows 800,000 people illegally in the U.S. to stay without threat of deportation. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), enacted by executive […]
LOS ANGELES — Can LaVar Ball’s boastful antics and familial dramas draw a TV-size audience for Facebook? The first two episodes of “Ball in the Family” — a docu-series about LaVar Ball, his basketball whiz-kid […]
NEW YORK — Facebook launched its Watch video service to U.S. users today with plans to allow people to submit shows, as the No. 1 social media network vies with YouTube for advertising revenue. Advertisers […]
Aug. 30, 1983 Astronaut William Thornton and the Space Shuttle Challenger History was made on Aug. 30, 1983, as Faison native William Thornton barreled into space from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard the shuttle Challenger. Born in […]
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