Brad Knott has overwhelmingly won the Republican primary runoff for the 13th Congressional District in North Carolina. Knott won the nomination over Kelly Daughtry on Tuesday. Daughtry had received the most votes among 14 candidates in the initial March 5 primary, but she didn’t reach the th…
The $1 billion package is the first arms shipment to Israel since the U.S. held back thousands of bombs earlier this month to keep Israel from using them in Rafah.
The Justice Department has determined that Boeing violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft. It is now up to the Justice Department to weigh whether to file charges against the aircraft maker. Glenn Le…
There was no witness-stand bombast or fireworks from Michael Cohen, a man who was defined for years by his braggadocio as Donald Trump’s problem-zapper.
Investigators discovered the Dali suffered a blackout some 10 hours before leaving the port, raising new questions about the deadly bridge collapse that sent six people plunging to their deaths.
Eight TikTok content creators have sued the U.S. over the new federal law that would could ban the social media platform nationwide. Attorneys for the creators argued in the lawsuit that the law violates users’ First Amendment rights to free speech, echoing legal arguments made by TikTok in …
Millions of people this week will start to see summaries generated by AI technology at the top of the search engine's results page.
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Walmart is cutting hundreds of corporate jobs, ordering others to move to Bentonville.
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the central bank is unlikely to raise its key interest rate in response to signs of stubborn inflation and he underscored his view that price increases would soon start to cool again.
An anti-abortion activist who led others on an invasion and blockade of a reproductive health clinic in the nation’s capital has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison. Thirty-year-old Lauren Handy declined to address the court before a U.S. district judge sentenced her on Tuesday to four years and nine months in prison. Handy’s supporters applauded and called her a hero as she was led from the courtroom. Handy was among several people convicted of federal civil rights offenses for blockading access to the Washington Surgi-Clinic in October 2020. Prosecutors say a co-defendant accosted a woman who was having labor pains and prevented her from getting off the floor.
Storms that slammed several Southern states have added to the region’s recent string of weather-related destruction and death. A woman who was nine months pregnant was killed after Monday night’s storms knocked a tree into a home in Louisiana's West Baton Rouge Parish. Her unborn child did not survive. The severe weather threat Tuesday stretched from Tennessee to south Georgia. And authorities in Oklahoma say they found a man’s body in an area where they had been searching for one missing since a tornado May 6. Authorities previously said one person was killed in the twister.
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BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — Sullivan County commissioners discussed a variety of issues on Thursday during a work session meeting including whether to decrease the size of the commission.
The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office will hold its annual fallen officer memorial service on May 17.
A rupture of the pipe during pressure testing is the latest incident that has put nearby residents on edge.
For the past two decades, the Carter Fold has been the linchpin of The Crooked Road — the state-supported effort designed to lure tourism dollars into this region — and a destination for music fans of all ages.
A new state biennial budget does not include $800,000 originally earmarked for the Health Wagon, a Southwest Virginia medical provider.
Had the mandate been enacted, students would have had to take one course on race from a list of 12 as part of their general education requirements.
The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office will hold its annual fallen officer memorial service on May 17.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — Thousands of pounds of unused medications have been collected over the years at drug take back events in the Tri-Cities region, according to recent data.
Eighteen people were arrested on a variety of drug-related charges this week as part of a roundup in Buchanan County.
A Wytheville woman faces an array of charges for her actions during a traffic stop and subsequent pursuit.
A new state biennial budget does not include $800,000 originally earmarked for the Health Wagon, a Southwest Virginia medical provider.
BRISTOL, Tenn. – The Bristol Tennessee City Council heard about wage concerns and tax rates during a budget work session last week.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — Sullivan County commissioners discussed a variety of issues on Thursday during a work session meeting including whether to decrease the size of the commission.
The compromise avoids a showdown with Gov. Youngkin over modernizing Virginia's tax code and returning to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. It also sidesteps debate over electronic skill games.
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