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NEW BERN, N.C. -- When Mabrey Smith heard on Wednesday that President Donald Trump might pass by the used-car dealership he runs with his girlfriend here, he dug through his belongings and emerged with two lawn signs from ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A schoolmate of Christine Blasey Ford, the California psychology professor who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were in high school, backed Ford's claim ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Sen. Jeff Flake called out Donald Trump Jr. for making fun of the sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by comparing it to a grade-school crush.

"This is sickening. No one ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Town of Benson, about 33 miles south of Raleigh, is the latest North Carolina community to report that its sewage treatment plant discharged untreated waste water into the environment.

Meanwhile, ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Much of North Carolina returned to normal Wednesday, even as broad swaths of the state remained inundated and imperiled by floods spurred by Florence.

At the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry point in ...Read more

SEATTLE -- The international trade in illegal ivory is a $4 billion business, but the criminal organizations responsible are good at covering their tracks. They conceal elephant tusks in shipments of fish parts, falsify ...Read more

Glenn Weiss knows what makes good TV, and his Emmy Awards proposal on Monday definitely did just that.

The Oscars telecast director, who unexpectedly popped the question to girlfriend Jan Svendsen that night, stole the ...Read more

Mike Jackson, the 20-year CEO of AutoNation Wednesday announced his planned transition to executive chairman.

The company board will begin a search for a new CEO and president next year, he said.

In an interview on CNBC,...Read more

BEIJING -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Wednesday to shut down a nuclear missile testing and launch site in a development welcomed by President Donald Trump, raising hopes of a second meeting between the two ...Read more

Veteran puppeteer Frank Oz was pulled into the brewing Bert and Ernie debate on Tuesday. And though he declared that the "Sesame Street" characters are not gay, he softened his stance on the perception of the puppets and ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Andrew Gillum is leading Ron DeSantis in the governor's race, a poll released Wednesday found.

Democrat Gillum has a 6 percentage point lead over Republican DeSantis in the Reuters/Ipsos/...Read more

AUSTIN, Texas -- Cody Wilson, an Austin man whose fight over 3D-printed guns thrust him into the national spotlight, faces a charge of sexual assault, according to an arrest affidavit filed in Travis County district court ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump appeared to signal he might reconsider Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination if his accuser is believable in potential testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. But he also ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Evangelist Franklin Graham said sexual assault accusations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh from when he was a teenager are "not relevant" and that the U.S. Senate should confirm his ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Mike Johnson, who represents a vast swath of Louisiana's northwestern corner, accused California atheist groups of trying to spy on students at a school in his district by taking covert video.

"WARNING ...Read more

Could India eventually be the crown jewel in Netflix's streaming empire?

It might end up that way, according to a report from Guggenheim analyst Michael Morris. On Wednesday, Morris raised his target price on Netflix's ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Weather experts normally talk of rainfall predictions in terms of inches, but the effects Hurricane Florence had on North Carolina called for a different unit of measurement.

Prior to the storm's arrival,...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Wednesday that it's "very hard for me to imagine anything happened" between Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh and California professor Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused...Read more

MEXICO CITY -- It was a Barbie-themed birthday party most kids could only dream about, with carnival rides, hundreds of pink balloons and a theater-worthy set featuring gold chandeliers and a rose-colored throne.

The ...Read more

NEW BERN, N.C. -- Rick Dove is an environmental paparazzi operating at more than 1,000 feet above the ground.

A senior adviser with the Waterkeeper Alliance, he circles the floodwaters from Hurricane Florence in the back ...Read more