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North Carolina Education Lottery ticket sales surged to a record $6.6 billion last year, but the percentage of revenue transferred to public schools continued to decline, according to a new state audit released Monday.

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A North Carolina house fire reportedly killed the father of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin and critically injured his mother.

The Gaston County Office of Emergency Management and Fire Services said on Facebook that multiple ...Read more

More than a decade after a jailhouse snitch scandal rocked the Orange County district attorney's office and nearly upended the prosecution of the deadliest mass shooting in county history, federal officials announced they ...Read more

California civil liberties groups cheered a decision by the state Supreme Court that wipes out hundreds of dollars in fines for a reputed Mexican Mafia member — a move advocates say strengthens protections for indigent...Read more

A man was arrested for sending police on a wild goose chase by claiming he was shot inside a Manhattan subway station — only for investigators to determine his wound was self-inflicted, cops said Monday.

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Proponents can now begin collecting signatures for a measure that would prohibit children from using smartphones in schools and clamp down on artificial intelligence products, like certain chatbots, that could harm kids.

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President Donald Trump said the U.S. struck a facility inside Venezuela, in what would be a significant escalation in its campaign against alleged drug trafficking operations there.

“There was a major explosion in the ...Read more

Britney Spears has sent a sarcastic Christmas message to her family.

The 44-year-old pop star has previously been open about her turbulent relationship with her family, and Britney has taken to social media to pen a ...Read more

Cynthia Erivo doesn't "eat anything on planes" because she wants to preserve her voice.

The Wicked star has revealed the lengths she's goes to in order to look after her voice.

Cynthia, 38, told The Hollywood Reporter: "...Read more

Beyonce has achieved billionaire status.

The 44-year-old singer has become the fifth musician to be declared a billionaire by Forbes magazine, following in the footsteps of Jay Z, her husband, as well as Taylor Swift, ...Read more

As climate change continues to threaten California in 2025 — from devastating wildfires, declining kelp forests and struggling salmon runs to shrinking snowpack in the Sierra Nevada — the state has rolled out a range ...Read more

Kentucky will receive $212.9 million from President Donald Trump’s administration over the next five years to improve rural health care, state officials said Monday.

The money will be used to address stubborn, long-term...Read more

Venezuela started shutting wells in a region that holds the world’s largest deposits of oil in the face of a blockade by the Trump administration meant to financially squeeze the nation.

Petroleos de Venezuela SA began ...Read more

The Trump administration is announcing awards to states from a rural healthcare fund, with the threat that some of that money can be clawed back if jurisdictions fail to embrace policy initiatives backed by the president. ...Read more

A West Palm Beach woman is accused of strangling her 97-year-old mother the day after Christmas, telling detectives that the two had previously discussed ways to end the woman’s life as her mother struggled with health ...Read more

The chillier-than-usual temperatures that brought a cold-weather advisory early Monday won’t stay that way for much longer, according to the National Weather Service. The source for their eventual warmup: Yet another ...Read more

A Black Kansas City Police Department sergeant is suing the Board of Police Commissioners, alleging sex, race and disability discrimination in the workplace.

The suit, filed Dec. 10 in Jackson County Circuit Court, ...Read more

All they were trying to do was stay warm, friends and family said of the two unhoused individuals found dead in their tent in Fresno.

Fresno police responded to a call from an unhoused individual Friday afternoon at an ...Read more

The federal government is awarding Illinois $193 million next year to support rural healthcare — money that’s part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but not enough to make up for Medicaid cuts from the measure, state ...Read more

Telluride Ski Resort remained closed on Monday, as its ski patrollers spent their third day on strike.

The union, known as the Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association, walked off the job on Saturday — during the ...Read more