May 2026

North Carolina’s child death rate is up 3% from 2005 to 2024, while the national rate has fallen 15% over the same time.

Kevin Guskiewicz comes to Clemson from Michigan State University, where he has been president since March 2024.

The Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday urged American corporations to condemn efforts to dilute Black voting strength, as Southern states eliminate congressional districts where most residents are Black.

Immigration advocates rallied outside the NC General Assembly urging lawmakers to oppose ICE detention expansion.

Tyrrell County Manager David Clegg says a constitutional amendment to limit property taxes would devastate his and other rural NC counties.

United States District Judge Louise Flanagan has set an October court date for former FBI director James Comey.

U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, who holds SC’s only reliably blue seat at the center of the redistricting fight, urged voters to keep their momentum.

A surge in voluntary departure agreements in immigration courts is raising concerns that Trump administration tactics are unfairly pressuring immigrants into leaving the United States, even if they have a legal right to stay.

The Environmental Protection Agency issued waivers this year to allow extended sales of the blend. E15, often sold at gas stations as Unleaded 88, will be widely available this summer as “the result of ongoing issues in the Middle East, among other events,” EPA said in a statement.

WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche argued in a court filing that a shooting Saturday in the vicinity of the White House further proves the need for an East Wing ballroom with “a heavy steel, drone proof roof, missile resistant and drone proof columns, bullet, ballistic, and blast proof glass,” among other features. Read…