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After 16 seasons, two Olympic gold medals and three WNBA championships, Candace Parker announced her retirement from professional basketball on Sunday.
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Multiple tornadoes over several days leveled buildings and left a trail of damage in parts of the South and Midwest.
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Police took more than 250 protesters into custody in Arizona, Indiana, Massachusetts and Missouri this weekend, as the war in Gaza continues to embroil campuses across the nation.
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An organic seed company was distressed to learn it had marketed a GMO purple tomato by mistake. The incident raised alarm about the impact of new GMO plants.
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Louvre Director Laurence des Cars said her institution is looking at upgrading both the visitor experience surrounding the iconic painting as well as the museum overall.
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Now that Gov. Roy Cooper has checked expanding Medicaid off his gubernatorial to-do list, he has shifted his health care focus to the needs of North Carolina’s most vulnerable — the young, the old and the disabled — in his proposed spending plan for the coming fiscal year.
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Researchers have found that a warm, close bond with a sibling in early adult life is predictive of good emotional health later in life, with less loneliness, anxiety and depression.
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The French Iranian author and artist, best known for her graphic novel "Persepolis," edited and contributed to a new graphic anthology titled "Woman, Life, Freedom," inspired by Iran's recent protests.
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More than 7,000 Daimler Truck workers, most of them in North Carolina, had threatened to go on strike. The UAW says the workers will get raises of at least 25% plus cost of living allowances.
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United Methodist Church delegates have voted to allow different geographic regions to make their own rules about ministry. North Carolina Bishop Ken Carter weighs in on what this could mean for longstanding bans against same-sex marriage and gay clergy.