Conditions are a mixed bag down east; extreme drought eased slightly to severe levels in Greene and Lenoir counties, but dry conditions worsened across Edgecombe, Halifax, Martin, and Bertie counties.

Transportation officials report that continuous ocean overwash destroyed 1,800 feet of protective dunes and undermined 800 feet of pavement near the Pea Island Visitor Center.

Pfizer has also notified state officials that it will fail to meet the job benchmarks required to claim $19.1 million in state tax incentives under a 2021 economic development agreement.

Oasis House will boffer second-phase transitional housing for up to eight women rebuilding their lives after escaping trafficking. The North Carolina General Assembly provided a $750,000 forgivable loan to anchor the project, leaving the organization to raise the remaining balance.

Hundreds of North Carolina A&T State University students marched to the polls Thursday for the second time since early voting began.

Luke Owens of Native Fine Diner has received an official Michelin recommendation, and Sam Jones BBQ in Winterville has retained its prestigious Bib Gourmand designation.

In this edition of Spacing Out, the team from Short Wave shares the latest developments in space science, including the theory on why the universe is made of matter

Cracking down on immigration has been the centerpiece of the Trump administration, but the government has limited the public's access to the numbers. A new study gives us a clearer picture.

Greensboro officials are rethinking the city's spending plans after state regulators raised concerns about its finances.

A study of a personalized vaccine combined with an existing immunotherapy found the treatment helped patients with melanoma avoid cancer recurrence. The combination trains the patient's immune system to go after cancer cells.

We talk with voters at a Texas high school football game at the tailgate, in line at the concession booth and in the stands to hear about the issues that matter to Texans this cycle.

The police officer involved in a shooting in Mississippi and killed a toddler has resigned a day after video of the incident was released.

Kaylub Giamanco, the father who shot the 16-year-old who opened fire on a Bend, Ore., elementary school and killed three kids and a teacher, shares what he wants people to know about his experience.

Russia is renewing familiar tactics in its efforts to influence American voters in the final run-up to Election Day, according to researchers and U.S. lawmakers

You Can See Everything, isn't a straightforward documentary. NPR tech reporter Bobby Allyn and pop culture critic Linda Holmes discuss what they took away from the film by comedian Nathan Fielder.

Israel's Prime Minister is vowing to launch a major military operation in the West Bank in response to an attack by two Palestinian gunmen on an Israeli military checkpoint that killed two soldiers.