One person died and nearly two dozen were injured when a car crossed the center line and plowed into a group of cyclists winding its way through a wooded, two-lane road outside of Raleigh on Saturday morning, November 7, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said. A North Carolina man, 76-year-old Donald Robert Morris-Jones, is … Read more
The United States abandoned plans for a group photograph of top diplomats from the world’s 20 largest economies on Friday, the opening day of talks, according to AP. The announcement comes after several European representatives objected to being pictured alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and threatened to boycott the photo session. The United States … Read more
Tom Burke, president of the Vietnam Veterans of America, said on Thursday that he was given wrong information before the group joined a legal brief supporting President Donald Trump’s planned arch. The 250-foot-tall arch is part of Trump’s plan to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States. The Vietnam Veterans of America says it … Read more
A message about an active shooter at Fort Bragg was allegedly sent out to personnel on October 27. The major military base is near Fayetteville, North Carolina and the alleged message comes on the anniversary of the mass shooting carried out there by William J. Kreutzer Jr. in 1995. A sign at Fort Bragg, N.C., … Read more
All seven defendants face wire fraud and arson-related federal charges. (FBI photo) Federal prosecutors in Louisiana charged seven people on Tuesday, in an alleged insurance fraud and arson scheme involving about 13 residential fires between 2019 and 2026. Authorities say the group rented homes, obtained insurance policies and then allegedly caused fires at the properties … Read more
A small group of Goulburn residents gathered around kitchen tables in late 2014 to discuss a simple idea: making their own clean electricity. Twelve years later, that discussion became Australia’s first community-owned solar farm paired with a large-scale battery. The 1.4-megawatt facility, backed by a four-megawatt-hour battery, officially opened on an old industrial site on … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel on Wednesday said its military killed Muhammad Abu Alwan, identified by Israel as the head of Hamas’ finance department, in a strike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed the killing in a joint statement, with Netanyahu also posting the … Read more
Life always has a purpose, and the fun part is that you get to decide it. You can spend a fine morning sleeping through it or volunteering your time for a purpose. For Jill Mather her retirement wasn’t going as planned. After decades of working 80-hour weeks in the restaurant business, she had dreamt of … Read more
Representative image from Canva In a quiet but decisive win for conservation, a 1,950-acre tract of South Carolina forest that once faced the threat of development has been permanently protected as part of Sumter National Forest. The Nature Conservancy purchased the land in 2023, held it while paperwork and funding were finalised, and has now … Read more
In 2007, a small hunger-relief effort in Southwest Florida began with a simple idea: bring people together to pack nutritious meals for communities facing food insecurity. Nearly two decades later, Meals of Hope has grown into a major nonprofit operation, with volunteers packing more than 100 million meals for families in need across the United … Read more