September 29, 2024, 1:54pm Nation & World
As Laurie Buckhout made her way around Nash County GOP headquarters in Rocky Mount, she seemed to be in high spirits. The Republican congressional candidate bounced around the crowded room, hugging and laughing with volunteers set to canvass local neighborhoods that afternoon. But a scandal emerging in North Carolina politics… Read story
September 29, 2024, 1:48pm Churches & Religion
When their church no longer felt safe, deacon Francisco Alvicio and his congregation made a plan. Cautiously, discreetly, they took their worship to their homes. Read story
September 29, 2024, 1:19pm Latest News
SpaceX celebrated the first human spaceflight from its Cape Canaveral launch site on Saturday, and while the two humans aboard the Crew Dragon Freedom are safely on their way to the International Space Station, a problem arose with the rocket’s second stage that prompted the company to shut down future… Read story
September 29, 2024, 1:19pm Latest News
John Ashton, the veteran character actor who memorably played the gruff but lovable police detective John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” films, has died. He was 76. Read story
September 29, 2024, 12:08pm Nation & World
A small team of volunteers spent a few hours scrambling across fire-ravaged mountainsides, planting hundreds of seedlings as part of a monumental recovery effort that has been ongoing following the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history. Read story
September 29, 2024, 12:05pm Latest News
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion and demanding that Catholic bishops stop covering up for predator priests — a scandal that has devastated the church’s credibility around the… Read story
September 29, 2024, 12:04pm Nation & World
Their costumes are put on with surgical precision: Floppy hats, foam noses, bright clothes, and a ukulele with multicolored nylon strings. Read story
September 29, 2024, 11:02am Churches & Religion
Shukran Karisa Mangi always showed up drunk at work, where he dug up the bodies of doomsday cult members buried in shallow graves. But the alcohol couldn’t numb his shock the morning he found the body of a close friend, whose neck had been twisted so severely that his head… Read story
September 29, 2024, 10:31am Nation & World
A “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun is coming. But only a lucky few will be in the path. The annular solar eclipse will be visible Wednesday over Easter Island and the tips of Argentina and Chile. Read story
September 29, 2024, 9:37am Latest News
The far-right Freedom Party had a lead over the governing conservatives in Austria’s election on Sunday and was well-placed for its first win in a national parliamentary vote, a projection showed. But its chances of governing were unclear. Read story
