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People dance during the BraveNation Powwow and Gather at UNC Pembroke, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Pembroke, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce)
Federal report due on Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina’s path to recognition as a tribal nation
Members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina are awaiting the release of a Department of the Interior report that could light a path for federal recognition as a tribal nation.
 
A Yemeni views the debris of a building after it was struck by U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo)
The White House security breach raises concerns among some military spouses and veterans
Some military spouses and veterans are questioning the White House’s handling of security after a journalist was accidentally added to a group chat about military strikes in Yemen.
 
An attendee takes a photo of the sign that was unveiled when Fort Liberty was rededicated as Fort Bragg during a ceremony on base, Friday, March 7, 2025, (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
Bragg to Liberty and back again: Ceremony to rechristen Army post once named for a Confederate
First it was Fort Bragg, named in honor of a Confederate general. Then it was Fort Liberty. Now, the North Carolina Army installation is officially Fort Bragg again, only this time in honor of a World War II paratrooper and Silver Star recipient from Maine.
 
The gravestone of Pfc. Roland L. Bragg is seen Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Nobleboro, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Fort Liberty may become Fort Bragg again, but named after a different soldier
Fort Liberty may become Fort Bragg again. The idea is getting mixed reviews. The North Carolina Army installation originally named for Confederate Gen.
 
A red wolf crosses a road on the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, March 23, 2023, near Manns Harbor, N.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
A North Carolina wildlife crossing will save people. Can it save the last wild red wolves too?
Red wolves once ranged far and wide across the U.S., helping them earn the nickname “America’s wolf.” But there are now thought to be fewer than 20 left in the wild.
 
Diversified Healthcare Services President/CEO Adam Khalifa reacts after seeing the damage from the Eaton Fire to The Terraces at Park Marino assisted living facility on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
‘Nobody’s dying': A look inside how a senior home evacuated before burning down in LA wildfire
As a menacing wildfire approached, staff and residents of a senior citizens home made a desperate escape for their lives. It quickly became apparent to the community that they were in for a long night.
 
Water sprays from a fire hydrant opened to release pressure in the Scott's Addition neighborhood of Richmond, Va., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly)
Clean tap water isn’t flowing in Virginia’s capital as residents find creative ways to cope
Frustrated residents of Richmond, Virginia, are finding ways to cope without tap water after a winter storm knocked out power to a facility earlier this week. Nerves are frayed in Virginia’s capital city while the system is being repaired.
 
A student checks a classmate's test during an American government class at the University of South Carolina Beaufort in Bluffton, S.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
Could YOU pass a citizenship test?
Immigrants seeking to become United States citizens have to show a working knowledge of the nation’s history and how the federal government functions. And they don’t get multiple choices. Could you pass even a dumbed-down citizenship test?
 
(AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
Do you know the 3 branches of US government? Many don’t, leading to a push for civics education
Many people think it’s time for a new push for civics instruction in college. A recent survey shows a third of people can’t name the three branches of government.
 
A house is damaged by a tornado spawned by Tropical Storm Debby in Wilson County, N.C. on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (Christopher Long/The Wilson Times via AP)
A deadly tornado, flooding rains and swollen rivers plague residents in the path of Debby
Tornadoes spawned by Debby have leveled homes, damaged a school and killed one person. At least three tornadoes fueled by the tropical system were reported overnight in North Carolina.
 
The vacant Martin County General Hospital sits abandoned behind a chain since being closed since being closed in August of 2023 in Williamston, N.C., Wednesday, April 10, 2024. After Williamston's only hospital closed, residents there say they're not only worried about their health but they've lost trust in politicians. The struggle to reopen its only emergency room could signal trouble for President Joe Biden's re-election campaign, which is centered around his health care accomplishments. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians
After one North Carolina city’s only hospital closed, residents there say they’re not only worried about their health but they’ve lost trust in politicians.
 
FILE - A red wolf crosses a road on the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, Thursday, March 23, 2023, near Manns Harbor, N.C. The endangered red wolf can survive in the wild, but only with “significant additional management intervention,” according to a long-awaited population viability analysis released Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Endangered red wolf can make it in the wild, but not without `significant’ help, study says
A long-awaited viability study says the endangered red wolf can survive in the wild, but it’s going to take “substantial management efforts beyond many of those currently implemented.” The U.S.
 
A family of red wolves, from right, 3-month-old pups, Sentinel and Sabine; their mother, Brave, 7, and their father, Diego, 8, lie in their enclosure at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, R.I., Friday, July 7, 2023. Thanks to a network of breeding facilities like this one, there is little danger of the species going extinct. But the goal has always been a viable wild population. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Takeaways from AP’s reporting on efforts to restore endangered red wolves to the wild
Over 25 years, the red wolf went from being declared extinct in the wild to becoming hailed as an Endangered Species Act success story. But the only wolf species unique to the United States is once again at the brink.
 
A red wolf crosses a road on the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, Thursday, March 23, 2023, near Manns Harbor, N.C. Over the course of 25 years, the red wolf went from being declared extinct in the wild to becoming hailed as an Endangered Species Act success story. But the only wolf species unique to the United States is once again at the brink. The last wild populations of Canis rufus are clinging to life on two federal refuges in eastern North Carolina. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Endangered red wolves need space to stay wild. But there’s another predator in the way — humans
Over 25 years, the red wolf went from being declared extinct in the wild to becoming hailed as an Endangered Species Act success story. But the only wolf species unique to the United States is once again at the brink.
 
This photo provided by the National Archives and Records Administration shows the damaged sixth floor and roof of the Military Personnel Records Center in Overland, Mo., near St. Louis, after a massive fire that started on July 12, 1973. (National Archives via AP)
5 takeaways from AP’s reporting on a historic fire that destroyed millions of veterans’ records
Fifty years ago, millions of files were destroyed in a huge fire at the Military Personnel Records Center in suburban St. Louis.
 
In this photo provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, records from the sixth floor of the Military Personnel Records Center in Overland, Mo., near St. Louis, are recovered months after the massive fire that started on July 12, 1973. The box was soaked in water and covered completely with mold. (National Archives via AP)
A fire destroyed millions of veterans’ records. 50 years later, families are still seeking answers
Fifty years ago, millions of files were destroyed in a huge fire at the Military Personnel Records Center in suburban St. Louis.
 
N Carolina restaurant owner ‘Mama Dip’ dies at age 89
A North Carolina restaurant owner known for her generosity and her fried chicken has died at the age of 89.
 
Hogs v. humans: Neighbors fight back against swine waste
The Tar Heel State is home to 10.2 million humans and 9.3 million hogs _ which produce three times the waste of their two-legged counterparts. All that waste is stored in open-air lagoons and sprayed onto fields as fertilizer.
 
Chaos in all corners: club gunman sprayed bullets everywhere
After a night of partying at club Pulse, Demetrice Naulings and Eddie Justice heard the gunshots and dropped to the floor.
 
Coordinated ringing of bells sends message of unity, healing
Standing in the shadow of St. Matthew’s Lutheran, less than a block from “Mother Emanuel,” Kelly Nix said the event brought her immense comfort.
 
With cremations up, urn artists look for the beauty in death
“People that are vivacious and celebrate life — this one is what they really like,” she says, lifting the ornately woven lid from the urn. “I want it to be a piece of art that they look at and they don’t think, ‘Oh. That’s Dad’s ashes.’”
 
Civil rights landmark bridge is named for reputed KKK leader
During his 50th anniversary address Saturday, President Barack Obama will be flanked on one side by a new historic marker commemorating “Bloody Sunday,” when white police beat demonstrators marching for black voting rights on March 7, 1965. The sign, erected earlier this year by the state tourism de
 
Trial comes for Marine accused of killing ‘American Sniper’
But when Laura Blevins saw the big black custom pickup truck in the driveway, not Eddie’s Volkswagen Beetle, her stomach tightened. He asked if she was with him “in hell,” then drove off into the fading light.
 
Cold cash just keeps washing in from ALS challenge
Approaching $100 million, the viral fundraising campaign for the ailment better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease has put the ALS group into the top ranks for medical charity donations. Since the end of July, the money has been sloshing in at a rate of about $9 million a week. Last year, from July 29 to
 
In New Orleans, a 10-year sentence for Ray Nagin
Nagin, a 58-year-old former cable television manager, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for bribery, money laundering, fraud and tax violations stemming from his two terms as New Orleans’ mayor from 2002-2010. To longtime civil rights attorney Mary Howell, who watched the Democrat with c
 
30 years later, survivors recall Beirut blast
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — In a moment of quiet reflection, Ed Ayers sat in front a wall etched with the names of 241 Americans who were slaughtered 30 years ago when a suicide bomber drove a truck into a four-story military barracks in Beirut.
 
Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply
The U.S. Marine Corps maintains that the carbon chloroform extract (CCE) test would not have uncovered the carcinogens that fouled the southeastern North Carolina base’s water system from at least the mid-1950s until wells were capped in the mid-1980s. But experts say even this “relatively primitive