ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina governments are receiving over $1.65 billion in federal block grant money to help address historic levels of damage caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. The money —…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court blocked on Tuesday the certification of a November election result for one of its own seats so it can review legal…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. State health officials…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina General Assembly elections were finalized Monday as officials issued certificates to the winners in three close legislative races from November that later became…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is leaving his job after eight years in which the southern Democrat picked his moments against a Republican-dominated legislature, winning big on…

By REBECCA SANTANA and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid designed to address extensive damage caused by disasters after this week’s scramble to find consensus on…