WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C. — A hiker died along the Blue Ridge Parkway after falling off a path and into a body of water on Friday.

Asian shares are trading mixed amid global skepticism about U.S. investments and President Donald Trump’s trade war ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

Arborists are hoping to transform vacant land on Detroit’s eastside by planting giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees ...

Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...

A growing number of Republican-led states are taking aim at driver's licenses issued by other states to people in the U.S.

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

Australians have begun voting at general elections as campaigning is overshadowed by the death of Pope Francis ...

South Carolina’s Republican-dominated Senate and its elected Republican treasurer faced off Monday in an extraordinary ...

SHELBY, N.C. — A problem intersection in Shelby is getting a makeover, according to the Shelby Star. It’s a spot where Marion ...

BELMONT, N.C. — The city of Belmont may be turning one of its old buildings into a community arts center. Officials said they ...

LOCUST, N.C. — An employee at the Dollar Tree in Locust says she doesn’t plan to go back to work until police find the man ...