Spruce Pine is a major global supplier of high-purity quartz. It’s an essential ingredient for microchips and solar panels.

Shackled and dressed in khaki prison garb at a hearing in West Palm Beach, Fla., Routh also requested a jury trial. He faces ...

In the American West, white glaciers and snow fields are outnumbered by long-overlooked “rock glaciers.” The rock covering ...

As rescue teams respond in the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction in the southeast U.S. and southern Appalachia, the ...

Israeli commandos are currently conducting a raid inside southern Lebanon, and there are indications that Israel may send ...

Israeli commandos are conducting limited intelligence-gathering raids inside southern Lebanon, and that there are indications ...

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There are fewer tents on San Francisco sidewalks. The city has ramped up enforcement of anti-camping laws, and police are ...

Several Piedmont organizations are mobilizing to support relief efforts in western North Carolina. Here’s a running list of ...

The National Weather Service says Tropical Storm Helene is causing life-threatening flash flooding in North Carolina mountain ...

A crisis unfolded in western North Carolina as officials rushed to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken ...

In a pair of weekend events in key swing states, Trump claimed Harris is "mentally disabled" and went on to suggest police ...