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November 17, 2016

Southern wildfires have threatened communities on edge

Thick smoke has settled over a wide area of the southern Appalachians, where dozens of uncontrolled wildfires are burning through decades of leaf litter and people breathe in tiny bits of the forest with every gulp of air.

November 16, 2016

Police encounters resulting in black deaths span US

A Minnesota police officer who shot and killed a black man during a traffic stop in suburban St. Paul this summer has been charged with second-degree manslaughter.

November 16, 2016

NC man indicted after 6-year-old girl found chained to tree

A convicted sex offender accused of abducting a 6-year-old North Carolina girl who was found chained to a tree has been indicted on numerous charges.

November 15, 2016

Music, program director for Billy Graham dies at 93

Cliff Barrows, the long-time music and program director for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, has died after a brief illness.

November 15, 2016

3 charged in hatchet attack on transgender in Charlotte

Charlotte police say they've charged three people in a hatchet attack on a transgender woman.

November 15, 2016

Judge to hear more testimony about Bergdahl search mission

A judge will hear more arguments Tuesday about whether injuries to soldiers on a search mission should be allowed as evidence that U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl endangered comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan.

November 14, 2016

Q&A: A look at wildfires burning in parched Southern states

Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires across the drought-stricken South with little indication they'll get help from the weather any time soon.

November 14, 2016

Judge to consider delaying Bergdahl trial by several months

A military judge will consider delaying the trial of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.

November 13, 2016

North Carolina lawmaker rebuked over fake newspaper article about election

A North Carolina state lawmaker is under fire from his fellow Republican legislators after emailing them a fake newspaper headline that said “Trump forces black family from home” and showed a picture of the White House.

November 12, 2016

As wildfire smoke streams across South, masks urged for some

Wildfires near the Georgia-North Carolina line are spewing smoke so thick that residents are being urged to wear special masks if they must do outdoor activities.