CHARLOTTE — The man who made racial remarks and threatened to shoot up a NoDa pizza shop will spend a little more than three years in federal prison. A judge sentenced Maurice Hopkins to 40 months ...

Sleet and snow will start up by at least Saturday evening (some may fall in spots by the late afternoon out west.) Not expecting any big travel issues until we get into Saturday night as the deeper ...

The southern African nation of Malawi has started a cholera vaccination rollout this week in a bid to stem the threat of a disease that kills tens of thousands of people globally each year ...

It has become common knowledge in immigrant communities across the U.S. to not open the door for federal immigration agents unless they show a warrant signed by a judge ...

Texas and Oklahoma are bracing for ice and heavy snow in what forecasters predict will be some of the initial major effects ...

Syria's government forces have taken control of a prison housing Islamic State group members in the country's north ...

Utility companies and state officials are preparing for a forecasted ice storm that could bring down power lines and cause widespread outages ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved the lower house of Parliament, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap election ...

Turkey is celebrating the latest developments in Syria, where the new government has effectively defeated a major Kurdish-led force with an abrupt offensive ...

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam’s To Lam was re-elected Friday as the general secretary of its ruling Communist Party. The decision came at the conclusion of the National Party Congress, the country’s most ...

Firefighters and security forces in Chile are battling deadly wildfires that have killed at least 21 people and destroyed vast areas of forests ...

SALISBURY, N.C. — Salisbury police are investigating a homicide after a man was found unresponsive in bushes near the intersection of South Shaver Street and East Horah Street late Thursday morning.