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A Brunswick County jailer has been fired as authorities continue to search for an escaped inmate.Click to Continue »

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 5,000 highbrow competitors send in their most obscure references, their most offbeat gags, hoping to see their names in The New Yorker’s august pages each…Click to Continue »

Al-Jazeera English reporter Peter Greste left Egypt on Sunday after the president approved his deportation following more than a year behind bars…Click to Continue »

Government and aviation industry officials from dozens of countries are meeting in Montreal this week to try to find consensus on how to keep from losing airliners.Click to Continue »

A North Carolina-based firm employed three Defense Department contractors who were shot to death earlier this week in Afghanistan, according to a company news release.Click to Continue »

Police say a 23-year-old student at Appalachian State died at a hospital after being found in distress at an off-campus residence.Click to Continue »

The N.C. Botanical Garden announced this week the appointment of Damon Waitt as its next director, starting April 13.Click to Continue »

A short video apparently depicting the decapitation of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto was released late Saturday by the Islamic State.Click to Continue »

Two Wake County teens have attained the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest achievement in Boy Scouting.Click to Continue »

Until now, the United States has never acknowledged participation in the killing of Hezbollah’s international operations chief Imad Mughniyah.Click to Continue »