A sign outside an Asheville business on December 3, 2024. Buncombe County’s unemployment rate in January rose to 6.8% — among the highest in the state as Western North Carolina continues its ...

Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The Mariana Islands are in the western Pacific Ocean north of the equator. It was not immediately known if anyone was ...

The XM250 is a lightweight, belt-fed, select fire, 6.8mm light machine gun. (Garrett Dacko/Army) The Army is one step closer to producing millions of rounds each year of its newest caliber for the ...

SEATTLE — Where were you when the magnitude 6.8 Nisqually earthquake shook Seattle in 2001? Friday marks 24 years since the Nisqually earthquake shook the region. The 6.8 magnitude quake was ...