2 NC counties are under alert, including Cumberland County.

The North Carolina Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to ban anyone from wearing masks in public for health reasons, following an emotional debate about the wisdom of the proposal.


NC Senate votes to ban people from wearing masks in public for health reasons

Protestors gather in Graham 

A year later, the full impact of the North Carolina abortion law is becoming clearer for both supporters and opponents.

A year later, impact from NC's 12-week abortion ban coming into focus

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Geronimo Ruiz foams the roof at the home of producer Jeffrey Katzenberg where a wildfire driven by powerful Santa Ana winds threatened a university and forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007, in Malibu, Calif. Flames destroyed a church and several homes, one of them a landmark castle. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

California Wildfires