A task force of policymakers, state regulators, local officials and energy experts has spent the last six months developing recommendations for North Carolina to meet rising electrical demand driven by energy-hungry data centers.

Cocaine has made a roaring comeback, and it's having some big negative effects in the U.S. and around the world.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.

President Trump's immigration policy is complicating Republicans' attempts to maintain control of Congress. A recent crackdown in Maine, for instance, put the focus on GOP Sen. Susan Collins.

The Australian government will not repatriate from Syria a group of 34 women and children with alleged ties to the Islamic State group, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.

Republicans in the state legislature invited Nick Shirley to the state where he made misleading videos about immigrant fraud and that helped push Minnesota into the ICE surge.

In a rare move, the White House took down a racist post last week from one of President Trump's social media accounts. But extremism researchers say it fits a pattern of mainstreaming extremist ideas.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio tried to reassure Europe at the Munich Security Conference, but European leaders are skeptical.

The N.C. General Assembly provided a total of $96 million for flood mitigation projects in 2021. So far, the state has spent just under half of that money.

Public schools have been a target for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights.