Hearings began Tuesday morning surrounding a new natural gas plant in Person County. State regulators in Raleigh heard testimony on Duke Energy’s request to build a second natural gas plant on the ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Environmental officials are investigating after receiving multiple reports of dead fish washing ashore this week. The reports included the areas of Chesapeake Beach and Croatan Beach, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, one member of his Cabinet was not in ...

During the annual State of the Union address where the president speaks to Congress, Supreme Court judges and other elected officials, the country's most powerful politicians are all together in one ...

A designated survivor is a government official chosen to ensure the presidential line of succession during major events. The designated survivor is kept in a secure, undisclosed location during events ...

A presidential State of the Union address is typically a can’t-miss event for members of Congress, however they might feel about the administration in power. But Rep. Mike Thompson, who represents ...

To ensure continuity of the U.S. government in the case of a catastrophic event, a designated survivor is chosen from among the presidential line of succession. The idea of a designated survivor was ...

WASHINGTON — They typically start the day as low-profile Cabinet secretaries. They end it that way, too, God willing. But when the rest of the government is gathered together for a big event, like ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) — A dolphin washed ashore Saturday morning in front of Centennial Plaza on Gulfport’s beach, prompting a response from the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies after the ...

Officials say the whale could roll in the surf, posing a danger to beachgoers Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty A 9-foot, 11-ton humpback whale washed ashore in California's Newport Beach ...

A dead humpback whale washed ashore along a popular stretch of Newport Beach on Wednesday afternoon, drawing crowds of onlookers and prompting safety warnings as authorities work to determine how the ...

A Person County detention officer is accused of delivering cigarettes, lighters and vaping products to an inmate, who then sold them to other inmates. Demarcus Nelson, 21, of Roxboro, is charged with ...