About 1 million taxpayers will automatically receive special payments of up to $1,400 from the IRS in the coming weeks.

Emergency transplants haven't yielded survival past two months — although a woman transplanted last month so far is faring ...

GREENSBORO — Dominick Amendum remembers The Call that would change his life like it was yesterday. Only it wasn’t yesterday.

American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide Tuesday because of a technical problem just as the Christmas travel ...

Few avenues anywhere in the world as as grand during the holidays as the Champs-Élysées in Paris, where hundreds of trees ...

Is anything more gratifying than an unexpected gift from a stranger? The answer is “yes,” but we’ll get to that.

My wife and I went looking for a Christmas tree in the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest in northern Wisconsin.

Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey withdrew the appeal of a July decision at trial to dismiss the charge against actor Alec ...

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Antoine Durel Reid, 39, from the town of Catawba, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl during U.S. District Court on Aug. 8, U.S. Attorney Dena King ...

Olivia and Jeff Greene, 43 Laurel St., Granite Falls, have received an award of excellence for their outdoor Christmas decorations from the Granite Falls Historical Association and the Granite ...

JOANN Fabric and Crafts in Hickory will close on Jan. 19, said store manager Glenda Anderson. The store’s hours are now from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Anderson said. The store is open every day of the ...