OKLAHOMA CITY A mix of volunteers and first responders began combing through debris in the Oklahoma City area Monday evening to look for survivors after neighborhoods were flattened and buildings burst in flames from a mile-wide tornado with winds reaching 200 mph.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Senate Republicans say ever-rising costs for Medicaid are siphoning away money in NC government that could be used to help public education and law enforcement and raise employee pay.
HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) - The sudden shutdown of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city because of year-old data is likely to prompt questions at a local meeting with federal regulators.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP is entering its fourth straight week of protests at the state legislature that have resulted in nearly 100 arrests so far.
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. -- Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.
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