Republicans who control the North Carolina legislature on Wednesday approved a new congressional map that could help their party pick up at least three US House seats in next year’s elections.

US Wildfires map. The Southeastern U.S., including North and South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, has a higher than average wildland fire potential ...

In the Carolinas, wildfires have set 14,068.9 acres ablaze, according to the South Carolina Forestry Commission and the North Carolina Forest Service. Two of the biggest fires in North Carolina ...

WASHINGTON — A North Carolina court rejected a Republican-drawn map of the state’s 14 congressional districts on Wednesday and substituted its own version, the second time in less than two ...

Carolina wildfire map: North and South Carolina under increased fire danger as strong winds threaten region. ... At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.