North Carolina

October 30, 2024 3:43 PM

Trump and Harris seek votes in battleground North Carolina with six days to go

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will make some of their final election pitches to voters on Wednesday in North Carolina, a swing state with a Democratic governor that has backed Republican presidential hopefuls for over a decade. North Carolina has 16 Electoral College votes, making it one of the make-or-break battleground states that could decide who wins the Nov. 5 election. The contest between Harris and Trump is too close to call nationally, and last month's hurricane damage has made North ...

October 3, 2024 10:53 AM

Thousands in North Carolina still without water days after Helene’s destruction

Tens of thousands of North Carolina residents remained without running water on Wednesday, six days after Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida and carved a destructive path through much of the U.S. Southeast, killing more than 180 people. The powerful storm inundated the western part of the state with catastrophic flooding, destroying pipes, damaging water plants and cutting off power. One-fifth of the 1 million residents in the western half of North Carolina either had no water at all or low...

September 30, 2024 8:52 AM

US: Hurricane Helene unleashes havoc, 93 dead & millions without power, Harris to visit affected areas

Hurricane Helene's destruction across the Southeast has left 93 people dead, millions without power, and several families stranded in floodwaters. Deaths have been reported in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit areas affected by Hurricane Helene as soon as doing so will not disrupt the emergency response to the storm that has hit the southeastern United States, a White House official said on Sunday. At leas...