"Your ZIP code should not determine your health outcomes," said Walter Panzirer, the Helmsley trustee who started the rural health program, "and yet for so many rural Americans, it does."
- CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America
A law requiring that most materials in federally funded affordable housing are made in America is fully kicking in. But it is wreaking havoc on affordable developments.
- ALI SWENSON and JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed diet can "cure" schizophrenia and diabetes and allow people to rid themselves of bipolar disorder. Researchers say the comments overstate current evidence.
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- AAMER MADHANI, SAMY MAGDY, BEN FINLEY and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press
The Houthis could further hurt global shipping if they again target vessels in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the Red Sea.
- MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press
The U.S. military's newest Virginia-class fast attack submarine can dive to depths greater than 800 feet.
- CODY JACKSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press
A Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from space to monitor animals they've rehabilitated.
The U.S. military's newest Virginia-class fast attack submarine can dive to depths greater than 800 feet.
A Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from space to monitor animals they've rehabilitated.
A month into the US-Israel war on Iran, millions are displaced, cities destroyed, regional fronts expand, and a global energy shock grows
Experts and labor leaders say the mammoth security lines at some U.S. airports would not disappear overnight.
The USS Massachusetts officially joined the Navy fleet on Saturday after a commissioning ceremony, making it the first submarine named after the Bay State.
Read through the obituaries published today in Independent Tribune.
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Food, fundraisers, special events - here are upcoming community events around Cabarrus County.
Read through the obituaries published today in Independent Tribune.
Traffic camera footage shows moment two vehicles fall into Pacific Street sinkhole in Omaha. Video provided by Omaha Police Department.
Two vehicles fall into sinkhole on Pacific Street in Omaha.
See photos of the two vehicles fall into sinkhole at 67th and Pacific in Omaha
Within the past two years, 69 public schools in Wisconsin shut down. More will close in coming years.
"Your ZIP code should not determine your health outcomes," said Walter Panzirer, the Helmsley trustee who started the rural health program, "and yet for so many rural Americans, it does."
A law requiring that most materials in federally funded affordable housing are made in America is fully kicking in. But it is wreaking havoc on affordable developments.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed diet can "cure" schizophrenia and diabetes and allow people to rid themselves of bipolar disorder. Researchers say the comments overstate current evidence.
The Houthis could further hurt global shipping if they again target vessels in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the Red Sea.
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The Kannapolis Fire Department is offering free, non-certified CPR classes in 2026 — and you’re invited to attend.
Huntersville police are offering a reward of up to $14,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the 2014 killing of Peter Jordan. Jordan was 19 when someone shot and killed him in The Landings at Northcross Apartments on Feb. 19 of that year, police said. The apartments are on Landings Drive, off Sam Furr Road (N.C. 73) and Interstate 77 exit 25 in the Birkdale area. ...
Illinois jails continue to struggle with the mental health needs of their inmate population, particularly when detainees are unfit to stand trial.
Defense lawyers have asked for a short prison term, if any time in custody is required at all, for the first Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Western New York convicted of protecting drug traffickers.
The city of Concord is introducing a new way for residents to easily report non-emergency issues like potholes, street sign damage, streetlights that are out and more. The new Concord Click-2-Fix is a free online reporting tool that replaces the former Concord Mobile Care application.
Cabarrus County Commissioners will hold their monthly regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 17, at the Cabarrus County Government Center in downtown Concord.
Citing "unspeakable acts of violence" committed by federal immigration officers, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday proposed a state law to ban local police across New York from working with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on immigration raids.
The city of Kannapolis recently received two indicators that recognize the financial health of the municipality.

