Live fire training gives firefighters the opportunity to practice and gain experience in fire control, search techniques and extinguishment.

“This finding is significant because it demonstrates that consuming too much sugar is enough to cause amyloid plaque proliferation and increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease,” said Shannon Macauley, associate professor of physiology and pharmacology at the Wake Forrest medical school.

Step Up on Second Inc., a California-based nonprofit, specializes in converting motels for housing people who are homeless.

Black women are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy or delivery than any other race. Black babies are also more likely to die, and also far more likely to be born prematurely, according to a project examining health disparities experienced by Black Americans across a lifetime.

"They embraced each other, tears were flowing from everybody."

Memorial Day closings, changes and activity

Now in its 35th year, it's a time to remember fallen soldiers.

Mayor Nancy Vaughan said the new ordinance gives neighboring property owners a means of filing complaints if renters don't respect the rules. 

From swimming to splash pads, there's lots of options to choose from this summer — and some of them are free.

Pygmy hippopotamuses are much smaller than their cousins, the common river hippopotamus. The species, native to West Africa, is considered endangered; fewer than 2,500 adult pygmy hippos remain in the wild.

Improving academic performance is one of the classic, and toughest, challenges in education.

Lt. Kory Flowers said his team has embraced an "old-fashioned approach" to recruiting future officers in person. 

Happy Friday. Took long enough to get here

N.C. Bar Association President Clayton Morgan deemed the drag trivia event as too political in nature.

Greensboro city offices will be closed.

A special investigation by Lee Enterprises showed that of 105 agencies serving communities identified as diverse, 76 underrepresented the percentages of people of color by 10 points or more.