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44+ min ago   (111+ words) Officials in Rockingham County are at the scene of an emergency incident, according to officers with the Madison Police Department. Rockingham County officials said a container storing batteries caught fire on Wednesday afternoon at Venture Logistics. Officers said the incident…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (272+ words) Winston-Salem and Forsyth County officials are partnering to provide bottled water to residents affected by the recent water main break. Bottled water distribution sites will be available to help meet the needs of residents. Residents in the affected areas should…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago   (348+ words) Iran launched ballistic missiles at a U.S. base in Jordan, prompting retaliatory strikes by U.S. and Saudi forces, as the conflict widens with new sanctions and regional involvement. Iran launched ballistic missiles at a U.S. base in Jordan, sparking retaliatory strikes by U.S. and…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (673+ words) A proposed NC DOT road modernization project on NC 89 could force a 75-year-old widow to leave the home she has lived in for five decades and impact around 30 other properties. WATCH FOR A BREAKDOWN OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND HEAR…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (185+ words) Bullets recovered from two bystanders killed during a shootout at a Seattle festival last weekend do not appear to have come from the gun that a 15-year-old arrested at the scene was firing, police said in court documents filed Wednesday....

3+ hour, 20+ min ago   (950+ words) Almost no other country in the world is rocked by such frequent and damaging earthquakes as Japan — an island nation that sits on the boundary of four tectonic plates, the constantly shifting slabs of the Earth's crust. It also lies…...

4+ hour, 3+ min ago   (559+ words) A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel “The Satanic Verses.” A jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges…...

4+ hour, 3+ min ago   (1015+ words) Dr. Anthony Fauci sat for a contentious hearing with the Senate Homeland Security Committee about his key role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic starting in 2020. But most of what Fauci said July 29, regardless of the question, was identical: “On…...

4+ hour, 26+ min ago   (484+ words) Wisconsin voters who have already returned their absentee ballots for the state's primary are not allowed to void those and request a new one, a judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling deals a blow to Democrats, who filed a lawsuit seeking…...

4+ hour, 26+ min ago   (631+ words) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the war with Iran has already cost an estimated $37.5 billion. As the U.S. war with Iran surpasses its fifth month, costs are starting to rack up. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee on…...