By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas closed a majority of schools on Monday following mandatory evacuations for some islands in the archipelago as Tropical Storm Imelda…

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Imelda formed Sunday and is expected to become a hurricane on a forecast track curving away from the U.S. East Coast early this week. The…

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Crews spent Saturday making preparations for an unnamed weather system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda late Saturday or early Sunday before approaching the coast…

By ALLEN G. BREED and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press WOODFIN, N.C. (AP) — Bracing himself against the current in waist-deep water, Clancy Loorham wrestles a broken length of PVC pipe from the rocky bottom of…

By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener I planted some Russian Sage (Salvia yangii) decades ago. Alas, I can’t remember when it faded into oblivion. It is really not native to Russia and hails from Central…