Wildfires forced a mandatory evacuation in one North Carolina county as emergency crews fought separate fires in an area of the state still recovering from Hurricane Helene, while South Carolina’s governor declared an emergency in response to a growing wildfire. The North Carolina Department ...

TORONTO (AP) — New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Conservative opponent said U.S. President Donald Trump must respect Canada’s sovereignty as they kicked off their election campaigns Sunday against the backdrop of a trade war and annexation threats from Trump. Carney ...

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Kitty Dukakis, the wife of former Massachusetts governor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, who spoke openly about her struggles with depression and addiction, has died. She was 88. Dukakis died on Friday night surrounded by her family, her son, ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister who also heads a powerful network blamed for bloody attacks against Afghanistan’s former Western-backed government, officials in Kabul said Sunday. Sirajuddin Haqqani, ...

LANSING — House Democrats have reintroduced legislation to alter the state’s jury system by centralizing its management. The proposed changes also would allow people previously convicted of felonies to serve on juries. “The intent is to try to create an opportunity for folks to get a ...

LANSING — In 1892, a woman left her young child asleep in a wagon while she picked blackberries close by in small-town Fergus, Saginaw County. She returned a short time later to a horrific scene: Her child was gone and a pool of blood lay in its place. That story, first reported by the ...