Wildfires have returned to the Carolinas, prompting another state of emergency, according to officials.

In Stein’s state, three fires were burning in Polk County, where people were under mandatory evacuation orders. The area, ...

For the first time since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1994, no team seeded 11 or worse advanced to the second round.

North Carolina voters are partial to purple — in a political sense, at least. In last year’s statewide elections, they opted ...