State budget director Art Pope announced late Thursday that the state would continue funding the federal nutrition program for low-income women and children known as WIC.

Remember when North Carolina rejected expanding Medicaid because of what Gov. Pat McCrory called a "broken" system"? New evidence suggests members of his administration tampered with reports to fuel the governor's argument.

On day 11 of the government shutdown signs emerge that an end is near.

Malala Yousafzai, the teen who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, says she wants to follow in the footsteps of her hero Benazir Bhutto and become prime minister of Pakistan one day.