The goal is to document the creek's current health before the Martin Marietta Materials Vanceboro quarry begins operations. The mining company plans to discharge up to 12 million gallons of freshwater per day into the creek.

Because sea turtle gender is determined by sand temperature, warming climates are causing a dangerous surge in female hatchlings and creating lethal heat for embryos.

While Wake County remains the main epicenter, the infection numbers are crawling eastward, with six confirmed cases in Pitt County, four in Craven, two in Onslow, and one in Carteret County.

More than 1,500 commercial vessels are currently stranded and idling in regional waters during peak marine growth season. Scientists, including ECU biology professor Dr. April Blakeslee, said these ships' hulls are rapidly being colonized by invasive bacteria, algae, and barnacles. When shipping trade resumes, these heavily fouled vessels will carry hitchhiking species to ports worldwide.

The agency wants to eliminate “hazardous fuels.” But environmental groups say dead trees are homes for forest regeneration.

For the best chance of seeing the meteors, experts recommend finding a spot away from city lights and looking up after midnight.

Cone Health officials say they expect to receive state approval in the coming days after an appeal related to the proposed hospital was dismissed.

Primary races across the country tested which direction voters want their candidates to take ahead of November's midterms. The results were mixed.

NPR's Michel Martin asks Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics about the takeaways from Tuesday's primary elections in Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Carolina and more.

A former U.S. Marine is home after more than four years in a Russian prison. President Trump says Robert Gilman was freed on humanitarian grounds after supporters raised concerns about his health.

Experts say AI can get personal finance fundamentals right but may struggle with nuanced questions.

Voters in a half a dozen states went to the polls Tuesday, report suggests President Trump switch aircraft due to threat as he was leaving NATO, Iraq's leader wants to disarm Iran-backed militias.

NPR's A Martinez talks with comedian Jeff Arcuri about the stand-up comic art of crowd work, which involves talking to audience members and ad-libbing off what they say.

Sailors and family members who were evacuated from U.S. bases in the Middle East months ago are waiting for the military to figure out what will happen to the lives they left behind.

If President Trump's threatened 50% tariffs go through later this month, construction businesses that rely on materials imported from Canada are among those that will suffer.

The Trump administration announced $2 billion in funding to faith-based groups for global health work. The White House says these groups work more efficiently. Experts question that claim.