North Carolina

Measures aimed at restricting kids’ access to gender-affirming care, confidentiality with school personnel raise hackles among health and mental health professionals.

Keeping your rural driveway clear will endear you to UPS, FedEx, and propane delivery drivers, first responders, and others. Here are things to know when you live in snow country.

A bill advancing in North Carolina’s Senate would prohibit instruction about sexuality and gender identity in K-4 public school classes. The proposal approved Wednesday by the Senate education committee would require schools in most circumstances to alert parents prior to a change in the name or pronoun used for their child. The measure defies the recommendations of parents, educators and LGBTQ youths who testified against it. The bill now heads to the Senate health care committee. A version passed the state Senate last year but did not get a vote in the House.

Research examining meat from hundreds of fish from around the U.S. shows PFAS present in samples, especially fish caught near industrial, urban sites.

“Airbnb” rentals now outnumber hotel rooms, Tourism Development Authority reports

After years of messaging telling you what to eat, how much to eat and when to eat it, it can be hard to reconnect to your body's natural signals. But the principles of intuitive eating can help.

The long session of the North Carolina General Assembly has begun in earnest.

This year's North Carolina General Assembly session begins in earnest on Wednesday, and there should be plenty of familiar issues. They include whether to approve Medicaid expansion, medical marijuana and sports gambling.