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Florida State University-Immediately After the Storm Stay inside until the storm has completely passed.  It is critically important that you do not attempt to go outside until the winds have calmed down significantly.  Keep in mind, that unlike the start of the storm, there is now a ton of debris out there that can fly around a lot more easily.  This is where keeping your battery operated radio functional is

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="599"] (Matthews Pearson/WABE via AP)[/caption] ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's state superintendent of schools said Wednesday that he believes a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies violates the state's law against teaching divisive racial concepts, explaining that is why he won't recommend it become an approved state course. Until now, Richard Woods, the state's elected Republican superintendent, hadn't explained why he was blocking approval of the

BY  RUSS BYNUM, JEFFREY COLLINS AND JOHN MINCHILLO CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Tropical Storm Debby was swirling over coastal Georgia and Carolinas on Wednesday, its wide bands of rain swelling inland waterways before it slowly marches north. Debby was expected to restrengthen a little and turn north toward the South Carolina coastline before its center makes a second landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday, weather officials said. The meandering storm - moving forward at just 4

By: Clayton Henkel  NC Newsline On a morning typically reserved for grocery shopping, laundry and household chores, an army of women cleared their Saturday schedules to hop on a Zoom call. More than 800 joined the first ever NC Women for Harris virtual call, riding a wave of enthusiasm that started just a week earlier when President Joe Biden announced he was withdrawing from the 2024 presidential contest and endorsing

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A recently shuttered nonprofit operated by the wife of North Carolina Lt. Gov Mark Robinson was "seriously deficient" in its operations, according to a state review examining how it carried out a federally funded meal program helping some child care providers. A letter dated Wednesday from the state Department of Health and Human Services addressed to Balanced Nutrition Inc. owner Yolanda Hill and others gave the

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) - It's a world record that might only last a day. Still, the U.S. mixed 4x400 meter relay team owns it. The team of Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown finished the four laps Friday in 3 minutes, 7.41 seconds to break the mark of 3:08.80 set at world championships last year. All the record did was place the Americans in Saturday's final, where

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU), a private non-profit Historically Black University ranked as one of the top HBCUs in North Carolina by U.S. News & World Report that serves over 1,000 students, 78% of which identify as Black or African American, today announced initial results from a new holistic student support initiative designed to boost first-year retention and persistence. Through a collaboration with national student success nonprofit

By: Corbin McGuire  NCAA  Lauren Scruggs, who will be a senior at Harvard, stood in shock. Scruggs had zero expectations coming into her first Olympic Games, yet here she was, standing with a silver medal around her neck.  "Literally nothing," she said, taking a pause. "I thought I was going to lose my first bout, so to get a medal is just incredible."  Also, historic.  Scruggs etched her name in

WASHINGTON - Before he leaves the Oval Office in January, President Joe Biden wants to see Congress take up a constitutional amendment restoring criminal liability for U.S. presidents in response to the recent Supreme Court decision granting the chief executive broad immunity. Biden announced the "Not Above the Law Amendment" Monday along with endorsing other changes for the nation's highest bench, potentially setting the tone and focus for the Democrat's

BY  DAVID BAUDER, AP NEWS Primarily due to sharp questioning by ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott, former President Donald Trump's appearance before a gathering of Black journalists turned remarkably contentious on Wednesday. Scott pressed Trump on past statements about Black leaders, his support of Jan. 6, 2021, rioters and diversity hiring - leading the former president to repeatedly complain about how he was treated. "She was very rude," the former president said, pointing