The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban Saturday on anyone born after January 2007, becoming the only nation with a ...

November is Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month, and the American Lung Association, with support from Merck, is raising ...

Regardless of whether they believe climate change is real, 69% of homeowners took the phenomenon into account when buying a ...

Appalachian State University held its eighth annual Founders Day in early October, commemorating the university’s 126th year ...

The Boone Area Chamber of Commerce was recognized as the 2025 Outstanding Chamber of the Year (for a chamber with over 700 ...

The home was once home to Maria Robinson, the fiancée of Wallace Hartley, the violinist who led the Titanic’s band to their ...

The Town of Boone and the Jones House Cultural Center invite music lovers to an evening of exceptional songwriting and guitar ...

Fall color is now best at lower elevations of the N.C. High Country as seen from these images at Grandview Overlook near ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping met South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung on Saturday, after taking centre stage at an Asian summit in the wake of US leader Donald Trump's departure.

The impact of tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump "has been less than expected" in Latin America, the head of the region's development bank told AFP in an interview.

Taiwan can't afford to hike its defence budget to more than three percent of GDP, the new leader of the democratic island's ...

Jaylen Brown scored 32 points and the Boston Celtics knocked Philadelphia from the ranks of the unbeaten 109-108 on Friday as ...