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Kinzinger has repeatedly clashed with MAGA Republicans such as Cawthorn as one of the few Trump critics in the GOP.

Some veterans said taking the first step and asking for help was the hardest part.

Voters cast their ballots Tuesday in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon.

Candidates endorsed by the former president have tended to win about a third of the ballots in key Republican primaries this year. Big-time kingmakers have more clout than that.

Trump's high-profile endorsements had mixed results on Tuesday night and Republicans advancing candidates who questioned the eleciton results.

Trump's high-profile endorsements had mixed results on Tuesday night and Republicans advancing candidates who questioned the eleciton results.

Controversial Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, is hoping to to win his party's nomination for a second term.

Rep. Madison Cawthorn's campaign spent nothing on local TV advertisements and lagged behind in cable investments going into the Tuesday primary for his seat.

Republicans hope to win control of the House and Senate in the midterms, while Trump is hoping to cement his status as the de facto leader of the GOP.

"I haven't talked to a logger in the last few years that is actually making money," the owner of Goodson's All Terrain Logging said.

Voters are casting their ballots in Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

Rep. Madison Cawthorn is facing a challenge, supported by major state GOP figures. One Democratic House primary may have been reshaped by the abortion rights debate. And a key Senate race will be set.

The GOP Senate contest is a tight three-way race, despite Donald Trump trying to boost TV doctor Mehmet Oz. There's also a high-stakes race for governor.

The governor's race has top billing, as Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, who has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, is challenging sitting Republican Gov. Brad Little.

Among Kentucky's competitive primaries: U.S. Senate, and Districts 3 and 4 for the U.S. House.

A term-limited Gov. Kate Brown means there's an open race for governor. And Democratic Rep. Kurt Schrader faces a progressive challenger.

Five states hold primaries Tuesday. The top race is in Pennsylvania, where the GOP Senate primary will be another test of Trump's influence, while Democratic voters seem to favor John Fetterman.

It even has a balcony...INSIDE.

Voters prepare to cast their ballots for primaries in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon.

The pet is “an amazing doggie swimmer,” the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Police said the victims' injuries weren't life-threatening.

"You're a woman in your dreams," Erin Kinahan said the night manager told her after following her out of the women's restroom.

"They're making us out to be unkempt, uncouth, that we don't follow the rules," Marshette Foster told The Charlotte Observer.

Five GOP volunteers who helped Cawthorn win in North Carolina in 2020 told Insider they'll back primary challengers Tuesday. "He changed," one said.

Advocate Aurora Health has announced plans to combine with Atrium Health — creating one of the largest hospital systems in the country.

Rookie Seth Jarvis scored twice and Antti Raanta finished with 34 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 5-1 to take a 3-2 lead in the first-round playoff series.

Another beach house has fallen into the waves along North Carolina's coast and more are in danger of collapsing, U.S. National Park Service officials said in a statement Tuesday. The unoccupied home that collapsed was located along Ocean Drive in the Outer Banks community of Rodanthe. The park service confirmed the collapse Tuesday and has closed off the area and warned that additional homes in the area may fall too.

The Philippines' presidential candidate Leni Robredo addresses her supporters after her opponent, the son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, cements a landslide election victory.

US and foreign sharpshooters gathered in North Carolina in March for US Army Special Operations Command's international sniper competition.

This North Carolina barrier island has a colorful past that belies its tranquil present.

Police say no charges will be filed in a shooting at the North Carolina home of rapper DaBaby.

Cawthorn in a tweet called the video "blackmail" and said it showed him "being crass with a friend" years ago.

The party needs to channel the awakened passion of the abortion-rights movement into electoral politics.

A panel of judges on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals debated whether a constitutional amendment barring former Confederates from Congress applies.

Donald Trump was found in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena from Attorney General Letitia James as part of her probe of the Trump Organization.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday questioned whether a lower court got it right when it blocked a challenge of North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s candidacy by voters who cited a section of the Constitution addressing insurrection as disqualifying him. Three judges on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, heard arguments in a lawsuit that the first-term Republican congressman filed to derail the formal challenge sent to the State Board of Elections from going forward. U.S. District Judge Richard Myers ruled for Cawthorn in March and prevented the board from formally examining whether he should remain on ballots, and the voters appealed.

The young House member has been at the center of a rash of scandals recently.

The young House member has been at the center of a rash of scandals recently.

A North Carolina city is suing three companies over the collapse of decorative, 40-ton wooden arches along a pedestrian walkway in February. The lawsuit was filed by the city of Hickory in Catawba County Superior Court on Wednesday, the Hickory Daily Record reported. It names Neill Grading & Construction Co., Mooresville-based subcontractor Dane Construction and Oregon-based arch manufacturer Western Wood Structures.

Cawthorn showed up at an event last month with a $200,000 check of federal funding from the law. He conceded he didn't vote for it.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations following his weekend trip to Kyiv, Ukraine.

Cawthorn was cited, but not charged, last year for having a gun in his carry-on luggage at Asheville Regional Airport.

We spent two weeks driving an RV over 2,000 miles from the South to the Southwest on I-40. From a truck stop to a forest, here are my must-see stops.

The law enforcement community gathered this afternoon to remember a state trooper who tragically lost his life in the line of duty.

Pellets are being used to create what some call green energy, but critics argue that the practice is clear-cutting trees.

The quarter-phase moon points to a stunning set of planets low in the sky: Saturn, Mars, Venus and Jupiter.

The former White House chief of staff has decried the inaccuracy of voter rolls because people moved and yet did not inform election officials himself.

A man charged with raping and killing a woman in North Carolina nearly 50 years ago has died in a state prison while awaiting trial, authorities said Monday. Larry Joe Scott, 68, was in the custody of the state Department of Public Safety “for safekeeping due to medical conditions” when he died Friday at a prison in Raleigh, Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell and District Attorney Susan Doyle said in a joint statement. The statement didn't elaborate on the circumstances of Scott's death or identify a possible cause.

The shooting is the latest in a series of incidents involving DaBaby, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk.

Authorities say a person was shot and wounded outside the North Carolina home of rapper DaBaby.

North Carolina's attorney general and state bureau of investigations are looking into whether Meadows committed voter fraud in the 2020 election.

North Carolina's attorney general and state bureau of investigations are looking into whether Meadows committed voter fraud in the 2020 election.

Mark Meadows backed claims by Donald Trump that ballot fraud lead to his loss to President Joe Biden. Now Meadows is being probed for possible voter fraud.

When Ted Budd won a surprise endorsement from former President Donald Trump last year, he was a little-known congressman running for a Senate seat in North Carolina against some of the state’s most recognizable Republicans, including a former governor.

Kansas’ comeback victory over North Carolina to win the NCAA men’s basketball championship was the most-viewed title game on cable television.

David McCormack’s late inside baskets to help Kansas surge past North Carolina in the NCAA championship game followed a Final Four trend.

Bill Self won his elusive second national title with a masterful second-half coaching job and a spicy dash of Remy Martin.

North Carolina big man Armando Bacot never looked like himself in the national championship game against Kansas because he was battling an ankle injury.

Kansas finished off the biggest comeback in national championship history Monday night, getting a big game from David McCormack, crucial shots from Remy Martin and surviving a potential game-tying 3-pointer by Caleb Love at the buzzer for a 72-69 victory over North Carolina in the Superdome.

North Carolina has an effective inside/outside combo in Armando Bacot and Caleb Love.

Kansas coach Bill Self finds himself in the same spot that longtime North Carolina coach Dean Smith once did.

Caleb Love and North Carolina proved they could play their outside-shooting finesse style better than Duke could play bully ball.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s remarkable career came to a sudden end Saturday night after Caleb Love made a key 3-pointer and three late free throws to lift archrival North Carolina to a thrill-a-minute 81-77 victory over the Blue Devils in the national semifinals showdown.

This year’s Final Four includes quite a collection of big-name programs — but this hasn’t been a particularly dominant group this season.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's final chapter will have a distinctly blue tint.

Saint Peter's saw its fantastic run in the NCAA Tournament end with a 69-49 loss to North Carolina in the East Region final.

North Carolina crushed all hope of a March Madness miracle, getting 20 points and 22 rebounds from Armando Bacot in a wire-to-wire 69-49 runaway over 15th-seeded Saint Peter’s.

The run by tiny Saint Peter's to the cusp of the Final Four has been riveting.

Caleb Love hit game-tying and go-ahead 3-pointers 37 seconds apart and North Carolina moved within a victory of its 21st Final Four.

Aliyah Boston had 28 points and 22 rebounds, and top-seeded South Carolina moved on to the Elite Eight with a 69-61 victory over North Carolina in the women's NCAA Tournament.

The Sweet 16 at the East region features one game between UCLA and North Carolina and another between Purdue and underdog Saint Peter’s.

RJ Davis scored a career-high 30 points and eighth-seeded North Carolina beat defending champion Baylor 93-86 in overtime in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

North Carolina and first-year coach Hubert Davis got themselves off the NCAA Tournament bubble and now hope to make trouble for defending national champion Baylor in a featured matchup of the second round.

Brady Manek scored 28 points, Caleb Love had 21 of his 23 points before halftime and North Carolina routed Marquette 95-63 in first-year coach Hubert Davis’ NCAA Tournament debut.

No. 7 Duke faces Virginia Tech in the title game of the ACC Tournament.

Mark Meadows, who as chief of staff to President Donald Trump promoted his lies of mass voter fraud, is facing increasing scrutiny about his own voter registration status.

Duke University doctors say a baby is thriving after a unique heart transplant.

In a victory for Democrats, the Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans.

Mike Krzyzewski has already turned his attention to the postseason after losing his final home game at Duke.

North Carolina spoiled retiring Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski’s emotional home finale at Cameron Indoor Stadium, upsetting fourth-ranked rival Duke 94-81.

Stanford soccer star Katie Meyer’s death has been ruled a suicide.

LSU has moved into the top 10 of The Associated Press women's basketball poll for the first time in 13 years.

More than five years after a Black congregation merged with a mostly white North Carolina church, members of The Refuge Church continue striving to be an example of unity and racial reconciliation in the American South.

Court filings say the FBI has arrested two men on charges stemming from last year's riot at the U.S. Capitol after reviewing information gathered and posted by a network of online sleuths.

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An uncontrolled fire at a fertilizer plant has continued to burn in North Carolina.

North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn has sued to block efforts seeking to prevent him from running for Congress this year.

An uncontrolled fire at a fertilizer plant has forced thousands of people to evacuate in North Carolina.

President Joe Biden's commitment to nominating the U.S. Supreme Court's first Black female justice will have an incalculable effect on young lawyers around the country.

A layer of ice and a blanket of snow has covered coastal areas stretching from South Carolina to Virginia.

Freezing rain, sleet and snow blew into coastal areas stretching from South Carolina to Virginia.

Authorities say two U.S. Marines were killed and 17 others injured when the 7-ton truck they were riding in overturned near their North Carolina base.

A dangerous winter storm is whipping the East Coast with significant snowfall, strong thunderstorms and blustery winds.

A dangerous winter storm combining high winds and ice is blasting through parts of the U.S. Southeast.

Forecasts of snow and ice as far south as Georgia have put much of the Southeast on an emergency preparedness footing as shoppers strip store shelves of supplies and road crews treat highways ahead of an approaching weekend storm.

Forecasters' predictions of debilitating snow and ice as far south as Georgia have shoppers scouring store shelves for storm supplies and road crews trying to prevent a repeat of past wintertime debacles.

A formal challenge of North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s qualifications to run for Congress has been delayed while redistricting litigation is pending.

North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell is forgoing his senior season to enter the NFL draft.

Paolo Banchero had 23 points and second-ranked Duke shot 62% after halftime to beat Virginia Tech 76-65 in its Atlantic Coast Conference opener.

A fire has ripped through a distribution center in North Carolina for the QVC home-shopping television network, causing extensive damage to the facility.