On a picturesque summer evening in North Dakota, a powered paraglider was flying through the air when disaster struck. He collided with powerlines and triggered an explosion as he sank into the water.

A Cornelius police officer has been suspended without pay after investigators determined he improperly handled a call involving a woman who opened a stranger's car door to help a distressed dog on a ...

A woman who died on the beach was among “multiple water rescue calls” received within an hour on North Carolina’s Oak Island, ...

"You did the right thing; I would've done the same thing," one person wrote. "The dogs are gonna be better off and they'll ...

A North Carolina man died Saturday after being pulled from the ocean in North Myrtle Beach. Todd Hilliard, 63, of Kernersville, was pulled from the ocean near 36th Avenue South on Friday, according to ...

A woman from Creedmoor died at the North Carolina coast Saturday after she suffered cardiac arrest amid several surf rescues ...

These animals, about the length of a human finger, are black with splotches of mint green. That makes them nearly invisible against the lichen-covered rocks they typically hide in.   I had previously ...

The North Whiteville Volunteer Fire Department says one of their firefighters was in a crash while they were responding to ...

The Durham Rescue Mission Thrift Store stands as a testament to the adage that one person’s castoffs become another’s treasured possessions, particularly when those possessions include solid wood ...

A mother died while trying to save her drowning son at Bertie Beach in North Carolina on July 9. The bodies of Shaunna ...

Two swimmers were rescued from rip currents by lifeguards at Emerald Isle beach near Bogue Inlet Pier in Carteret County on Friday, the National Weather Service in Morehead City reported.

The ball was at least 200 feet from shore when the man jumped in to get it, witnesses told North Carolina cops.