By GARY D. ROBERTSON and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal three-judge panel on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map aimed at flipping a seat to Republicans as part of President Donald Trump's multistate redistricting campaign ...

By JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Giant balloons got into shape Wednesday for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as crews inflated the giant characters on the streets of New York City. The parade kicks off Thursday morning, with dozens of huge balloons set to take ...

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Newly released transcripts of private interviews with a senior U.S. Border Patrol official and other authorities leading the immigration crackdown in the Chicago area reveal tense exchanges as leaders dodged questions about ...

By JACK BROOK Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row has been released on bail Wednesday after his conviction was overturned earlier this year. Jimmie Duncan had originally been convicted of first-degree murder ...

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — It's that time of year — again — when cold air sweeps across the Great Lakes region, dropping huge amounts of lake-effect snow from Michigan's Upper Peninsula into Western New York. Snow has already started falling Wednesday in and ...

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who was once engaged to the brother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt remains in ICE custody two weeks after being arrested on her way to pick up the son she shares with her former fiance. Bruna ...