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Flood damage from Hurricane Florence will be extensive, but in North Carolina many don't have flood insurance. North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey discusses the situation.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Vincent Long, the administrator of Leon County in Florida, where Hurricane Michael has already hit.

Less than a year ago, Toys R Us fired more than 30,000 workers and closed all its stores. The owners are eyeing a relaunch despite obstacles. Workers who never received severance payments are furious.

The bond market is worried the trade war, slowing global growth and a drop in oil prices are signs the economy is slowing and may be heading for a recession. Nervousness spilled over into stocks too.

A fraud probe into absentee ballots in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District has delayed the certification of Republican Mark Harris. His victory over Democrat Dan McCready is in question.

Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are still fighting over President Trump's demand to include $5 billion for a border wall in the annual spending bill and have until Dec. 21 to get a deal.

"These sobering statistics are a wakeup call that we are losing too many Americans, too early and too often, to conditions that are preventable," says CDC Director Robert Redfield.

While the number of fatalities in the state's deadliest wildfire in history creeps upward, the list of those unaccounted for is growing much higher. What's behind the rapid increase?

Dry weather and strong winds mean that what would have been small blazes in the past are now monster fires. And more people live in harm's way.

Here's a look at how the midterms changed a key component of education policy: state government.