Red flags are out on beaches in Virginia and North Carolina due to a high risk of rip currents.

(CNN) — Here is a look at the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which serves to protect and enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments. It was enacted in response to voter suppression in the 1960s by state ...

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Millions of Americans are under weather advisories this week. See which major cities have heat, flood or storm advisories.

The National Weather Service has warned of "searing heat and oppressive humidity that occurs during the 'dog days of summer'.

Republicans are encountering early headaches in Senate races viewed as pivotal to maintaining the party’s majority in next year’s midterm elections, with recruitment ...

Around 11 million Americans are under flood alerts as a "ring of fire" weather pattern will continue to impact the eastern two-thirds of the country through the weekend.

At 2:53 a.m. on Friday, the NWS Blacksburg VA issued an updated flood watch valid from noon until Saturday midnight. The ...

The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, help us quantify its political trajectory.— Much of the Heartland and Midwest has come to lean more to the GOP over the past two decades, though the ...

Another round of showers and thunderstorms moved across the Mid-Atlantic Tuesday after intense rain set off dangerous flash flooding from Virginia to New York on Monday, leaving at least two dead and ...

The National Weather Service urged people to avoid travel if a flash flood warning was in place for their area.