USA TODAY staff on the value of reading banned books like "The Bluest Eye," "Gender Queer" and "Looking for Alaska." ...

Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” has premiered online on YouTube, just a little over 48 hours after it had its first bow on the big screen in theaters nationwide. The elaborate music video for the ...

Several local government commissions and committees are scheduled to meet this week to discuss topics ranging from municipal budgets to Bismarck's extraterritorial area, and other local issues.

Monday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 74 and low of 57 degrees.

Hurricane Narda Sends 1 Last Summer Blast of Swell (picketfencemedia.com) — Surfers in San Clemente and Dana Point are enjoying a late summer swell brought by Hurricane Narda. Despite the hurricane ...

The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority approved $12.4 million in new investments on Wednesday, Oct. 1, funding eight projects across the county.