Aziaha James hit two free throws with 7.1 seconds left to help No. 7 N.C. State beat Georgia Tech 73-72 in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.

Georgia may have ended its 10-year NCAA Tournament drought by beating Vanderbilt 79-68. In one of several games on Saturday involving teams perceived to be on the NCAA bubble, the Bulldogs improved to

All of the recent trends in North Carolina’s rapid population growth are expected to continue so that within five years North Carolina will jump from ninth-largest to seventh even as birth rates decline and the average age keeps going up,

North Carolina is seeing fires throughout the state ... The neighboring state of Georgia is also fighting flames. Crews with the Georgia Forestry Commission responded to more than 137 fires ...

Evacuation notices were issued where homes were close to flames, such as in the Grand Strand of South Carolina and the western region of North Carolina, including the community of Tryon, North Carolina. As of Sunday, local authorities had not reported any destroyed homes from the fires.

The downed power line that sparked a wildfire here that ultimately burned more than 600 acres in western North Carolina fell a couple hundred feet from where U.S. 176 has abruptly ended since Hurricane Helene washed away a section of roadway.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency Sunday as wildfires in the Carolinas and Georgia scorched thousands of acres and forced people to flee their homes.