Southeast

Hurricane Milton is barreling toward Florida as residents and the state's already battered insurance market prepare for what is expected to be a major property event.

Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina hard, including one of America's great treasures, the Biltmore Estate, a product of the Vanderbilt family in the Gilded Age.

Elon Musk accused the Federal Emergency Management Agency of hampering efforts to set up Starlink satellite internet to help in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which the agency has denied.

Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota will not begin producing electric vehicles at its U.S. factories in 2025 as planned, postponing production until the first half of 2026.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida's National Guard and State Guard will deploy to the state's ports to restore operations amid the dockworkers strike and Hurricane Helene recovery.

Hurricane Helene devastated the town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, shutting down mining operations for pure quartz, a critical component for microchips and solar panels.

Roughly 1 in 200 family homes in Hurricane Helene-devastated Appalachia have flood insurance, according to a report.

An Airbnb owner from Chimney Rock, North Carolina, captured footage after Hurricane Helene passed by, and talks about impacts to the tourist season.

Hurricane Helene brought historic devastation across the Southeast leaving more than 100 people dead and a preliminary estimate puts its economic cost up to $34 billion.

Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., said the "cataclysmic" damage brought by Hurricane Helene could leave western parts of the state in recovery mode for years.

The last full-size U.S. Kmart store location, which is in New York, is reportedly set to close in October 2024, leaving only one smaller store remaining.

Elon Musk turned to social media on Sunday to respond to a second attempted assassination on former President Trump, this time in West Palm Beach, Florida.

A rare dime from pressed in 1975 that lacks the letter "S" for the San Francisco mint it came from is up for auction and is expected to fetch over $500,000.

Singer-songwriter Zac Brown's seven-bedroom, four-and-a-half bathroom Georgia lake house in on the market for $3.25 million. The home is on Lake Lanier outside of Atlanta.

National retailer LL Flooring, previously known as Lumber Liquidators, has announced it will close, resulting in around 2,000 workers losing their jobs.

Florida remained a very retirement-friendly state in 2024, with five locales in the Sunshine State appearing among WalletHub’s 10 best retirement cities.

Colt Gray, 14, opened fire at Apalachee High School, killing four people, including two students and two teachers. Teachers at the school used Centegix technology to alert police.