The federal program provides food, formula and support to about 262,000 people in North Carolina.

Local and state government organizations in Tennessee are paying $80,000 a week to keep the park open through Jan. 4.

Piedmont Triad International Airport is rallying community support for TSA officers and air traffic controllers missing paychecks amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Nano Tyrannus lancensis was first identified in the 1940s but later largely dismissed by the paleontological community as just a younger T-rex. But the head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences said research has confirmed the differences between the two Tyrannosaurs were far greater than just size.