Hundreds of U.S. soldiers have deployed from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Kuwait to serve as reinforcements in the Middle East amid rising tensions following the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general.

A spokeswoman at Fort Bragg says there have been five travel-related cases of the Zika virus confirmed since June at the North Carolina Army post.

U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl made his first appearance before a military judge to face charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Bergdahl was arraigned Tuesday during a short hearing.

Douglas County Deputies say an autopsy report states a California woman was drunk when she drowned in Topaz Lake on June 17th.

Douglas County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a possible drowning that happened at Topaz Lake on Wednesday afternoon.

A high school basketball tournament on the Northern California coast has become the latest flashpoint in the ongoing protests over police killings of unarmed black men after a school was disinvited because of concerns its players would wear T-shirts printed with the words "I Can't Breathe" during warmups.