A former family doctor was sentenced to prison for giving women patients opioid and other drugs for sex at his practice in Mount Holly, Gaston County. The NC Medical Board stripped the doctor of his license.
Two former monks at Belmont Abbey are on a list of clergy accused of child sex abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Va. One also was accused of abuse at a Gastonia, North Carolina parish.
Hurricane Florence killed an estimated 4.2 million chickens and turkeys in southeastern North Carolina last fall. Farmers mixed most of those dead birds with wood chips and sawdust and composted.
Records of a state investigation into supervision of Jean Carolyn McGirt found a lack of documented checks in that area the day of her death. The jail has responded by increasing the checks, and with plans to electronically document them in the unit as they do elsewhere in the facility.
Duke college basketball freshman Zion Williamson was injured against North Carolina and former Blue Devils and NBA star Carlos Boozer tweeted for him to get well, but sent it to the national park by mistake.
Proponents of redistricting reform say it will lead to more moderate politicians on both sides, since under heavily gerrymandered maps the races are often won in the party primaries, not the general elections.
The country's last vacant congressional seat will stay that way for months after North Carolina's election board, hearing evidence of ballot fraud and testimony that the Republican ignored warning signs, ordered a new election.
North Carolina's elections board has ordered a new election in the nation's last undecided congressional race after reviewing evidence that it was tainted by absentee ballot fraud.
Republican Mark Harris called for a new election in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, giving up on certification as winner in a race marked by voting irregularities in Bladen and Robeson counties.
Here are updates from testimony at the North Carolina Board of Elections hearing on the November 2018 general midterm election & vote fraud allegations in 9th District race.
The push to limit or end cash bail or secured bonds in North Carolina demands alternatives for the state’s jail population. Here are suggestions, pilot programs and plans tried in other states, especially California, where voters will choose in 2020.
NC court officials, judges and magistrates are increasingly calling for bail reform to keep low-level, misdemeanor defendants out of jail before their trials. Cash bonds and secured bonds often keep defendants behind bars because they cannot pay.
Under a new bill, HB 144, North Carolina drivers could be assessed a $100 fine if they’re caught and convicted of talking on the phone or texting while driving. If passed, the bill takes effect in 2020.
A Wilmington, North Carolina man was arrested after, police say, he tried robbing his Uber driver. The man told the driver to give up his car and jumped into the font seat during the ride, according to cops.
One of the oldest and most historic roads in North Carolina is sinking into a bay off the Outer Banks, and environmentalists think they may save it by recreating a long-vanished marsh off shore.
Kristie Puckett Williams spent months in jail on a cocaine charge while pregnant because she could not afford the high bond set for her. She pleaded guilty to gain her freedom and had twins days afterward. Now she fights for bail reform.
UNC Charlotte trustees won’t change their decision to keep the name of former Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson on its football stadium. Richardson faced accusations of racial, sexual misconduct.
NC Democrats praised House Speaker Tim Moore’s proposal for a school construction bond, but the Senate voted to pay for buildings using the state budget.
Starting Monday, NC Division of Motor Vehicles computers will be patched in to the State-to-State Verification Service that gives the DMV access to an applicant’s driving history from another state.
Ryan Dial-Stanley of the Lumbee Native American tribe performs a traditional flute instrument. The performance came at North Carolina Central University's inaugural powwow.
