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A former North Carolina State University employee was arrested Friday afternoon on child sex charges dating back to 2007, Raleigh police said. More>>
Beau Biden, who followed his father, Vice President Joe Biden, into politics and was twice elected attorney general of Delaware, died Saturday of brain cancer less than two years after he was diagnosed. Beau Biden was 46. More>>
One person was injured after being shot at least once while stopped at a red light on Wake Forest Road at I-440 Saturday morning, Raleigh police said. More>>
Above normal temperatures but mainly dry conditions will finish out the month of May. Next week will be more unsettled with chances of showers and storms returning during the week to start the month of June.
Expect fair and mild conditions tonight with lows generally in the middle 60s overnight.
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Signs are up all over downtown Raleigh as officials warn of what could be a huge parking pain this weekend. More>>
Three former employees are suing for discrimination.North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood said Friday her office is considering a new investigation into finances at North Carolina Central University after a former employee alleged the university's chancellor was misusing official money.
A Durham middle school's attempts to give back to the community are being thwarted by someone stealing from its garden. More>>
Paul Leroy Conner (NCDOJ)A Fayetteville sex offender struck a deal with a judge to provide "truthful testimony" about others at Freedom Christian Academy. More>>
The ATF is investigating after a device attached to a vehicle exploded on Gladehill Drive in Cary. More>>
File PhotoNorth Carolina regulators say they are investigating a possible violation of environmental laws near an open-pit mine in Chatham County that is being prepared to hold coal ash. More>>
File photoGov. Pat McCrory has vetoed his second bill in as many days, this time a measure giving employers recourse against people who deliberately get hired to try to dig up dirt on their company.
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UNC Board of GovernorsUniversity of North Carolina officials are picking an executive search firm to help find the new president of the statewide system of 16 public college campuses. More>>
Jermaine McBean with two of his aunts. Courtesy David Schoen Courtesy David SchoenAfter Florida police shot Jermaine McBean to death as he walked home with an unloaded air rifle, they said there was no reason to believe he did not hear their orders to drop the weapon and that he pointed it at them.But a newly emerged photo that shows headphones in McBean's ears immediately after the 2013 shooting raises questions about the police version of events, including why the white earbuds were later found stuffed in the dead computer expert's pocket.And another aspect of the police... More>>
Tourism officials hope events at a new outdoor venue will attract people to the Outer Banks in the off-season. More>>
Shaw UniversityShaw University's Board of Trustees voted Tashno Dubroy as the schools 17th president Saturday. More>>
File PhotoThe city of Greensboro is working on an online simulator that will let residents try to put together an annual budget in hopes they learn how difficult the process is. More>>
North CarolinaA federal government review says the Lumbee Indian Tribe of North Carolina must repay $225,000 that was supposed to be spent on housing services and instead paid for a fishing trip for veterans, banquet catering and other... More>>
Randy Llanes/NBC NewsA Hawaii man was killed Friday after he was apparently impaled by the bill of a fish, officials said. More>>
© The Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 steam locomotive leaves the North Carolina Transportation Museum (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)One of the most powerful passenger steam locomotives ever built is ready to make the trip back to its Virginia home after a year-long restoration effort in North Carolina. More>>
North CarolinaThe developer of a Wal-Mart in Hope Mills has withdrawn a request to relocate graves, including the remains of a Civil War veteran. More>>
File PhotoRep. Alma Adams is taking on the issue of hunger in her 12th Congressional District. More>>
North CarolinaA historic plantation in Durham is hosting an event that will examine the effect of the end of the Civil War on blacks, the rise of the black church and the creation of the sharecropping system. More>>
File photoThe North Carolina Symphony is one of four orchestras selected to participate in an inaugural program started in part by the Kennedy Center. More>>
Fayetteville police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred on May 23 and was reported on May 28. More>>
File PhotoA Hoke County deputy was injured and cited after getting a wreck Friday morning in Fayetteville, Hoke County authorities said. More>>
A traffic accident late Thursday night that damaged two poles and resulted in power lines in the road shut down an area surrounding three streets in Durham, officials said. More>>
Three technology and social media giants with North Carolina operations want legislative leaders to back away from changing a 2007 law requiring utilities to get increasing percentages of electricity they sell from... More>>
The Orange County Sheriff's office is asking for help with a cold case. A soon to be released documentary film of Frank Bender, a world-renowned sculptor, that has assisted “America's Most Wanted” features the mystery of "The Boy Under the Billboard." More>>
Gov. Pat McCroryThe federal government will not ask the Supreme Court to review a judge's decision that put on hold President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration, the Justice Department said earlier this week. More>>
Photo Courtesy City of RaleighA section of Hodges Street off Atlantic Avenue in Raleigh will be closed for several months while a massive sewer upgrade takes place. More>>
Sarah Preston of the ACLU of North Carolina being interviewed by WNCN's Beau Minnick.A bill that would allow magistrates and some other court officials to opt out of performing all marriage ceremonies passed the House by a 67-43 vote Thursday. Now the bill goes to Gov. Pat McCrory desk for his signature to become law.
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File PhotoEmergency sewer repairs have reduced lanes of traffic and closed off streets in and around areas of downtown Raleigh, City of Raleigh officials said. More>>
Kinston's Maceo Parker with James Brown.Eastern North Carolina has a big role in the development of funk music and the N.C. Museum of History will explore that with a free exhibit opening Saturday, June 6, in the museum lobby. More>>
John Shelton Reed, author of "Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue," says you can tell a lot about a community by its barbecue and its sauce. He'll elaborate on the state's complex barbecue tradition at a free presentation Monday, June 1 at 1:30 in the Archives and History/State Library Building auditorium. More>>
File PhotoA Fort Bragg soldier charged in the death of a Panamanian woman last year will face a court-martial on post this fall. More>>
File PhotoAuthorities in Union County believe 170 people who were sickened after eating at a Monroe elementary school last week contracted the fast-spreading Norovirus. More>>
North CarolinaA Duplin County man accused of killing a state's witness in a Wilmington murder case pending against him rejected plea bargains, leaving open the potential he could be tried for a life sentence. More>>
North CarolinaA Farmville-born Marine Corps general who led a battle which helped recapture Guam is being honored with a highway historical marker. More>>
Never underestimate what a few high school students can do to fight human trafficking. More>>
(AP)North Carolina transportation officials are pushing ahead with an embattled toll road outside Charlotte, even after a politically connected paving contractor involved in the $840-million project pleaded guilty last year to defrauding taxpayers. More>>
Legislation that would end North Carolina's long-standing ban on hunting with guns on Sundays is possibly one vote away from going to Gov. Pat McCrory's desk. More>>
File PhotoDistrict police say a reporter going home after an assignment was shot and killed by a gunman on a dirt bike who was apparently trying to shoot someone else. More>>
The NAACP announced Thursday it is launching a civil rights investigation into how coal ash is impacting communities. More>>
Durham-based group “Ranger Up” has teamed up with the Texas-company “Article 15” to raise the money and make the movie.Military and war movies do fairly well in Hollywood, often earning multiple awards and making a lot of money.
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Bradley DentA former Cumberland County teacher pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of taking indecent liberties with children, the sheriff's office said. More>>
File PhotoA bill that makes a woman wait at least 72 hours for an abortion passed its second reading Thursday in the North Carolina Senate. More>>
File photoTwenty-seven plaintiffs have sued the state of North Carolina over legislative redistricting, saying the General Assembly unconstitutionally used race to determine the new lines. More>>
UNC's Saunders Hall is named for William Saunders, a prominent member of the KKK after the Civil War. More>>
Chapel Hill police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man it says robbed a Suntrust Bank Thursday. More>>
Construction crews on the Fortify project on the Raleigh Beltline on Thursday will begin shifting lanes on I-40 West at the Lake Wheeler Road exit. More>>
The idea of giving some North Carolina appellate court judges the option to run for re-election without facing a challenger is gaining traction at the legislature. More>>
NCCU's Debra Saunders-WhiteN.C. Central chancellor Debra Saunders-White says the school will defend itself from lawsuits alleging racism. More>>
Rohan SachdevCary's Rohan Sachdev, a homeschooled student, made it to the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest but fell out of the competition when he misspelled "nictitate" Thursday morning. More>>
Two girls may have been kidnapped Thursday morning in Raleigh, according to Raleigh Police. More>>
Anyone who has lived in Raleigh for the past 10 years has seen the makeover downtown has gone through and is still going through. More>>
A woman now believes her son was abused 10 years ago by a Cumberland County teacher under investigation after her irate outbursts were caught by a parent who sent her child to school with an audio recorder. More>>
Two teenaged boys ran into a neighbor's home to help the disabled occupants after smoke was seen coming from the Fayetteville home, authorities said. More>>
As temperatures heat up, more and more people in the Upstate are seeing snakes slithering into their backyards.
As temperatures heat up, more and more people in the Upstate are seeing snakes slithering into their backyards.
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