As a result of WNCN's investigation "Poison in the Water," Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bill into law to prevent North Carolinians from drinking toxic chemicals. More>>
After a tornado touched down in Franklin County Tuesday, Wednesday brought cooler temps and lower humidity, a trend that will not continue into the weekend before rain returns next week.More>>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 8:27 PM EDT2013-06-20 00:27:38 GMT
As a result of WNCN's investigation "Poison in the Water," Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bill into law to prevent North Carolinians from drinking toxic chemicals.
As a result of WNCN's investigation "Poison in the Water," Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bill into law to prevent North Carolinians from drinking toxic chemicals.
Thursday, June 20 2013 4:33 AM EDT2013-06-20 08:33:59 GMT
Vollis Simpson
On the same day state lawmakers memorialized Vollis Simpson, they gave final approval to a bill identifying the whirligigs he made as North Carolina's official folk art.
On the same day state lawmakers memorialized Vollis Simpson, they gave final approval to a bill identifying the whirligigs he made as North Carolina's official folk art.
Thursday, June 20 2013 4:23 AM EDT2013-06-20 08:23:14 GMT
N.C. Secretary of Transportation Tony Tata
Transportation officials are joining law enforcement and community leaders in a discussion of the significant number of deaths on North Carolina's railroad tracks in 2012.
Transportation officials are joining law enforcement and community leaders in a discussion of the significant number of deaths on North Carolina's railroad tracks in 2012.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 5:47 AM EDT2013-06-19 09:47:58 GMT
Utilities regulators are holding hearings across central and western North Carolina to let consumers share their thoughts about plans by Duke Energy Carolinas to raise electricity rates by $235 million a year.
Utilities regulators are holding hearings across central and western North Carolina to let consumers share their thoughts about plans by Duke Energy Carolinas to raise electricity rates by $235 million a year.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 9:38 PM EDT2013-06-20 01:38:07 GMT
Gov Pat McCrory has signed into law a repeal of a landmark act that allowed convicted murderers in North Carolina to reduce sentences to life in prison if they could prove racial bias.
Gov Pat McCrory has signed into law a repeal of a landmark act that allowed convicted murderers in North Carolina to reduce sentences to life in prison if they could prove racial bias.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 7:35 PM EDT2013-06-19 23:35:52 GMT
North Carolina first lady Ann McCrory is making a rare foray into politics by urging the state Senate to take action on a bill aimed at preventing animal cruelty by large dog breeders.
North Carolina first lady Ann McCrory is making a rare foray into politics by urging the state Senate to take action on a bill aimed at preventing animal cruelty by large dog breeders.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 12:58 PM EDT2013-06-19 16:58:54 GMT
A bill that lays the groundwork for a private nonprofit corporation to take over many economic development duties of North Carolina's Commerce Department has cleared a hurdle at the legislature.
A bill that lays the groundwork for a private nonprofit corporation to take over many economic development duties of North Carolina's Commerce Department has cleared a hurdle at the legislature.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 7:44 PM EDT2013-06-18 23:44:36 GMT
Brian Holberton homered, Trent Thornton pitched a strong seven innings and No. 1 national seed North Carolina extended its stay at the College World Series.
Brian Holberton homered, Trent Thornton pitched a strong seven innings and No. 1 national seed North Carolina extended its stay at the College World Series.
Monday, June 17 2013 8:19 PM EDT2013-06-18 00:19:57 GMT
Ireland Nugent took her first steps in her new prosthetic legs and feet that will allow the 2-year-old to take them home from a rebound from an accident that nearly took her life.
Ireland Nugent took her first steps in her new prosthetic legs and feet that will allow the 2-year-old to take them home from a rebound from an accident that nearly took her life.
A California developer says an underground shelter he's creating in a vast limestone cave in eastern Kansas could be the human race's best chance to survive a nuclear attack or the impact of a wayward meteor.
After most of the world's population is wiped off the map by a wayward meteorite or hail of nuclear missiles, the survival of the human race might just depend on a few thousand people huddled in recreational vehicles...
Police say they think a domestic issue prompted a shooting at a condominium complex in an upscale Louisville neighborhood that claimed three lives and left a fourth person badly wounded.
A domestic situation apparently prompted the midweek shooting at a condominium complex in an upscale Louisville neighborhood that claimed three lives and left a fourth person badly wounded, police said.
A tropical depression has formed off the coast of Belize and forecasters say it is expected to bring as much as five inches of rain to parts of Belize, Guatemala and northern Honduras.
Tropical Storm Barry bore down on Mexico's Gulf Coast early Thursday as civil defense workers readied emergency shelters and forecasters warned of the possibility of deadly flash floods and mudslides.
Attorneys in the Jodi Arias case head back to court to discuss future plans for a potential retrial of the penalty phase after jurors deadlocked on whether to sentence her to life in prison or death.
Jodi Arias returns to court Thursday for the first time since the penalty phase of her case ended in mistrial last month as lawyers discuss plans for a new trial to decide the punishment for the convicted murderer.
A decade ago, the Rosebud Sioux Indians in South Dakota were paying people to catch and shoot wild dogs.
A decade ago, the Rosebud Sioux Indians in South Dakota were paying people to catch and shoot wild dogs. Dogs that weren't caught were covered in mange and parasites. Some froze. Some starved. In packs, they survived be...
Dozens of homes were evacuated near Denver as a wind-driven wildfire flared, one of many in the western states where hot and windy conditions were making it easy for the wild land blazes to start and spread.
Dozens of homes were evacuated near Denver as a wind-driven wildfire flared, one of many in the western states where hot and windy conditions were making it easy for the wild land blazes to start and spread.
