A North Carolina judge declared a mistrial on Friday when a jury deadlocked in the trial of a white police officer charged in the death of an unarmed black man.
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by the state of North Carolina to revive its law requiring women seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound of the fetus performed and described to them by a doctor.
A former NFL player was sentenced in North Carolina to almost four years in federal prison for being the ringleader of a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme, officials said on Wednesday.
While deemed as one of the greatest American novels written since World War II, Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" has been banned from school libraries in Randolph County, North Carolina. The novl has long been seen as a seminal work of fiction, which deals with the honest realities of race in America.
The state of North Carolina became the third state to forbid law enforcement from destroying unclaimed firearms and weapons. The legislation was termed "save the guns" by advocates of the legislation
A state of emergency was called in Catawba County, North Carolina on Sunday, as two reportedly drowned from heavy rains causing neighboring towns to flood, CNN reported on Monday. The town of Lincoln County, for instance, saw 8 to 10 inches of rain in 12 hours.
Authorities have recovered the body of Holly Fischer, a missing North Carolinian whose car was found at the bottom on an 800-foot embankment Sunday Night. Investigators had been searching for Fischer since last week when she left her parents' home in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Erwin Antonio Rios, a North Carolina man, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court for possessing a stolen firearm as part of a personal jihad to kill U.S. Army soldiers.
Jamie Hawn, a Democratic political strategist, died early Wednesday when Raleign police said that Jonathan Broyhill, a best man at her wedding in 2009, stabbed her and her husband Nation at their home. Broyhill has been charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. Raleigh police said Wednesday they expect to upgrade Broyhill's charges to murder.
Trapped kids were found dead in Stanley, North Carolina after a young boy and girl were buried alive Sunday by dirt while playing in an open hole at a home construction site. The children were recovered Monday by authorities from the 24-foot deep hole.
