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The Rise and Fall of a Dangerous Political Movement in Revolutionary America

By Brendan McConville

N.C. Inmate Taken Off Death Row For Racism At Trial

By Madeleine Carlisle

5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes North Carolina

By Sanya Mansoor

N.C. Supreme Court Rules on Racial Justice Act Hearings

By Madeleine Carlisle
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DaBaby's Arrest Sparks Internal Investigation

DaBaby tweeted the police are using the local news to "cover their tracks"

By Josiah Bates

UNC Charlotte Student Riley Howell, Who Died Saving Classmates From Gunman, Honored as Jedi Master in New Star Wars Book

Riley Howell died after charging a gunman during an April shooting on UNCC's campus

By Madeleine Carlisle

Two Dead After Shooting at Government Building in North Carolina

The details of the shooting and the identity of the victims were not released, but those killed and injured are believed to be government employees. A press conference will be held at 2 p.m. EST with more information

By Josiah Bates

North Carolina Detective Fired After Allegedly Sending Inappropriate Messages to Women Whose Rape Cases He Handled

A detective in North Carolina was fired earlier this year after he was accused of making inappropriate advances toward women whose sexual assault cases he investigated. Paul G. Matrafailo III was fired in May from...

By Mahita Gajanan

North Carolina High School Cheerleaders Placed 'on Probation' After Posing With Trump 2020 Banner

Some have criticized the move as a violation of students' free speech

By Katie Reilly

Their Death Sentences Were Overturned Because of Racial Bias. Now North Carolina Might Leave Them Back on Death Row

They proved racial discrimination affected their trials. But they still might have to stay on death row.

By Madeleine Carlisle

Dorian Makes Landfall in N.C.

Post-Tropical Cyclone Dorian continued into eastern Canada on Sunday with winds as high as 75 mph, following its Friday landfall in North Carolina that battered the state’s Outer Banks barrier islands. As a hurricane, Dorian...

By Sanya Mansoor , Gina Martinez , Rachel E. Greenspan , Madeleine Carlisle and Tara Law

North Carolina Woman Who Called Black Restaurant Customers a Racist Slur Says She Would Do It Again

A North Carolina woman says she is not sorry for using the n-word in a confrontation with two black restaurant customers that went viral. "I would say it again," Nancy Goodman tells WRAL. Goodman, a...

By Mahita Gajanan

1 Dead in Shooting at N. Carolina University Housing Complex

Local police confirmed that one person was pronounced dead after a homicide at University Village Boulevard near the Charlotte, N.C. campus

By Hillary Leung

UNC Charlotte Student 'Saved Lives' in Campus Shooting

Authorities praised one of the victims killed at the University of North Carolina Charlotte as a hero for "taking the fight" to the gunman who opened fire on campus Tuesday night. Student Riley Howell, 21,...

By Tara Law

2 Dead, 4 Injured in Shooting at North Carolina University

Two people have been killed and a man is in custody after a shooting at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte on Tuesday

By Tara Law

Why North Carolina's Election Fraud Hurts American Democracy

As it turns out, the 2018 elections aren't quite over. On Thursday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections ordered a new election in the state's Ninth Congressional District after testimony revealed how a political...

By Philip Elliott

Boy Says He 'Hung Out With a Bear' While Missing for 2 Days

The boy was reportedly unhurt despite heavy rain and freezing temperatures

By Tara Law

North Carolina Animal Sanctuary 'Devastated' by Death of Intern Mauled by Lion

The Center confirmed that Matthai was euthanized by necessity by first responders. Matthai was born at the Center not long after his mother was placed there as the result of a government-assisted confiscation in 2004.

By Gina Martinez

Escaped Lion Kills 1 Person in North Carolina

The lion was shot and killed to allow Caswell County personnel to retrieve the worker

By Rachel E. Greenspan

Guatemalan Father of Murdered North Carolina Girl Denied Visa to Attend Her Funeral

Hania Aguilar was abducted and murdered in North Carolina last month

By Gina Martinez
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