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A bipartisan Senate deal to curb the growth of health insurance premiums is reeling after President Donald Trump reversed course and opposed the agreement
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge's long-running fight with the police department that detained his adult son could force municipalities to provide more of their internal records to the public.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Doctors were just guessing a decade ago when they gave Alison Cairnes' husband a new drug they hoped would shrink his lung tumors. Now she takes it too, but the choice was no guesswork. Sophisticated gene…
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Teuvo Teravainen had a pair of goals and Jordan Staal a goal and three assists to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Tuesday night.
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Kimberly Renee Poole’s latest appeal lacks any evidence that would prove her innocence in the 1998 death of her husband along the South Carolina coast, the S.C. Attorney General’s office says.
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Members of an Oklahoma fraternity hopes a video of their cheer and dance routine, which has gone viral on social media, will help members raise money for a good cause.
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CHARLOTTE — A 5-year-old Hickory boy who died of leukemia last year has had his grave marker repossessed in a financial tug-of-war between his parents and a North Carolina monument company.
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RALEIGH — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl made a last-minute argument Tuesday that President Donald Trump has reaffirmed his criticism of the soldier — preventing him from receiving a fair sentence on charges he endangered comrades in Afghanistan.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Cameron Johnson tried not to worry about whether he would get his once-blocked release from Pittsburgh to play for reigning national champion North Carolina as a graduate transfer.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers are faced with the difficult task of replacing three-time All-Pro Luke Kuechly for the third time in three seasons, the
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BURLINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a North Carolina couple who are both police officers have been charged with child abuse after a 3-year-old boy's daycare reported several bruises on his body.
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RALEIGH - Governor Cooper has proclaimed Oct. 15 – 21 as Teen Driver Safety Week to highlight motor vehicle crashes as being the leading cause of death of teenagers in North Carolina, ahead of all other types of injury, disease or violence.  The N.C....

HILLSBOROUGH -- There were few clear borders in North Carolina when William Churton arrived in 1748. Assigned to the Granville Land Office in Edenton, the cartographer and surveyor, along with lawyer Daniel Weldon, established a border between North...

The Latest on actions by the North Carolina legislature to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of an elections bill that would cancel judicial primaries next year and lower ballot-access thresholds for third-party and unaffiliated candidates (all times...

Primary elections for trial court and appeals court seats in 2018 have been scrapped after Republicans on Tuesday overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that foretells potentially more judicial changes ahead.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An autopsy has found 123 stab wounds and cuts on a woman who police say was stabbed by her husband after he sad he awoke was a dream with blood all over him.
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RALEIGH — A former football player in North Carolina who watched his high school buddy crushed to death can't sue the coach and school district for negligence that caused him severe emotional pain.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former football player in North Carolina who watched his high school buddy crushed to death can't sue the coach and school district for negligence that caused him severe emotional pain.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Two families have pledged more than $60 million to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill as the school starts a new fundraising campaign.
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WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A utility that provides water in southeastern North Carolina has sued a company it accuses of polluting the Cape Fear River, where the utility gets its water.
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Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's guilty plea to charges of endangering comrades in Afghanistan has set up a dramatic sentencing hearing that could land him in prison for life.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation making it easier for third-party and unaffiliated candidates to get on North Carolina ballots but also reworking judicial elections for 2018 could soon become law despite Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's objections.
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RALEIGH — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper wrested North Carolina's executive branch from Republicans nearly a year ago, narrowly defeating incumbent Pat McCrory in an election that swung in part on the voters' critique of the state's so-called "bathroom bill"...

CHARLOTTE— The FBI is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for arson and graffiti at a North Carolina Republican Party office last year.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the Republican-controlled legislature in North Carolina meeting to consider another veto issued by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper (all times local):
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MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say a mother used tiki torch oil to set her home on fire after suffocating her 8-year-old son last year in Connecticut.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. is going to be rather busy in retirement. NASCAR's most popular driver announced Monday his wife is expecting the couple's first child.
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Police say a crime spree in North Carolina that included a drugstore robbery and multiple vehicle break-ins ended with a stolen car crashing and five teenagers facing charges.
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At just about 4 months old, Brindle Bill still has loose puppy skin, big, bright eyes and a wiggly gait. He still whines when he's not the center of attention. He still loves snuggling, exploring new smells and winding his leash around people's...

Prosecutors in western North Carolina are disqualifying a top deputy from testifying in criminal cases ahead of an election to replace his father as county sheriff.
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The man charged with stashing a jar filled with explosive chemicals and nails at a western North Carolina airport was freed just eight days earlier after a short prison stint for an earlier crime.
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The redistricting practices of North Carolina Republicans are getting scrutinized yet again in court, this time in a trial in which federal judges must decide whether mapmakers can go too far drawing boundaries that favor their party.
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Authorities say two people have been arrested for attacking a school employee in North Carolina after several female students accused a teacher of inappropriately touching them, then said it didn't happen.
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A man on trial for his life for setting a man he met at a bar on fire and piling furniture on his naked body at a North Carolina hotel room yelled at police responding to the fire alarm that terrorists were attacking, according to trial...

Inmates at a North Carolina prison plotted an escape bid knowing they would have to hurt some prison employees, their disturbance ultimately leaving two workers dead and a dozen other workers or fellow inmates injured, authorities said Friday.
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Many people interacted and worked with Thomas Walker over his years at the Elon Police Department. He was a master police officer and trained officers when they joined the department.
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Police say they have arrested a convicted felon who had a gun battle in a North Carolina parking lot that ended with a bullet shattering a school bus window.
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North Carolina Republican legislative leaders are asking lawmakers to return to Raleigh early next week to consider overriding Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that would cancel primaries for 2018 judicial elections.
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Two North Carolina prison employees were killed and several others hurt after inmates at a sewing plant started a fire in an unsuccessful escape attempt Thursday, authorities said.
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Inmates at the Pasquotank Correctional Institution started a fire as part of an escape attempt, killing two employees and sending others to the hospital.
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North Carolina's redrawn legislative districts were debated Thursday before a panel of three federal judges who had struck down previous district maps for racial bias.
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The Latest on a federal court hearing on whether redrawn North Carolina legislative districts can be used for the 2018 election or must be altered again (all times local):
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Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will appear in court next week to enter an expected guilty plea to charges that he endangered comrades by walking off his remote post in Afghanistan in 2009.
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Federal judges who struck down North Carolina legislative districts for illegal racial bias are holding court before ruling whether new boundaries approved by Republicans over the summer fixed or retained the problem.
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A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to firing a gun into a car in 2013 and killing a man inside as he waited for a friend outside an apartment complex.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Governor Cooper has declared October as Cyber Security Awareness Month in North Carolina to bring awareness to the impact cybersecurity threats and breaches have on the security of citizens and the state.
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