Politics Feb 07 Ohio backs off proposed restrictions on gender-affirming medical care for adults Transgender people and their healthcare providers feared the original rules would have left thousands of patients scrambling to find care — and facing health risks in the meantime.
Politics Jan 11 Efforts to restrict transgender health care endure in 2024, with more adults targeted Advocates for transgender rights say most of the states inclined to pass gender-affirming care bans have done so. They now expect those states to build upon those restrictions and expand them to adults.
Politics Dec 25 Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene targeted by failed Christmas swatting attempt, police say The Rome Police Department in Georgia quickly verified that the call was a hoax and did not send officers to Greene's house.
Politics Oct 12 Transgender residents in North Carolina, Montana file lawsuits challenging new state restrictions Transgender residents of North Carolina and Montana added to a growing list of lawsuits challenging the recent onslaught of Republican state laws aimed at transgender individuals.
Nation Aug 29 University of North Carolina graduate student charged with murder of faculty member The shooting sparked fear at the state's flagship public university, just a week after students returned for the start of the fall semester.
Nation Aug 29 Police still searching for motive in UNC Chapel Hill shooting UNC Police received a 911 call reporting shots fired at Caudill Labs just after 1 p.m. Monday.
Politics Aug 28 Faculty member fatally shot in University of North Carolina science building Students and faculty at the flagship campus barricaded themselves in dorm rooms, offices and classrooms for hours until a lockdown was lifted. The school had warned students to seek shelter indoors and avoid windows.
Politics Aug 16 North Carolina lawmakers override veto on bill limiting LGBTQ instruction in early grades The measure requires public school teachers to generally alert parents before they call a student by a different name or pronoun. It also bans instruction about gender identity and sexuality in K-4 classrooms.
Health Jul 22 WATCH: Pfizer CEO gives update on operations after tornado damages North Carolina plant Most of the destruction from a tornado that tore through eastern North Carolina Wednesday and struck a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant affected its storage facility, rather than its medicine production areas, the company said Friday.
Nation Jul 20 Tornado severely damages N.C. Pfizer plant as heat and floods engulf other regions The Pfizer plant stores large quantities of medicine that were tossed about, said Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone.