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Nation Jan 04
More U.S. troops deploy to Mideast amid tensions with IranHundreds of U.S. soldiers deployed Saturday from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Kuwait to serve as reinforcements in the Middle East amid rising tensions following the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general.
Nation Aug 02
North Carolina governor moves to block conversion therapy fundsNorth Carolina's state health department is barred from allowing public funds to pay for conversion therapy for minors, a controversial practice aimed at changing young LGBT people's sexual orientations, under an order signed Friday by Gov. Roy Cooper.
Nation Jul 23
N.C. settlement affirms transgender people’s right to use restrooms matching their gender identityThe consent decree is expected to end a protracted lawsuit challenging North Carolina's so-called bathroom bill and the law that replaced it.
Nation Feb 27
Leslie McCrae Dowless, political operative, charged in North Carolina congressional raceThe North Carolina political operative at the center of a ballot fraud scandal was arrested Wednesday on criminal charges over activities in the 2016 elections and the Republican primary in 2018.
Politics Dec 06
North Carolina GOP open to new election if fraud affected outcomeEntertaining the idea of a new election represents a significant change from last Thursday, when state GOP Chairman Robin Hayes issued a statement saying: "Democrats are throwing everything, including the kitchen sink, at the wall to try and steal an…
Nation Sep 14
Mother and infant are first Hurricane Florence fatalitiesThe Wilmington Police Department said Friday that the two were killed when a tree fell on their house.
Nation Sep 13
After Florence, sea level rise threat will remain for North Carolina shoreThe low-lying barrier islands hugging the Carolinas coast are experiencing some of the fastest rates of sea level rise in the world, nearly an inch a year.
Nation Mar 09
North Carolina police officer charged with felony assault after August beating of black pedestrianThe case against former Asheville police officer Christopher Hickman became public only last week after a leaked body camera video showed Hickman subduing and punching the pedestrian, who was accused of jaywalking.
Nation Mar 02
WATCH: The Rev. Billy Graham’s funeralCHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Rev. Billy Graham's children remembered "America's Pastor" as a man devoted to spreading the Gospel, living his life at home as he preached it in stadiums, with a personable humility and an unwavering focus on the…
Nation Jan 10
GOP vows to fight judges’ decision to strike down North Carolina House districtsA federal court's decision to strike down North Carolina's congressional map has cast uncertainty over the state's 2018 U.S. House races and thrust the state into a national debate over reducing the role of partisanship in drawing electoral districts.
