North Carolina

Tropical Storm Idalia hits North Carolina after leaving trail of devastation in Southeast

By Terry Spencer, Associated Press

Tropical Storm Idalia is barreling through the Carolinas on its way to the Atlantic Ocean after leaving a trail of flooding and devastation throughout the Southeast.

University of North Carolina graduate student charged with murder of faculty member

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Gary D. Robertson, Sarah Rankin, Associated Press

The shooting sparked fear at the state's flagship public university, just a week after students returned for the start of the fall semester.

Police still searching for motive in UNC Chapel Hill shooting

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Gary D. Robertson, Sarah Rankin, Associated Press

UNC Police received a 911 call reporting shots fired at Caudill Labs just after 1 p.m. Monday.

Faculty member fatally shot in University of North Carolina science building

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

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.

North Carolina lawmakers override veto on bill limiting LGBTQ instruction in early grades

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

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.

WATCH: Pfizer CEO gives update on operations after tornado damages North Carolina plant

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

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.

North Carolina governor vetoes 3 LGBTQ+ restrictions in ongoing fight with GOP supermajority

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a trio of bills aimed at LGBTQ+ youth that would restrict gender-affirming health care and sports participation for transgender minors and limit classroom instruction about gender identity and sexuality.

Federal judge allows most of North Carolina’s revised 12-week abortion ban to take effect

By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

A federal judge ruled on Friday that nearly all of North Carolina's revised 12-week abortion law scheduled to begin this weekend can take effect, while temporarily blocking one rule that doctors feared could expose them to criminal penalties.

Judge considers narrow ruling for North Carolina abortion law, won’t halt 12-week ban

By Gary Robertson, Associated Press

A federal judge says she won't block temporarily a large swath of North Carolina's abortion law taking effect this weekend that includes a near-ban after 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Supreme Court upholds North Carolina ruling, declines ‘independent state legislature’ theory

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court has ruled that North Carolina's top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law.