Sean Michael Lee, a highly decorated North Carolina military veteran, died earlier this month. Lee served for more than 20 years as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division.

Vice President J.D. Vance was at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro Monday to rally support for U.S. Senate Candidate Michael Whatley, who is locked in a tight race with former Governor Roy Cooper.

The move deals a heavy blow to North Carolina, where an estimated 3.5 million people—about one in three—drink water contaminated with these "forever chemicals."

Traditional military construction usually takes years to clear federal red tape, but this project is moving forward in just months, thanks to a new congressional loophole that lets the Navy swap out failing housing using standard Operations and Maintenance funds.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board is set to vote Tuesday on removing the board chair, amid a criminal investigation into “financial irregularities” and an ongoing leadership dispute over board contracting practices.

Two volunteer firefighters with the Prospect Volunteer Fire Department sustained injuries while battling the fast-moving flames and were airlifted to a hospital in Chapel Hill.

The State Laboratory for Public Health will now test for Infantile Krabbe Disease and Guanidinoacetate Methyltransferase Deficiency.

On a 5-2 vote, the board approved changes to WakeMed's articles of incorporation and a transfer agreement. The Federal Trade Commission will have to approve the deal before it becomes final.

The local effort was held in celebration of International Coastal Cleanup Day, a global initiative dedicated to removing debris and plastic pollution from shorelines.

While the driver escaped uninjured, critics online questioned why he didn't attempt to unload and save the expensive construction equipment.

The estimated $584 million project in Richmond County would have been the sixth combustion turbine at Duke's Smith complex, joining a pair of combined cycle gas units there.

While most people don’t drive a diesel-powered car or operate heavy machinery, rising diesel prices have a ripple effect for everyday North Carolinians.

For decades, drivers were required to keep a registration card they could show when pulled over by a police officer. The stickers showed the month and year when that registration would expire.

Three days after ICE agents shot and injured Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin, Texas, questions linger about the details around this enforcement operation.

Employees at a group of privately-run juvenile detention facilities across Tennessee failed to report suspected physical and sexual abuse to the state, and were allegedly discouraged from calling 911.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced something it's never done before - canceled the health insurance of 760,000 individuals enrolled in plans in the Affordable Care Act marketplace.

In her new show, comedian Pooja Reddy busts stereotypes as her youth in rural Kentucky takes center stage.

The Black Mississippi teen's family questions whether his race contributed to his July 4th death on an island off the Mississippi coast.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michael Froman, Council on Foreign Relations president, at the UN General Assembly.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with David Rubenstein, a Baltimore native, philanthropist and investor who leads an ownership group that acquired the Baltimore Orioles in 2024.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with media consultant and television producer Mark McKinnon about the launching of Trump TV, an official White House Youtube channel, streaming 24/7.

North Carolina’s Supreme Court currently has a 5-to-2 Republican majority, and just one of those seats will be on the ballot this November. Justice Anita Earls, a Democrat, faces former N.C. Rep. Sarah Stevens, a Republican who stepped down from the legislature earlier this year.

Greensboro Parks and Recreation and The Contemporary Foundation are collaborating on a new project to improve Fisher Park after plans were shelved due to lack of funding.