North Carolina

A North Carolina preschool teacher who was laid off earlier this year recently had his luck dramatically turn around. 

A county official in North Carolina told residents that they should stay home for the holidays and only spend it with members of their household due to the coronavirus pandemic, only to then admit that she had no intention of doing this herself.

An 8-year-old boy died Sunday after he was accidentally shot with a BB or pellet gun while playing with another child in North Carolina, according to authorities. 

The body of a 26-year-old North Carolina mother who went missing last month has been found days after her boyfriend was charged with murder, according to reports.

A North Carolina police officer was recovering Saturday night after being shot while on duty, becoming the fourth officer shot in the Charlotte area in a little more than a week, according to reports.

Fraternity members and students from the University of North Carolina and Duke University were part of a massive drug trafficking ring that for years funneled drugs into three college campuses, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

A North Carolina man and self-described member of an anti-government extremist group who authorities say traveled to Minnesota during protests following the death of George Floyd pleaded guilty Wednesday to a terrorism charge.

A North Carolina police officer who had joined his department last year was gunned down Wednesday night outside of a fast-food restaurant during a shootout that also left an armed suspect dead and another officer wounded, officials say. 

The first major snowfall to hit the East Coast this season has dumped several inches of snow on multiple states and led to a massive pileup in central Pennsylvania that left at least two dead, according to state police.

A major nor’easter is set to pack a punch and bring big snow to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Wednesday afternoon and into Thursday morning.