December 28, 2016 Desperate text leads deputies to kidnapped teen; mother found dead A kidnapped 14-year-old girl managed to text her friend for help, leading deputies to discover she was held captive and her mother was killed in their North Carolina home -- and on Tuesday, the suspect was charged with murder.
December 28, 2016 Authorities: Trooper shoots driver reversing into him Authorities say a North Carolina trooper shot into a car, hitting the driver who was reversing into the officer.
December 27, 2016 Reports say 4 people found shot dead in eastern NC home Local media reports say authorities in North Carolina are investigating the shooting deaths of four people inside a home about 50 miles east of Raleigh.
December 26, 2016 Police: Truck rolls away from construction site, kills boy Authorities say a young boy has been killed by an unmanned truck that rolled down a hill after it wasn't properly secured at a construction site.
December 25, 2016 Sheriff: 2 men sought after 7 shot at NC Christmas party Two suspects were being tracked down Sunday after North Carolina investigators say they shot seven people during a private Christmas party attended by hundreds of people.
December 25, 2016 The Latest: Suspects sought after 7 shot at NC Xmas party The Latest on seven people shot at a North Carolina Moose Lodge (all times local): 1 p.m.
December 25, 2016 7 shot after fight leads to gunshots at NC party for 300 An argument that escalated into gunfire at a North Carolina gathering for hundreds of people is being blamed for violence that required emergency care for seven people.
December 20, 2016 North Carolina's 'bathroom bill' set on fast path to repeal North Carolina lawmakers appear poised to repeal a controversial law widely derided as the "bathroom bill" because it requires transgender people to use restrooms corresponding with the sex on their birth certificate in many public buildings.
December 18, 2016 2 teens charged in shooting outside Charlotte nightclub Two teens have been charged in a shooting where four other teenagers were injured in the parking lot of a North Carolina nightclub.
December 17, 2016 Judge bars Bergdahl prosecutors from using wounds at trial A judge has ruled the prosecutors of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl won't be able to harness some of the most emotionally powerful evidence against him at his court martial next year.