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April 19, 2017

North Carolina honors student facing deportation can stay

A North Carolina college student bracing for a deportation hearing has learned she can stay in the U.S. after all.

April 18, 2017

Appeals court won't revive lawsuit over UNC sham classes

A state appeals court won't revive a lawsuit by two former athletes who say they were harmed by sham classes at the University of North Carolina.

April 14, 2017

US judge to check on man forcibly medicated in terror case

A federal judge is checking whether a mentally ill North Carolina man accused of trying to join al-Qaida-linked fighters in Syria has improved after nearly a year of forced medication.

April 13, 2017

Warrant: Mother of boy found dead on porch had used drugs

Authorities in North Carolina say search warrants indicate the mother whose 3-year-old son was found dead on the porch of their Morganton home had used marijuana and methamphetamine prior to his death.

April 13, 2017

North Carolina teen rescues infant cousin from burning home

A North Carolina teen is being hailed a hero after he rescued his infant cousin from a burning building.

April 13, 2017

The Latest: Mentally ill terror suspect deemed fit for trial

The Latest on criminal proceedings against a mentally ill North Carolina man accused of trying to join al-Qaida-linked fighters in Syria after 10 months of forced medication (all times local): 12:40 p.m.

April 13, 2017

Crematory suspended after worker took home 93 sets of ashes

The license of a crematory has been suspended after the ashes of 93 unclaimed bodies were found at the home of an employee in North Carolina.

April 12, 2017

North Carolina dad and two sons receive same heartbreaking cancer diagnosis

North Carolina brothers Preston and Parker Jackson were both diagnosed with the same devastating pancreatic cancer as their father, Wayne Jackson, within just a few weeks of each other in 2016.

April 12, 2017

APNewsBreak: Wrongfully imprisoned brothers reach settlement

Two brothers wrongfully imprisoned for three decades in the killing of an 11-year-old girl have reached a settlement with investigators who helped put them behind bars.

April 12, 2017

Graffiti on rise on Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina

Rangers along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina say there's been an increase in graffiti along the scenic mountain highway.