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August 18, 2021

North Carolina faces 'catastrophic' flooding from Fred, dozens reported missing

North Carolina officials said almost three dozen people were unaccounted for Wednesday in one county alone after the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred caused floods and power outages, according to local reports.

August 18, 2021

North Carolina child dies from rare brain infection linked to swim in private pond

A North Carolina child died from a brain infection caused by an amoeba last week after swimming in a private pond, public health officials said Tuesday.

August 18, 2021

UNC-Chapel Hill journalism school dean to step down after Nikole Hannah-Jones controversy

The dean of the journalism school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is stepping down after a controversy over tenure for 1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones. 

August 18, 2021

North Carolina billboard skewers Biden for botched Afghanistan withdrawal

A billboard in Wilmington, North Carolina, skewered Biden for his botched withdrawal from Afghanistan that saw the Taliban take over the country and stranded thousands of Americans.

August 17, 2021

Fred, now a tropical depression, bringing threats to Southeast

Fred made landfall as a tropical storm on the Florida Panhandle near Cape San Blas and Port St. Joe on Monday afternoon.

August 17, 2021

NC man charged with abduction, rape of minor after child goes missing for 2 days

Authorities have charged a North Carolina man with abduction and statutory rape of a minor after investigating reports of a missing child two days earlier.

August 16, 2021

North Carolina attempts to outlaw child weddings

North Carolina is moving to introduce legislation that would raise the legal marriage age from 14 to 16 in an effort to reverse the state’s reputation as a destination for child brides.

August 15, 2021

82nd Airborne paratrooper found dead at Fort Bragg; investigation underway

An investigation is underway in the death of a 29-year-old Fort Bragg paratrooper who was found unresponsive in his barracks on Friday, according to reports.

August 11, 2021

North Carolina shooting: 2-year-old accidentally shoots, kills father, family says

A 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his father inside a home in Gastonia, North Carolina, the man’s family said.

August 10, 2021

NC school's dress code requiring skirts receives mixed ruling from appeals court

A federal appeals court on Monday tossed out a lower-court ruling that banned a North Carolina charter school from requiring girls to wear skirts.