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May 12, 2018

R. Kelly draws protesters as well as fans at North Carolina concert

A crowd of about 30 protesters gathered outside the Greensboro Coliseum in North Carolina Friday to protest an R. Kelly concert as part of the latest installment in the #MuteRKelly movement.

May 11, 2018

MLK's daughter calls for Waffle House boycott, NAACP LDF demands police footage after choking video goes viral

The daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is calling for the boycott of a Waffle House after a video went viral showing a North Carolina police officer choking and slamming a black man to the ground outside one of the restaurant chain’s eateries.

May 10, 2018

North Carolina WWII veteran celebrates 100th birthday: 'He is extraordinary'

A WWII veteran in Summerfield, North Carolina celebrated his 100th birthday last Sunday.

May 10, 2018

Duke official's complaint about rap music gets 2 coffee shop employees fired: reports

A Duke University official who just last month tweeted about the importance of freedom of expression is now under fire after his complaints about rap music at a campus coffee shop led to the firing of two of the shop’s employees.

May 9, 2018

North Carolina firefighter responds to 'nightmare' wreck, learns his wife, kids hit by overdose suspect

When firefighter Dustin Reid arrived at the scene of a car crash last month, he never expected to learn that his wife and young children were involved.

May 9, 2018

North Carolina mayor arrested on DWI, gun charges hours after election win

Robert Williams, Jr. spent the in jail -- just after he was elected mayor of a small town in eastern North Carolina.

May 8, 2018

North Carolina researchers catch 9.5-foot alligator in Kitty Hawk canal

Alligator researchers caught, tagged and released a 9.5-foot alligator in North Carolina Monday.

May 7, 2018

Party bus owner cited after UNC Charlotte student, 20, falls out bus window, dies

The owner of a party bus company in North Carolina has been issued multiple citations after a 20-year-old college student died when she fell out of a bus window into oncoming traffic last week.

May 7, 2018

UNCC student, 20, killed after she fell out of party bus into path of cars

A college student in North Carolina was killed Tuesday night after she fell out of a party bus onto the road and was hit by passing cars.

May 6, 2018

GOP outsider Blankenship emerges as factor in West Virginia Senate race, ahead of 4 state primaries Tuesday

Candidates in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina made closing arguments this weekend ahead of key primaries Tuesday -- showing in many ways how Republican hopefuls are aligning behind President Trump while Democrats move to the left in more divided paths that threaten to undermine the party.