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October 12, 2017

Attempted prison break in NC leaves 2 dead, 10 hospitalized

An attempted prison break in North Carolina left two people dead and 10 people injured as fires broke out inside the facility.

October 11, 2017

Illegal immigrant accused of beheading mother to have charges dropped, report says

An illegal immigrant accused of beheading his mother in March may have the charges against him dropped.

October 11, 2017

Ku Klux Klan leaves recruitment fliers outside North Carolina high school football game

A Ku Klux Klan group in North Carolina tried recruiting new members at a high school football game by plastering parked cars with fliers that decried the removal of Confederate monuments.

October 5, 2017

Bloody sheets, boxes of cold medicine discovered at home of aspiring preacher who claims he killed wife

North Carolina investigators discovered bloody sheets and empty boxes of medicine at the home of Matthew James Phelps who claimed he killed his wife last month in a cough syrup-induced stupor.

October 5, 2017

North Carolina man killed after jumping out of cab to avoid paying for ride

A 41-year-old North Carolina man was killed early Tuesday morning after he jumped out of a moving cab's passenger window in an attempt to avoid paying for his ride.

September 27, 2017

Woman's scathing obituary that went viral plagiarized

A great-grandma’s scathing death notice that went viral after running in a small weekly North Carolina newspaper includes passages that were lifted from another mean obit.

September 27, 2017

Omar Khadr: Canada pays ex-Gitmo detainee who killed US soldier millions, but soldier's widow may never see a dime

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave Omar Khadr a big payout but the terrorist’s real victims may never see any of that money.

September 27, 2017

North Carolina murder suspect, 81, is 'danger' to public, prosecutors say

A North Carolina woman who is 81 and confined to a wheelchair would not seem to fit the profile of a dangerous criminal suspect but that is how prosecutors are describing her, according to a report Monday.

September 27, 2017

Woman finds huge dead alligator in North Carolina river

A dead alligator was found in North Carolina’s Neuse River this weekend.

September 27, 2017

NC apartment fire suspect was in the country illegally, report says

A 20-year-old man accused of torching a North Carolina apartment building that left 130 people homeless last week was in the U.S. illegally, the sheriff's office told the Charlotte Observer.