May 23, 2017 North Carolina teacher suspended for making slave reference A North Carolina middle-school teacher captured on video comparing a student to a slave has been suspended.
May 23, 2017 North Carolina NAACP leader of protest movement to step down The NAACP leader who launched the "Moral Monday" movement in North Carolina isn't seeking another term as state chapter president, saying he'll concentrate instead on a poor people's campaign like one the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was building before his assassination.
May 23, 2017 Court asked to revive challenge to gay-marriage recusal law A federal appeals court will consider Wednesday whether three North Carolina couples have legal standing to challenge a law allowing magistrates with religious objections to refuse to perform same-sex marriages.
May 23, 2017 Manhunt in Carolinas for kidnapping suspects after woman escapes from car's trunk North and South Carolina police are looking for a man accused of kidnapping a woman from a South Carolina gas station.
May 23, 2017 US Army veteran recorded fatally shooting service dog found dead North Carolina police say they're investigating the possible suicide of an Army veteran charged with shooting her service dog as she laughed.
May 23, 2017 Missing 15-year-old North Carolina girl found safe, AMBER alert canceled A missing North Carolina 15-year-old girl has been found safe, the Winston-Salem Journal reports.
May 23, 2017 Bowe Bergdahl scheduled for trial in October Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is scheduled for trial in October on charges that he endangered comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan, according to a new timetable set Friday after several delays in the case.
May 23, 2017 Florida man gets 30 years for running child porn website A Florida man identified by federal prosecutors as the creator and lead administrator of what's thought to be the world's largest child-pornography website has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
May 23, 2017 After 3 previous tries, new Bergdahl trial date could be set A military judge could set a new timetable for the desertion case against Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl at a pre-trial hearing nearly three years after the soldier's return from captivity.
May 23, 2017 Amber Alert issued for missing North Carolina girl An Amber Alert has been issued in North Carolina for 15-year-old Cassidy Ann Bottoms.