May 13, 2016 Guilty Plea: Man gets up to 20 years in death of veteran A judge in Fayetteville has sentenced a man to up to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty in the 2013 shooting death of a Navy veteran.
May 12, 2016 Court considers forced medication for suspect accused of turning to terror An attorney for a mentally ill man accused of trying to join al-Qaida-linked fighters in Syria asked a federal appeals court Thursday to overturn a ruling that would allow his client to be forcibly medicated, arguing that neither the public nor the government would be harmed if the man was civilly committed instead of prosecuted.
May 12, 2016 2nd Georgia man dies after slipping at North Carolina falls A second Georgia man has died after slipping at a western North Carolina waterfall.
May 10, 2016 North Carolina school system to allow pepper spray A North Carolina school system has adopted a policy allowing high school students to carry pepper spray this fall, a policy one board member said may be useful for students who encounter transgender classmates in the bathroom.
May 10, 2016 Autopsy: North Carolina mom killed children, herself A preliminary autopsy report shows that a North Carolina woman killed her children and then herself last weekend.
May 9, 2016 Suspect sought in North Carolina shootings, kidnapping Authorities in North Carolina have issued murder warrants for a man suspected of killing two women and kidnapping a third.
May 7, 2016 Police: No evidence anyone else involved in family's deaths Authorities say they have no evidence that anyone else was involved in the deaths of a 35-year-old woman and her two children at a North Carolina home.
May 7, 2016 Woman, 2 children found dead in North Carolina home North Carolina authorities say deputies have found a woman and two small children dead inside home while conducting a welfare check.
May 7, 2016 Lawyers, judge to discuss slayings of young Muslims Attorneys in North Carolina are scheduled to meet with a judge to discuss the case of a man accused of killing a Muslim couple and one of their relatives.
May 6, 2016 Potato spill in North Carolina shuts down highway for hours Authorities in North Carolina said a truck driver fell asleep behind the wheel of his tractor-trailer and crashed on a highway Friday morning, causing potatoes to spill out across the road.
