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November 21, 2015

25 hurt in collapse of concrete awning at NC school, official says

At least 25 people were injured on Saturday night when a concrete canopy collapsed on a group of band students who had gathered outside a North Carolina high school shortly before a competition.

November 2, 2015

Ex-student charged with killing student on Winston-Salem State University campus

Authorities say a 21-year-old former student has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a student near dormitories on the Winston-Salem State University campus.

November 2, 2015

Search for gunman underway after deadly shooting at Winston-Salem State University

Police are searching for a gunman who killed one and left another person wounded at the Winston-Salem State University campus early Sunday.

October 26, 2015

North Carolina Central University briefly locked down after student shot, wounded

An argument led to a shooting that wounded a 19-year-old sophomore and sent North Carolina Central University into a brief lockdown Sunday night, cops said.

August 19, 2015

Billy Graham's son-in-law dies days after found in pool

The son-in-law of the Rev. Billy Graham has died after being found unresponsive in the swimming pool of the Raleigh home he shared with evangelist Anne Graham Lotz.

January 8, 2015

Massive cheating scandal at UNC included athletes, fake classes and automatic grades

Bogus classes and automatic A's and B's are at the heart of a cheating scandal at the University of North Carolina that lasted nearly two decades, encompassing about 3,100 students -- nearly half of them athletes.

January 8, 2015

Federal probe opened in dehydration death of North Carolina inmate held in solitary cell

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into the death of a North Carolina inmate with mental illness who died of thirst after being held in solitary confinement for 35 days.

January 8, 2015

More than 4,000 hogs die in fire at North Carolina farm

A fire at a farm in central North Carolina has killed more than 4,000 hogs.

January 8, 2015

1 student shot; second in custody at North Carolina high school

Police say a student was shot after an argument at a central North Carolina high school just before school began.