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April 21, 2024

NC student charged with assault after allegedly slapping teacher in viral video

A North Carolina high school student faces criminal charges and disciplinary action after allegedly attacking a teacher in a now-viral video.

April 17, 2024

University of North Carolina committee scraps DEI goals, roles in dramatic policy shift

The University of North Carolina (UNC) voted to scrap its DEI positions, at a university governance committee meeting on Wednesday, following the lead of Florida and Texas.

April 17, 2024

North Carolina high school student suspended over using the term 'illegal alien': Report

A 16-year-old Lexington high school student's mom claimed he was suspended for three days after using the term “illegal alien" during an English class.

April 17, 2024

Raleigh, NC, mayor says she won't run again, citing health, family

Mary-Ann Baldwin, mayor of North Carolina's capital city, said on April 16, 2024, that she would not run again in the fall following a cancer diagnosis and her husband's heart surgery.

April 15, 2024

Appalachian State chancellor to step down over 'health challenges'

Appalachian State University Chancellor Sheri Everts, who has held the position for about a decade, announced Monday her intent to step down over health concerns.

April 15, 2024

John Wayne Bobbitt, vet whose wife sliced off his manhood, loses toes due to toxic water at Camp Lejeune

John Wayne Bobbitt, whose wife severed his manhood in 1990s attack, says he lost all of his toes due to nerve damage he blames on Camp Lejeune's toxic water.

April 15, 2024

North Carolina good Samaritan opens fire on carjacker before stolen truck mows him down: video

North Carolina police have arrested a carjacking suspect who they say ran over 38-year-old good Samaritan Jonathan Adam Lecompte in a stolen work truck in Lumberton.

April 12, 2024

911 audio captures woman at Planet Fitness reporting 'completely naked' biological male in women's locker room

Woman calls 911 in North Carolina after 38-year-old biological male barges into Planet Fitness women's locker room "completely naked," says he identifies as a woman.

April 12, 2024

Japanese PM Kishida to visit North Carolina governor's mansion in historic first

Japanese PM Kishida is scheduled to visit two Japanese companies, the governor's mansion, and a university in NC. Japan is North Carolina's biggest foreign investor.

April 11, 2024

North Carolina man arrested after stripping in Planet Fitness women's locker room in front of minor: report

A man, who said he was transgendered, was arrested after he allegedly stripped naked in the women's locker room at a Planet Fitness gym in North Carolina and exposed himself to a minor.