North Carolina investigating former Trump aide Mark Meadows' voter registration

North Carolina's attorney general office says state investigators are probing the voter registration of Mark Meadows, a former chief of staff to President Donald Trump.

Driver ordered to remove ‘FART’ license plate from truck

Karly Sindy of Asheville, North Carolina, said the DMV has allowed her to at least keep the plate after she used the word as an acronym for her newly-launched club.

'Miracle' baby born on 2/22/22 at 2:22 a.m. in labor and delivery room No. 2

Baby Judah Grace was born to Aberli and Hank Spear at 2:22 a.m. on Tuesday, 2/22/22. But that’s not the only reason she was a "miracle."

North Carolina man would rather 'die free' than get COVID vaccine needed for life-saving transplant

A man in need of a life-saving kidney transplant says his hospital refuses to do the surgery because he is unvaccinated against COVID-19. But Chad Carswell says he is willing to "die free" rather than comply with their mandate.

North Carolina trooper struck by brother during traffic stop dies from injuries

Trooper John Horton was conducting a traffic stop in Rutherford County just before 9 p.m. when his brother, Trooper James Horton, was responding to assist.

Man killed while trying to steal catalytic converter, deputies say

Detectives said the man appeared to be in the middle of cutting off the exhaust pipe to get to the catalytic converter when the jack slipped, bringing the car down on the man, killing him.

'Tiger King' Joe Exotic diagnosed with cancer, moved to North Carolina facility

Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was flown on a plane to be transferred from a federal medical center in Fort Worth, Texas, to a federal medical center in Butner, North Carolina, late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

Truck tips over, spilling cases of wine on NC highway

The Winston-Salem Police Department in North Carolina had to shut down a stretch of highway for several hours to clean up the debris.

DNA links couple to 1991 cold case of abandoned infant remains, police say

A North Carolina couple has been charged after DNA evidence linked them to the remains of an infant abandoned in the trash in 1991, police said.

Brian Laundrie lookalike has hotel door kicked in by US Marshals, deputies in arrest attempt

“I said, ‘You might want to change your appearance for a while or this will continue to happen where you go,’” Graham County Sheriff Jerry Crisp told Severin Beckwith, the Brian Laundrie doppelgänger.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill can keep affirmative action, judge rules

U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs ruled late Monday that the University of North Carolina has shown that it has a compelling reason to pursue a diverse student body and has demonstrated that measurable benefits come from that goal.

Man defrauded Amazon of nearly $300k in return scheme, DOJ says

Prosecutors said a 31-year-old North Carolina man ordered expensive products from Amazon and defrauded the company of nearly $300,000 in a return scheme.