Livingood Daily agreed to a $50,000 Prop 65 settlement after tests found lead and PFOA in several supplements; the deal imposes warnings, testing and sales limits for California customers.

A Goldsboro man and woman face felony child-abuse charges after a 1-year-old was treated for second-degree burns and transferred to a Chapel Hill pediatric burn clinic.

Tobacco Road closed its Glenwood South Raleigh location; owners teased "exciting new things" on social media while the Durham outpost remains open. Local reporting ties the move into downtown turnover.

A woman was shot while driving on Glenwood Avenue early Friday; she was hospitalized with serious but non‑life‑threatening injuries while police investigate.

A student at Broughton High School in Raleigh was found with an unloaded handgun on campus Thursday; no injuries were reported and state law calls for a 365‑day suspension.

NWS warned of 60-mph gusts and penny-sized hail for Halifax and Warren counties Wednesday evening; residents were urged to shelter and avoid flooded roads.

Frederik Andersen's 18-save shutout gave Carolina a 4-0 road win in Montreal and a 3-1 series edge. The Hurricanes return home Friday with a chance to clinch the East crown.

Kerwin Pittman bought the shuttered Wayne Correctional Center in Goldsboro and plans to convert it into a reentry campus as North Carolina’s prisons face major staffing and budget strains.

Gov. Josh Stein will sign an order barring some cabinet staff from using nonpublic job information to bet on prediction markets. The move follows insider‑trading scares and a national scramble over how to police event‑contract platforms.

Republican bills would cut North Carolina’s 17‑day early voting window to as few as 10 days, prompting warnings from election officials and voting‑rights advocates.

Strong thunderstorms hammered parts of the Piedmont Tuesday with gusts near 50 mph; NWS alerts warned of downed limbs and hazardous travel.

An early‑morning blast at International Paper's Manson plant injured multiple workers and triggered a hazmat response, officials say.

A woman was found shot and killed Monday at a wooded encampment off Bureau Drive in Fayetteville as Cumberland County detectives investigate. Authorities ask anyone with tips to come forward.