FOIA-obtained records show multiple ICE agents accidentally discharged firearms and a taser during March 2025 training sessions; all injuries were nonfatal and watchdogs are pressing for answers.

Publix’s Latta Park store in north Durham is moving toward a spring opening and the chain is holding a three-day job fair this weekend to hire roughly 140 workers.

A crash on U.S. 1 in Lee County led deputies to arrest a man whose fingerprints matched a wanted MS-13 member from El Salvador. Federal agents were notified and a DHS detainer was issued.

The U.S. Treasury picked Asheville to host G20 finance deputies Aug. 29–30 and ministers Aug. 31–Sept. 1, spotlighting Western North Carolina’s recovery and hospitality.

Newly unsealed court papers lay out the witness tips, fibers and vehicle damage investigators say tied a Jeep to the fatal Chalk Level Road hit-and-run. The accused faces involuntary manslaughter and related driving charges.

A Wake County judge refused to extend an accuser's protective order against Durham Judge Clayton Jones Jr., after his January acquittal. The decision reshapes the civil restrictions tied to the case.

A longtime Cary Fire Department engineer was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of second‑degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

The Gates Foundation joined a strategic round for Ten63, the Research Triangle AI drug‑discovery startup, which says the funding pushes its announced backing past $45M and ties support to HPV work.

Court records show a registered Durham sex offender, Javone Darrell Parker, has been indicted on statutory rape and abduction charges; bond is set and hearings are scheduled in March.

Gunshots were reported at an apartment complex off S. Roxboro Street in Durham; no injuries were reported and police are searching for the shooter.

A Greensboro woman was found unconscious in a Kinston drive‑thru with a child in the car; two adults were arrested and one was served a federal warrant.

A ski-masked suspect robbed the Dollar General on Ganyard Farm Way Tuesday afternoon; Durham police say no one was hurt and detectives are investigating.

Bubbakoo's Burritos is opening its first North Carolina restaurant in Durham's Renaissance Village, bringing customizable burritos, tacos and the chain's Chiwawa bites.