Exponential Scholars covered 3,233 classroom requests across North Carolina, including one that reopened a Kinston-area school media center.

Dan Ariely donned a pirate hat at Israel's legislature days after a third of his research came under fire back home at Duke.

A 31-year-old Aulander mother faces 18 misdemeanor counts after deputies found her six children alone in a home with no working toilet.

Crews from three agencies converged on the 14600 block of Creedmoor Road as the holiday search stretched into the evening.

A driver told Durham police he fell asleep before running off Page Road and slamming into a closed dental office Monday morning.

A man was rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after gunfire at a Village Road Bojangles Monday evening.

The Rialto hosts a Q&A and book signing Wednesday for Cheshire on Film, tracing his path from The Spectator to national film criticism.

Crews are combing Lake Waccamaw for a 25-year-old kayaker last seen near Canal Cove, and residents are being asked to check their pier cameras.

Larry Jones allegedly strangled the victim with both hands and hit her in the face, warrants say. He remains jailed without bond.

A 76-year-old patient died and a nurse was hurt when an EastCare ambulance flipped off N.C. 11 near Council Road early Sunday.

A Marsh Hen Court home and a car burned to total losses, but 24 dogs and two residents made it out alive — barely.

A frozen $7.25 wage and no public-sector bargaining rights keep North Carolina at the bottom of Oxfam's worker rankings.

Fire crews are running at 73% capacity and EMS at 72%, with stations still closing some days in Pender County.