New police accountability reporting requirements, rules for sheriffβs candidates, mandated clergy hospital visitation and Sunday bottled liquor sales begin as all or parts of more than 30 new laws take effect on Friday in North Carolina.
The Supreme Court says Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19.
With only hours to spare, Congress passed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3, and sent the bill to President Joe Biden.
Governor Roy Cooper signed a bill that would allow cities and counties within North Carolina to create their own "social districts," where drinking alcohol in the street will be made legal in some outdoor areas.
President Joe Biden is nominating nine lawyers to run U.S. attorneyβs offices across the country, a diverse group of candidates in the latest round of picks for the top law enforcement positions.
Switzerland voted by a wide margin to allow same-sex couples to marry in a referendum on Sunday, bringing the Alpine nation into line with many others in western Europe.
The City of Charlotte unveiled the newly installed Druid Hills Way street signs on Friday, replacing Jefferson Davis Street, as part of a plan to rename nine streets named after leaders of the Confederacy.
Vice President Kamala Harrisβ live interview on βThe Viewβ was abruptly delayed Friday after two hosts of the talk show learned they had tested positive for COVID-19 moments before Harris was to join them on the set.
The Biden administrationβs special envoy to Haiti has resigned, protesting βinhumaneβ large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civil strife and natural disaster, U.S. officials said Thursday.
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state law preventing anyone from moving a Confederate monument or changing the historical name of a street or building without the Legislatureβs permission is legal.
Redistricting efforts are underway in North Carolina. Political power could shift depending on how the maps are drawn.
President Joe Biden goes before the United Nations this week eager to make the case for the world to act with haste against the coronavirus, climate change and human rights abuses.
The bitter back and forth continues to play out at school board meetings across the Charlotte area.Β The Union County School Board now plans to hold an emergency meeting Monday to address the threat of legal action from the North Carolina Health Department.Β
Burned before, Capitol Police say they are taking no chances as they prepare for a Saturday rally at the U.S. Capitol in support of rioters imprisoned after the violent Jan. 6 insurrection.
North Carolina judges struck down the stateβs latest photo voter identification law on Friday, agreeing with minority voters that Republicans rammed through rules tainted by racial bias as a way to remain in power.
A steady criticism of COVID vaccine mandates by figures on Fox News has drawn attention to its own companyβs stringent rules on the topic β even from President Joe Biden.
Nearly 600 Mecklenburg county employees are at home, on unpaid suspension for disobeying the vaccination and testing rules.Β
The flap over absentee ballots in North Carolinaβs 2020 election resurfaced Wednesday at the General Assembly as Republicans gave final approval to legislation that would limit Democratic Attorney General Josh Steinβs ability to enter future legal settlements.
North Carolina Rep. Verla Insko, the longest-serving House Democrat currently in the chamber, announced on Wednesday she wonβt seek reelection next year.
The FBI late Saturday released a newly declassified document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The document details contacts the hijackers had with Saudi associates in the U.S. but does not provide proof that senior Saudi government officials were complicit in the plot.
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