Volkswagen pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and obstruction of justice and agreed to pay a $4.3 billion penalty for a brazen scheme to program nearly 600,000 vehicles to cheat on U.S. emissions tests. The criminal and civil penalty, if approved…
Was it a coincidence that two North Carolina newspapers both used the term "flip flop" in headlines about the Democratic governor's stance on important state issues?
The U.S. women's Olympic basketball team turned to its past to find its next coach.
Determined House Republicans pushed ahead Thursday with divisive legislation to undo former President Barack Obama's health care law, holding marathon all-night voting sessions in key committees despite Democratic protest and intense opposition from doctors and consumer groups.
Tony Romo's star-crossed career as the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys will soon be over.
McDonald’s is inviting everyone that loves chicken across Charlotte to enjoy a new addition to its chicken menu.
The Carolina Panthers have re-signed running back Fozzy Whittaker to a two-year contract, the team announced Wednesday.
The music line up for this year's Circle K Speed Street presented by Coca-Cola has been released.
The Carolina Panthers have re-signed defensive end Charles Johnson to a two-year contract, the team announced Tuesday.
An 18-year-old man decapitated his mother and then walked out the front door of her house holding her head in his hand while wielding a knife in the other, authorities said.
Gorging on bacon, skimping on nuts? These are among food habits that new research links with deaths from heart disease, strokes and diabetes.
Casey Anthony knows that much of the world believes she killed her 2-year-old daughter, despite her acquittal. But nearly nine years later, she insists she doesn't know how the last hours of Caylee's life unfolded.
U.S. missile launchers and other equipment needed to set up a controversial missile defense system have arrived in South Korea, the U.S. and South Korean militaries said Tuesday, a day after North Korea test-launched four ballistic missiles into the ocean near Japan.
House Republicans on Monday released their long-awaited plan for unraveling former President Barack Obama's health care law, a package that would scale back the government's role in health care and likely leave more Americans uninsured.
A list of top 10 performers in each drill during the NFL's annual scouting combine, which ended Monday.
Where immigrants are concerned, James Wright is OK with people who are here legally, as well as illegally — if they haven't committed crimes.
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will begin hearing oral arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's House Bill 2.
Bill Paxton's death certificate states the actor died last month from a stroke days after surgery to replace a heart valve and repair damage to his aorta.
The 83 bottles of wine cited in a lawsuit this week as having dangerously high levels of arsenic came from 28 California wineries and were bottled under 31 different brand labels.
As millions of Americans file their income tax returns, their chances of getting audited by the IRS have rarely been so low.
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