The U.S. Senate headed for a vote to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general Wednesday evening, a day after Republicans threw the chamber into turmoil by silencing Democrat Elizabeth Warren for reading aloud a letter from Coretta Scott King from three decades ago challenging his record on race.
A North Carolina court temporarily blocked a state law on Wednesday that stripped the new Democratic governor of his some of his powers.
A federal appeals court will decide whether to reinstate President Donald Trump's travel ban after a contentious hearing in which the judges hammered away at the administration's motivations for the ban, but also directed pointed questions to an attorney for two states trying to overturn it.
A Florida man suspected of being involved in four killings is dead and his female companion was taken into custody, the Troup County Sheriff's Office in Georgia said.
An Illinois-based maker of dog and cat food is voluntarily recalling one of its products.
J.R. Smith held his 5-month premature baby girl for the first time in sweet posts. Plus, Tracy Morgan is celebrating life after his miraculous recovery from his 2014 accident, and it shows during his appearance on Ellen!
Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains how marijuana affects the brain and how pot can be used to treat certain conditions.
You can have fun at The Paws for Celebration while helping out the Humane Society.
Rusty Wise from Mister Sparky stopped by Rising this morning to talk about the safety of your electrical system in your home.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren clashed with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after McConnell determined the Massachusetts Democrat had violated a Senate rule against impugning another senator.
Woman dies after arm gets trapped in clothing donation bin.
Someone's streak was going to continue Tuesday. The Charlotte Hornets were simply happy it wasn't them as they snapped a seven-game losing streak and held onto a 111-107 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
New Bob Marley tapes found after 40 years in a basement & check out Jimmy, a 6-year-old who celebrated the end of chemo treatments with a dance!
The battle over the I-77 toll lane project heads back to court Wednesday. A three-judge panel will hear an appeal from a group that has been trying to stop the controversial project for years.
Paramedics picked man and child up in Gastonia, chase ends in McAdenville
Almost 15 years after he was convicted of killing his wife, a North Carolina novelist has made a plea deal to end the case before his retrial, a lawyer said Tuesday.
Actor Richard Hatch, perhaps best known for playing Captain Apollo in the original "Battlestar Galactica" film and TV series, has died. He was 71.
Rickey Payne, 44, was sentenced to 26 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of second-degree murder and concealing/failing to report a death.
Officials say that photos and reports circulating on social media claiming that ICE and local law enforcement agencies are conducting random stops and checkpoints are false.
Officials now say that the child being bitten by the dog and a dog being shot were two unrelated incidents.
A mother was charged with injuring her son and a 2-year-old child with a Samurai sword during an argument Monday night.
Police have charged a 40-year-old woman with breaking into four homes in southeast Charlotte Tuesday morning.
