North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper recalled the pain and courage stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic in his State of the State address Monday, while urging Republicans to cooperate with him this year on health care, education and infrastructure needs.
The first Black woman to serve as chief justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court announced her entry Tuesday into the stateβs highly competitive U.S. Senate race.
Governor Roy Cooper gave his third State of the State address from the NC House Chamber Monday evening where he recognized the resilience of North Carolinians throughout the pandemic and provided a vision for economic recovery.
North Carolina will gain another seat in Congress for the next 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Monday, the result of a steadily growing population as people arrive for jobs and retirement.
Nearly 100 days after taking office, President Joe Biden is finally set to give his first formal address to a joint session of Congress. Wednesday's speech will give the President an opportunity to make the case for his $2 trillion infrastructure plan and other legislative priorities.
Garima Vyas always wanted to live in a big city. She thought about New York, long the destination for 20-something strivers, but was wary of the cost and complicated subway lines. So Vyas picked another metropolis thatβs increasingly become young peopleβs next-best option β Houston.
The Biden administration has taken the first step toward ending an emergency exception that allowed hospitals to ration and reuse N95 medical masks, the first line of defense between frontline workers and the deadly coronavirus.
Republican Caitlyn Jenner said Friday she will run for governor of California, injecting a jolt of celebrity into an emerging campaign that threatens to oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office.
President Joe Biden convened leaders of the worldβs most powerful countries on Thursday to try to spur global efforts against climate change, drawing commitments from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to cooperate on cutting emissions despite their own sharp rivalries with the United States.
The office of North Carolinaβs Republican Senate leader said on Tuesday the chamber wonβt advance a controversial bill put forward this month by three GOP members that sought to limit medical treatments for transgender people under 21.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper will give his βState of the Stateβ speech to a joint session of the General Assembly next week.
Vice President Kamala Harris came to central North Carolina on Monday to pitch the Biden administrationβs $2.3 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan, calling it a βonce-in-a-lifetime, once-in-a-generationβ investment in Americaβs future.
Closing arguments are expected this week in the Derek Chauvin trial. It comes as protests continue over the killing of Daunte Wright. And tensions high in Chigago with the video release in the police killing of a 13-year-old.
The Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January created a trove of self-incriminating evidence, thoroughly documenting their actions and words in videos and social media posts. Now some of the camera-toting people in the crowd are claiming they were only there to record history as journalists, not to join a deadly insurrection.
Facing swift blowback from allies and aid groups, the White House on Friday said President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessorβs historically low cap on refugees by next month, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements.
The Biden administration announced Thursday the U.S. is expelling 10 Russian diplomats and imposing sanctions against dozens of companies and people, holding the Kremlin accountable for interference in last yearβs presidential election and the hacking of federal agencies.
Former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday announced heβll run for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina, shaking up the calculus in the expanding field to succeed retiring Sen. Richard Burr with the entrance of a veteran of statewide politics.
President Joe Biden will withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America that were coordinated from that country, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Charlotte City leaders are making big investments in helping the city's homeless population. City Council is putting nearly $6 million in CARES Act funding toward housing and other efforts.
North Carolinaβs latest law requiring photo identification to cast ballots went on trial on Monday, with attorneys for voters challenging the mandate by arguing it still disproportionately prevents Black residents from carrying out their constitutional right.
Formerly Twitter
