The Justice Department said Thursday the federal government will resume executing death-row inmates for the first time since 2003, ending an informal moratorium even as the nation sees a broad shift away from capital punishment.
An investigation into Marines accused of helping smuggle migrants into the United States led to the arrest Thursday of 16 of their fellow Marines at California’s Camp Pendleton, just north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Epic Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff is seeking an early release from prison after a decade behind bars.
Former special counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday dismissed President Donald Trump’s claims that his investigation had exonerated the president of obstructing his probe into Russia’s efforts to help Trump win the 2016 election.
WCCB political contributor, Mary Curtis, breaks down what democrats and republicans hope to accomplish.
The State of North Carolina cannot use H.B. 142, the law that replaced H.B. 2, to prevent transgender individuals from using public restrooms and other facilities in state government buildings that match their gender under an agreement approved today by a federal court.
The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed tightening automatic eligibility requirements for the food stamp program, a change that could affect about 3.1 million people.
City leaders are moving forward with plans to host the Republican National Convention, despite calls from some to revoke the invitation. Council also passed a resolution condemning racist remarks from President Trump.
Puerto Rico braced early Monday for what many people expected to be one of the biggest protests ever seen in the U.S. territory as irate islanders pledged to drive Gov. Ricardo Rosselló from office.
Trump claimed he had tried to stop the chant at a reelection event Wednesday night in North Carolina — though video shows otherwise.
President Donald Trump said Thursday he was unhappy with his supporters chanting “send her back” after he assailed a young Democratic congresswoman who he’s suggested should leave the U.S.
For the first time in a decade, the House is set to approve an increase in the federal minimum wage — to $15 an hour, including for tipped workers.
Former South Carolina governor and congressman Mark Sanford is floating the possibility that he will mount an uphill challenge to President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.
President Donald Trump is returning to North Carolina for a campaign rally in a likely presidential battleground state that he won in 2016.
Before the school year, there's more drama as the CMS superintendent gets suspended. The board will meet Friday to consider Dr. Wilcox's contract.
With less than two months until the NC 9th Congressional District special election, Dan Bishop Finds himself in a huge financial hole. New numbers from the Federal Elections Commission show the republican candidate is trailing democrat Dan McCready nearly 5 to 1 in fundraising, but experts say the financial edge doesn't always ensure victory.
Injecting race into his criticism of liberal Democrats, President Donald Trump said four congresswomen of color should go back to the “broken and crime infested” countries they came from, ignoring the fact that all of the women are American citizens and three were born in the U.S.
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said Friday he is resigning following renewed scrutiny of his handling of a 2008 secret plea deal with wealthy financier Jeffrey Esptein , who is accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls.
