Mama bear and cub enjoy slides at North Carolina playground

Fifth-grade teacher Betsie Stockslager recorded the video as the bears played at Isaac Dickson Elementary School.

Capitol Hill bomb threat suspect found competent to stand trial

A North Carolina man who allegedly shut down Capitol Hill when he parked his truck next to the Library of Congress and told police he had a bomb was found competent to stand trial on Wednesday.

Fake funeral home ad pushes COVID-19 vaccinations in North Carolina

“Don’t get vaccinated” was the simple message painted on a box truck driven around Charlotte that appeared to promote a local funeral home. But the funeral home doesn’t exist, and the message instead was promoting the vaccine.

Video: North Carolina man devours tub of mayonnaise at football game

A college football fan was seen on video consuming a massive tub of mayonnaise at the annual Duke’s Mayo Classic in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 4.

Boy, 3, dies after 150 rounds fired into North Carolina home

A 3-year-old boy was killed after nearly 150 rounds were fired into a home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Investigators say the suspects are high school students.

North Carolina high school shooting: 1 dead, suspect in custody

One student was killed Wednesday afternoon in a shooting at Mt. Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A suspect was later taken into custody after being at large for hours.

Bojangles closes restaurants to give staff a break, but workers won't be paid

Bojangles is closing all company-owned stores for two days to give its 8,000 employees a “well-deserved break” — though they won’t be paid.

TSA subjected transgender teen to strip-search, lawsuit claims

A North Carolina woman is suing the Transportation Security Administration, saying her transgender teenager was ordered to undergo a strip-search at an airport.

North Carolina OKs proposal raising minimum marriage age to 16

North Carolina lawmakers have finalized legislation to raise the minimum age to get married in the state from 14 or 16.

2 brothers killed by train in Charlotte where other brother was killed 1 week earlier

Two brothers were killed by a train Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina, just one week after another one of their brothers was also struck and killed by a train in the same spot, police officials confirmed.

Andrew Brown Jr. family files $30M lawsuit over shooting by deputies

The family of a Black man shot to death during an arrest filed a $30 million federal lawsuit against several North Carolina law enforcement officers.

NC bill takes aim at prosecution of 6-year-olds

North Carolina sets the lowest minimum age in the country by law for a child to be prosecuted, allowing 6-year-olds to be tried in juvenile court.

Biden to urge vaccination in NC as US likely to miss original July 4 goal

President Joe Biden will visit N. Carolina to urge COVID-19 vaccines in the region as the White House expects to just narrowly miss his July 4 goal.