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.

North Carolina mom forced daughter to stand for 3 straight days, police say

A North Carolina mother allegedly forced her 4-year-old daughter to stand in a laundry room for three straight days as a punishment before her death last year, new search warrants reveal.

Asheboro school threatened after student denied diploma for Mexican flag

Police in the North Carolina town said they’re investigating 10 threats, one of which was from someone who said they were going to “shoot up the school if you don’t give that young man his diploma.”

Student wears Mexican flag at graduation, denied diploma

School officials in Asheboro, North Carolina defended the decision to withhold the student's diploma, saying that wearing a flag of any kind is a violation of the dress code.

Woman wins $2 million after buying lottery ticket for the wrong night's drawing

A North Carolina woman is now a millionaire after she purchased a Powerball ticket, thinking it was for that night's drawing -- but she missed the cutoff by one minute. Instead, the ticket was for 3 days later -- and it was a $2 million winner.

North Carolina coast 'mysterious mass' identified: What is the blob?

The National Park Service, which maintains Cape Lookout National Seashore where the blob was found, said it had identified the mysterious mass.

Andrew Brown Jr. case: Deputies will keep jobs after prosecutor says fatal shooting justified

The three deputies involved in the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. will keep their jobs after being disciplined and retrained, Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten said after a prosecutor found their actions to be justified.