Posted: 10:43 PM The White House is threatening to veto the House version of a massive, 5-year farm bill, saying food stamp cuts included in the legislation could leave some Americans hungry.
Posted: 10:24 PM A Jacksonville woman is among the 8 astronaut candidates selected by NASA Monday. Their mission will be to help lead the first human mission to an asteroid and then on to Mars.
Posted: 9:44 PM States can't demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision complicating efforts in several states to bar voting by people who are in the country illegally.
Posted: 8:41 PM Gov. Pat McCrory says he's unsure if he and legislative leaders can agree on a final North Carolina state government budget before the new fiscal year begins in about two weeks.
Posted: 8:38 PM Warm and humid with scattered thunderstorms across the area on Tuesday.
Updated: 8:19 PM More than 80 people are facing criminal charges after the seventh week of protests led by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP.
Updated: 1:58 PM A motorist saw the woman with the sign and called 911 while following the vehicle into Duplin County.
Posted: 8:11 AM Construction of a new turn lane on Davenport Farm Rd. means it won't be open to traffic where it intersects with Highway 11 in Winterville this week.
Posted: 8:02 AM The Army medical center at Fort Bragg is cutting services and telling workers to take unpaid time off as a result of federal budget cuts ripple through the Defense Department.
Posted: 7:41 AM The shifting sands along the Outer Banks have been cleared away from a ferry channel between Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, allowing the ships to resume their regular route for the first time in five months.
Updated: 8:11 AM A police report just made public shows a home was shot into Thursday night, and a woman inside the home was injured.
Posted: 5:18 AM Deputies said a checkpoint lead to a marijuana bust in both a vehicle and the driver's home.
Posted: 9:39 PM As a cold front approaches, our skies will turn cloudy over the next two days.
Posted: 9:17 PM Greenville Police are investigating the robbery of an ECU student near campus.
Posted: 8:23 PM An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action.
Updated: 8:43 PM Justin Rose is the first Englishman to win the U.S. Open in 43 years.
Posted: 3:48 PM Kevin Clash, the Elmo puppeteer who resigned amid allegations that he sexually abused underage boys, won three Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on "Sesame Street."
Posted: 3:48 PM Environmental advocates and others are questioning the decision to quit using crews to look for tar balls left by the BP oil spill on Gulf Coast beaches in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.
Updated: 10:24 PM Something went wrong at a North Carolina traffic checkpoint, leaving two motorists recovering from gunshot wounds and seven deputies on paid leave until investigators get answers.
