Updated: 6:24 AM A man who was convicted for the rape and murder of Kathy Taft was spared the death penalty this afternoon.

Updated: 8:56 AM ABC News reports the medical records were part of evidence released Tuesday that prosecutors have in the second-degree murder case against Zimmerman.

Updated: 9:13 PM The report by Human Rights Watch included dozens of interviews with farmworkers, attorneys and advocates in seven states. The organization calls for laws to protect the workers, who "see these abuses as an unavoidable condition of agricultural work."

Updated: 12:06 PM Attorneys for John Edwards rested their case Wednesday without calling the two-time Democratic presidential candidate or his one-time mistress to the witness stand.

Updated: 7:56 PM A former volunteer baseball coach is accused of having inappropriate contact with some players who were between 11 and 15 years old at the time.

Posted: 4:00 PM Military authorities have recovered almost $2 million in stolen property as part of an ongoing investigation that so far involves almost 70 civilians and active-duty Marines and sailors.

Updated: 1:50 PM Authorities say a Florida mother shot and killed her four children before shooting herself.

Updated: 1:49 PM A man already facing multiple charges of vehicle break-ins and using stolen credit cards is now charged in dozens of more cases.

Updated: 1:50 PM The owner of a Kinston business is under arrest, after an undercover police operation discovered spice inside his shop.

Updated: 7:54 PM Police say the victim recognized one of the robbers as a former college classmate.

Posted: 1:49 PM A teenager pleaded guilty to sex crimes against a toddler in the east.

Updated: 8:01 PM A Rocky Mount teen is charged with drunk driving after a fatal accident Saturday night in Edgecombe County.

Updated: 4:16 PM Democratic Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton wants Republican Pat McCrory to commit to eight debates over the next four months on community college campuses in their North Carolina gubernatorial campaign.

Updated: 1:50 PM The man accused of trying to kill his is estranged girlfriend in front of ten customers at a local convenience store in now behind bars.

Updated: 8:00 PM Police say Marcus Jenkins was shot on Roberson Street around 11:05 p.m.

Posted: 6:22 AM Two local men are facing cocaine trafficking charges.

Updated: 9:20 AM A man in Pitt County was arrested Sunday and charged with three car break-ins and stealing a firearm and credit card.

Updated: 9:14 AM A Lenoir County man is booked in Pitt County for drug charges he is facing in Onslow County.

Updated: 11:35 PM Greenville police are investigating a homicide. They are now looking for the victim's car.

Updated: 9:04 PM Goldsboro police arrested a man early Saturday morning after they say he killed his brother.

Posted: 10:37 PM Thursday evening, an Alabama girl was discovered hanged from a tree with an old tire swing rope, deliberately, authorities say, by her 14-year-old half-brother who was charged Friday with murder.

Updated: 7:50 PM Carteret County deputies had closed the books on the 2010 assault of Wesley Osborne, who was jumped by several men at the "Riptidez" bar in Cedar Point.

Posted: 12:25 PM A federal judge has refused to toss out campaign corruption charges against John Edwards, meaning he will have to present his case before a jury.

Updated: 4:05 PM A man in Pitt County is facing a slew of identity theft charges.

Updated: 7:42 PM The Onslow County district attorney says an April 8th shooting death of a naked man after a home invasion was justified.