Jurors in the John Edwards campaign corruption trial have started their fifth day of deliberations, as legal experts said don't read too much into the length of their discussions.

A Greenville family received a rude awakening this morning after a huge tree fell into their home.

Torrential downpours in Greenville apparently did not deter two armed robbers.

The New York City police commissioner says a person who's in custody has implicated himself in the disappearance and death of Etan Patz 33 years ago.

Bluesy guitar man Phillip Phillips is the new "American Idol," defeating teenage songbird Jessica Sanchez.

The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for Pitt County, as creeks and streams are swollen from the heavy rains.

A local teen is charged with more than 50 car break-ins

A new detergent product is getting in the wrong hands and posing a severe threat to the lives of children.

It’s a political eternity between today and the first presidential debate on Oct. 3. And voters may be fated to spend it hearing point/counterpoint from the Obama and Romney campaigns on the Republican’s career as head of the private equity firm Bain Capital in the 1980s and 1990s.

Less than six months before November’s presidential election, President Obama enjoys a sizable lead over Mitt Romney among Latino voters, according to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Telemundo poll of Latino respondents.

The alleged hiring of prostitutes suggests a cultural problem within the Secret Service, Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday amid reports of new evidence of law enforcement misconduct during the president's trip to Colombia.

At less than $90 a barrel, the price of oil is the lowest it has been all year, but it doesn't mean lower gas prices for Memorial Day weekend.

Wilson police say 33-year-old Cindy Walston was reported missing Tuesday.

A New Bern police officer appeared before a district court judge Thursday morning after being arrested Wednesday.

Some Pitt County roads, in Greenville and Winterville, were impassable Thursday morning because of high water. Evans is now open one lane each way.

The wind farm has been proposed near the Pocosin Lakes Wildlife Refuge.

At a hurricane workshop Wednesday afternoon at East Carolina University in Greenville emergency crews heard from experts on how to best prepare for hurricanes.

A Jones County couple charged with animal cruelty after nearly 90 dogs were seized from their home were in court Wednesday.

The sister of a woman shot and burned in Pitt County in 2009 testified Wednesday in the trial of Arthur Ridenour.

Deputies have arrested two Greenville men accused of beating a customer over the head with a bat during a robbery.

It's called southern R/C and it's looking for new recruits to make a mark on the racing circuit.

The National Weather Service confirms it was a funnel cloud caught on camera in Kinston.

The heavy rains flooded roadways in Washington and other parts of Beaufort County.

A former district attorney intern who authorities say tried to sell documents in the Cesar Laurean case has pleaded guilty.

North Carolina's constitutional amendment slamming the door on same-sex marriages is now in effect.