Belmont Abbey in Gaston County says it's happy with a ruling by a federal appeals court on its challenge of rules that could require the school to provide free contraceptives to employees.
"It's my belief that the gunmen are choosing a school that there are no guns, no weapons there to defend the children," said Rep. Phillip Lowe (R-SC) of Florence Wednesday.
The government has announced new online child privacy rules it says give parents greater control over the personal information that can be collected from preteens on the Internet.
Days after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama addressed questions regarding the nations policies on gun-control.
Gov. Beverly Perdue says she's moving $1 million to prevent about 1,400 mentally ill residents of North Carolina group homes from becoming homeless because of funding cuts expected after this month.
With little more than two weeks remaining in her term, North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue submitted her state budget proposal for the next fiscal year.
The next big issue in the national debate over guns is whether people have a right to be armed in public. And it's moving closer to Supreme Court review.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fainted days ago and suffered a concussion after becoming dehydrated because of a stomach virus, the State Department said Saturday.
President Barack Obama and Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner had a "frank" meeting about the "fiscal cliff" on Thursday, aides to both men said.
Approximately 40 students gathered outside the Minority Student Union at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia on the night of Nov. 6, minutes after President Barack Obama won a second term
The panel certified Thursday the victories of U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre in the 7th Congressional District, Bill Cook in the 1st state Senate District and Amanda Stevenson in a District Court judgeship.
Susan Rice has withdrawn her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state after the embattled U.N. ambassador ran into a standoff with Republicans over an attack on Americans in Libya.
Legislators say they don't expect any obstacles when they consider a bill allowing workers to make sure their employers carry workers' compensation insurance on them.
A North Carolina judge is commuting the death sentences of three inmates to life in prison without the possibility of parole after ruling that race played an unjust role in jury selection at their trials.
The Federal Reserve ramped up its stimulus to the economy on Wednesday, expressing disappointment with the pace of recovery in employment as contentious U.S. budget talks heighten uncertainty about the outlook.
David Parker said Wednesday in an interview his plan had been to serve just one two-year term but made it official in an email to party activists. The next chairman will be picked Feb. 2 in Durham.
The White House and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner have exchanged new proposals in "fiscal cliff" talks, congressional aides said on Tuesday, in a possible sign of progress ahead of the end-of-year deadline.
A Greenville woman recently met with the president to talk about the fiscal cliff, and joined a local write-in campaign Tuesday to encourage lawmakers find a solution to avoid the fiscal cliff.
The United States and its European allies are calling for the U.N. Security Council to deliver a strong reaction to North Korea's successful rocket launch.
