Posted: 6:40 AM 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.

Updated: 4:35 PM 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.

Updated: 11:46 PM Perdue and McCrory visited Fort Bragg, Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Friday.

Posted: 10:18 PM Just hours after the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, protesters rallied against gun violence.

Posted: 1:50 AM 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.

Posted: 1:43 AM 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

Updated: 11:44 PM 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.

Updated: 5:43 PM Susan Rice has withdrawn her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state after the embattled U.N. ambassador ran into a standoff with Republicans over an attack on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.

Posted: 1:38 PM North Carolina Gov.-elect Pat McCrory has named a close political ally and a veteran business executive to join his upcoming Cabinet.

Updated: 12:58 PM 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.

Updated: 12:06 PM 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.

Posted: 1:22 AM 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.

Posted: 1:20 PM 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.

Posted: 2:59 AM 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.

Updated: 11:41 PM 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.

Updated: 12:41 PM 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.

Posted: 12:24 PM The federal government has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta and other religious institutions seeking to overturn a provision in the federal health care law that requires group health plans to provide free birth control.

Posted: 2:19 PM Your medical plan is facing an unexpected new fee. It's to help cover people with pre-existing conditions under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Posted: 2:06 PM A former North Carolina legislator who died was perhaps best known at the General Assembly for proposing to his future wife from the House floor.

Posted: 12:34 PM The Taliban say they will attend a meeting in France to discuss Afghanistan's future but will not talk about peace and reconciliation.

Updated: 10:36 AM U.S. District Judge James Fox had already blocked the state last year from issuing the plates after the American Civil Liberties Union sued.

Posted: 6:19 AM Millions of unemployed Americans have another reason to worry about "fiscal cliff" budget talks that seek to avoid looming tax increases and dire spending cuts come January.

Posted: 11:01 AM Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint is resigning his Senate seat to take the helm of a conservative think tank.

Posted: 3:11 AM President Barack Obama warned Republicans on Wednesday against picking another fight over the nation's debt ceiling, telling business leaders that it's "not a game that I will play."

Posted: 7:38 PM Citigroup said Wednesday that it will cut 11,000 jobs, a bold early move by new CEO Michael Corbat.