The bus that caught fire in Charlotte Wednesday was a Thomas built bus. That's the same brand as other buses that have gone up in flames in North Carolina over the past couple of years.
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has voted to increase tuition across the system of 16 university campuses by nearly 9 percent on average.
Students from schools in the University of North Carolina system are scheduled to rally against tuition increases that the Board of Governors is set to consider.
A New York City murder suspect arrested after turning up on a jumbo screen at Charlotte Bobcats Arena is facing new charges: helping lead a 37-person check fraud ring accused of stealing more than $150,000.
A woman from Raleigh, North Carolina who snatched a newborn baby from a New York City hospital in 1987, then raised the child as her own for more than two decades, pleaded guilty to a kidnapping charge Friday.
Federal regulators say they need more time deciding whether to stick with federal standards that could mean $12 million in rebates for more than 58,000 North Carolina residents who buy their own health insurance.
A Halifax man is behind bars Wednesday morning after he was arrested for attempting to sell almost 50 stolen samurai swords, according to the Roanoke Rapids Daily.
Three more Democrats have announced they aren't seeking re-election to the General Assembly this year, including two drawn into districts with incumbent Republican lawmakers.
A North Carolina court is rejecting claims that shooting ranges and a training center created by former Delta Force members to train police and troops as next-generation warriors qualifies as a school.
Whitley French, a student at East Carolina University, was attacked in her parents' house over the weekend. The Rockingham County Sheriff's Office says her parents were both shot to death.
Cumberland County deputies say they used a Taser on a woman who blocked the drive-thru at a McDonalds for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because she broke in line.
Some Greenville sanitation workers attended a public hearing Saturday afternoon to discuss complaints about their working conditions and what steps they should take next.