Authorities say a boy died in an accidental electrocution in a wooded area in Durham.

The Navy is investigating the death of a diver participating in an amphibious training exercise in waters off Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

North Carolina Catholics are being asked to vote for the constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman.

North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue calls her decision not to seek re-election this year the "most selfless decision that I've ever made."

North Carolina Democrats are gathering for one of their seasonal dinners and fundraisers at a time of party upheaval after Gov. Beverly Perdue announced she wouldn't seek a second term.

The North Carolina Utilities Commission announced the 7.2 percent rate increase approval on Friday. The Charlotte-based utility said a typical bill for a residential customer will increase by about $7 per month.

Dalton said in an interview Friday he's not thrilled with raising taxes but said Perdue's suggestion of a three-quarter-cent increase is one way to solve the problem.

53 mayors across the state support Perdue's push to restore the three-quarters of a cent sales tax the republican-controlled legislature recently eliminated.

Democratic state Rep. Bill Faison announced his bid for North Carolina governor on Saturday, saying he's the best candidate to restore education and health care jobs through his work in the Legislature and when he reaches the Executive Mansion next January.

The decision by Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton to run for North Carolina governor means some Democrats are considering a bid to become the party's nominee for the No. 2 job in the executive branch.

A bail bondsman had to bail himself out of jail, after he was charged as an accessory in a robbery case in the east.

A Raleigh man accused of paying a hit man to behead three witnesses in a terrorism case in our state will make his first appearance Friday in federal court.

US Airways Group Inc. says it has a tentative agreement with negotiators for the union representing 6,700 flight attendants across its main network.

The University of North Carolina Wilmington has ended a seven-year fundraising campaign early after raising more than $66 million.

Governor Perdue's announcement has democrats trying to figure out who will run in her place as many republicans think they might have a candidate on tap who can win.

Dalton said in a statement he and his staff are mourning the loss of a friend and colleague. He called Cynthia O'Neal "a brilliant lawyer and an amazing person."

John Tedesco said Thursday he wants to improve the quality of education throughout the state, and blamed current Superintendent June Atkinson and Gov. Beverly Perdue for teacher layoffs and other problems.

Read what President Barack Obama, Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, Pat McCrory, who is seeking the Republican nomination, and other leaders said today about Governor Bev Perdue's decision not to run again.

President Obama is praising North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue after her announcement that she won't seek re-election in 2012, calling her a barrier breaker during more than 25 years in elected office.

Dalton says his decision to run for Governor was a no-brainer because he believes in North Carolina.

The NAACP has released a statement about Governor Beverly Perdue's decision to not seek reelection.

North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue will not seek reelection. Click full story to read the statement she released shortly after noon Thursday.

Two people have been shot to death in an apparent robbery attempt at an Orange County store, and authorities are searching for a suspect.

Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, heiress to a Gilded Age fortune created by tobacco and member of the family that endowed Duke University, died Wednesday at Duke Hospital according to her daughter. She was 91.

Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory will campaign in earnest for North Carolina governor next week in the county where he spent much of his childhood.