This time of year tends to bring a surge in charitable giving, which also means a flood of scams that take advantage of people's good intentions.

Our studios look a little bare now that all of the donations for Toys for Tots have been collected.

A teacher in the east got one big surprise Friday afternoon when she thought the 8th grade was meeting for an assembly. It turns out they were really meeting to honor her.

The federal Transportation Security Administration says 12 security officers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport botched some baggage inspections and should be fired.

The board of trustees at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington has voted to recommend tuition and fee increases that would see in-state undergraduates paying more than $600 a year more for school.

Jurors in New Jersey have convicted a North Carolina man of hogtying and sexually assaulting two women over a four-hour period.

A federal judge will not rule out two former Federal Election Commission members from testifying for former Democratic presidential contender John Edwards, who's defending himself against campaign finance violations while hiding his mistress.

The Associated Press has learned that nine states, including North Carolina, will share $500 million in grant money to improve their early childhood programs.

Marcus Douglas Jones Sr., one of six men in Onslow County on death row, can now go through with claims on the Racial Justice Act to try and lessen his death penalty sentence.

Lawyers for Laurence Lovette offered no defense witnesses, and Judge Allen Baddour scheduled closing arguments for Monday.

Michael Peterson has walked out of a North Carolina jail, one day after a judge ordered a new trial in his wife's death.

State and federal officials agree that bridges are the best long-term solutions for breaches in N.C. 12 on Hatteras Island that were created by Hurricane Irene.

Federal regulators say the $35 billion deal would hurt competition.

Major cities across the country are seeing increases in hunger and homelessness, including some of the largest cities in North and South Carolina.

Gov. Beverly Perdue's campaign is giving up more than $41,000 in contributions that are linked to its chief fundraiser for the 2008 elections now that he's been convicted of a felony linked to campaign finance-related activities.

A former chairman of the state Republican Party will lead Newt Gingrich's leadership team in North Carolina as he seeks the GOP presidential nomination.

Applauding their "extraordinary achievement," President Barack Obama saluted returning troops Wednesday, declaring that the nearly nine-year conflict in Iraq is ending "not with a final battle, but with a final march toward home."

U.S. Senators Richard Burr, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Jay Rockefeller won Senate passage Monday of their bill which would direct the TSA to develop and implement a plan providing expedited screening through the country's airports for U.S. Armed Forces and their accompanying family members.

Billboards showing support for immigrants are going up across north Carolina.

20-year-old Jayson McNeil told jurors Laurence Lovette called him on March 12, the day a warrant was issued for his arrest. McNeil said Lovette was worried that DeMario Atwater would tell police about him.

The Castle Doctrine Law took effect December 1st.

Family members of murder victims are meeting with North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue in hopes of persuading her to make a decision on a bill that would essentially repeal a 2009 law designed to address alleged racial bias in death penalty cases.

A man charged with first-degree murder in the death of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student body president Eve Carson wasn't even a suspect initially.

North Carolina lawmakers are considering whether to delve further into the nation's immigration debate by making it more uncomfortable for illegal immigrants to live in the state.

Lowe's is planning to stick by its decision to yank its ads from a reality TV show about American Muslims despite the growing opposition the home improvement chain is facing over the move.