The government for the first time is proposing broad new standards to make school snacks healthier, a move that would ban the sale of almost all candy, high-calorie sports drinks and greasy foods on campus.

NBC News President Steve Capus says he is leaving after seven years running the network's news division.

Barring a change in state law, the annual New Year's Eve Possum Drop in the mountains will have to carry on without a live animal.

Captain Michael Smith of Beaufort was killed when the Challenger exploded in 1986. Astronauts killed in that tragedy, along with the Columbia and Apollo I missions will be honored today.

Moonshine has long been a part of North Carolina history and culture and is back in the spotlight, thanks to a reality TV show that follows moonshiners and bootleggers who make and sell the stuff, some from right here in North Carolina.

A bit of Hollywood has come to Burgaw in Pender County and you can be a part of it.

A local author and illustrator pair are launching their new series of books. But it's not your average book launch.

A courtroom brawl that sends one person to the hospital and another to jail, hanging ten in a big way, and a car that must be a pain to parallel park. The video that will have you talking in today's Take A Look At This.

Phoenix police say three people have been shot at an office complex.

For the past 31 years the Cape Hatteras research vessel has been a staple to the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort. The ship will dock Wednesday morning for the final time after its final mission.

A federal judge agreed to let the London-based oil giant plead guilty to manslaughter charges for the deaths of 11 rig workers and pay a record $4 billion in penalties.

A quick-thinking motorcyclist saves his own life, sea foam takes over the shore, and pop, pop, pop. The video that will have you talking in today's Take A Look At This!

Facebook users might be eligible for a piece of a payout from a class action lawsuit against the social media site.

Students at the Coastal Carolina Community College now have 700 new books to read thanks to a generous Jacksonville woman.

The Australian radio show behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated has been officially canceled.

The hackers say they've infiltrated several government computer systems and copied secret information that they now threaten to make public.

Holocaust survivors, politicians, religious leaders and others have marked the International Holocaust Remembrance Day with solemn prayers and warnings to never let such horrors happen again.

A gravity defying stunt takes a dangerous turn, an incredible half-court shot, and a once in a lifetime sighting. The video that will have you talking in today's Take A Look At This!.

A Jacksonville church's plan to use a dead vulture to ward away the live ones seems to be working.

It's official. The force is with J.J. Abrams.

The World Economic Forum is always a showcase for new research, trends and ideas.

A fast-food fan had one whopper of a funeral.

Millions of smokers could be priced out of health insurance because of tobacco penalties in President Barack Obama's health care law, according to experts who are just now teasing out the potential impact of a little-noted provision in the massive legislation.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center ranks Germany, Italy and the U.S. as the most successful at investigating and prosecuting Nazi war crimes over the past year.

North Carolina lawmakers are discussing draft legislation designed to prohibit sales of lottery tickets to people who receive public assistance or who are in bankruptcy.