A panel of federal health advisers has endorsed the first drug shown to prevent HIV infection in healthy people.

Police say they have seized 26 pounds of meth and have arrested eight people in two Eastern Carolina counties.

A Democratic Party official will try to get a Wilmington polling place moved because the church used for this week's balloting had a sign relating to the constitutional amendment on gay marriage.

We spoke to a pastor in Greenville Wednesday who says he thinks the issue of marriage should never be put to a vote of the people or be in the state constitution because it is already God's law that it should only be between a man and woman.

People across the state who are disappointed with the passage of Amendment One spoke out about Tuesday's vote approving the ban on gay marriage in our state constitution.

Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas is getting 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary.

The controversial Amendment 1, which passed with 61% of the vote on Tuesday had widespread support across much of Eastern Carolina.

NC has become the 31st state to pass an amendment that defines marriage in the state constitution.

Some of North Carolina's youngest voters are getting a chance to pick candidates for November's general election, but they won't be able to vote on the constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

A convicted felon is back behind bars in Jones County after police say he shot and killed his pit bulls after they attacked a man.

Pitt County commissioners approved a smoking ban Monday for all county owned buildings and vehicles as of July 1st.

Pastor Sean Harris has been under fire after his comments about what parents should do with children who exhibit gay behavior.

The largest BBQ cookoff festival in North Carolina is underway this weekend in Kinston.

Federal health officials say at least 14 people in nine states, including North Carolina, have been infected with salmonella by handling tainted dog food.

The Cherry Point Air Show is all this weekend with an estimated 150,000 people expected.

Congratulations to the class of 2012! Today, 3,800 students will get their degrees from East Carolina University.

A teen is behind bars, charged with robbing another teen at gunpoint and beating him unconscious.

Greenpeace spokeswoman Molly Dorozensk said Thursday that four activists handcuffed themselves to tracks, while others marked freight cars with stickers of Apple's logo.

Now friends of Junior Seau wonder if the San Diego icon hoped his death might leave a greater legacy than any of his amazing feats on the gridiron.

Researchers in Chapel Hill and in London say the Lost Colony may be sitting under a Bertie County golf course.

Police say a former ECU football player is behind bars, accused of damaging cemetery gravestones in a hit and run accident.

Police in Winston-Salem have cited rapper Wiz Khalifa and members of his band and staff for possession of marijuana following a concert. The singer faced drug charges in 2010 after a stop in Greenville.

A North Carolina pastor says he was joking when he told parents to punch any gay-appearing sons.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has issued an apology to a California student who was picked up during a drug raid and left in a holding cell for several days without food, water or access to a toilet.

A famous name from television history was on hand in the east Wednesday to motivate attendees at one city's annual fund raiser.