Updated: 11:45 PM Several health agencies are investigating what they say is an illegal dumping site in Pamlico County where they found chemicals and waste, and say the man responsible has been burning them into the atmosphere.

Posted: 10:15 PM North Carolina's attorney general says 122 murders in 2012 were the result of domestic violence, a 15 percent increase from the year before.

Updated: 10:52 PM Law enforcement in three eastern North Carolina counties say a tip led them to a suspected meth trafficker where they found a pound of the drug worth $45,000 in his car.

Posted: 8:28 PM Three state House Republicans filed a bill Tuesday that attempts to make clear North Carolina local governments can't pass ordinances to prohibit soft drink sales above a particular size.

Updated: 11:46 PM Some North Carolina legislators want social service workers to perform criminal checks on welfare and food stamp requests to ensure law-abiding people get federal benefits first.

Posted: 1:18 PM The Air Force is grounding about a third of its active-duty combat aircraft because of automatic spending cuts.

Updated: 12:59 PM Grandparents mourn loss of children killed in construction pit collapse in Lincoln County.

Posted: 2:06 PM North Carolina's Department of Transportation is filling the need of people who prefer unfolding a map to digital technology.

Updated: 1:51 PM Everything went to script Sunday night at the Academy of Country Music Awards until the end -- when Luke Bryan pulled off an amazing upset and won entertainer of the year.

Updated: 11:46 PM A former Republican presidential candidate made a pair of stops in the east Friday.

Posted: 4:24 PM Authorities say a Georgia man unleashed his two pit bulls on a neighbor's pet pig that got loose in a mobile home park, then stabbed the animal 15 to 20 times in front of children and other onlookers.

Posted: 6:27 AM Camp Lejeune and North Carolina coastal communities are joining forces for a motorcycle ride to combat alcohol abuse.

Updated: 11:41 AM One of the North Carolina legislators who sponsored a resolution declaring the state can make its own laws about religion without involvement from the federal government and courts is apologizing for any embarrassment to his community and state.

Updated: 2:55 PM West Virginia authorities say a cast member of the MTV reality show "BUCKWILD" has been found dead, along with his uncle and a third, unidentified person.

Updated: 9:20 PM A German official says Justin Bieber had to leave a monkey in quarantine after arriving in the country last week without the necessary papers for the animal.

Updated: 11:50 PM Couples who want to split in North Carolina could have a to wait two years before they file for divorce.

Updated: 11:50 PM Volunteers at a local wildlife sanctuary are baking their hearts out to try and raise money for their critters.

Posted: 12:22 PM The Obama administration is proposing a reduction in sulfur in gasoline and tightened emissions standards on cars beginning in 2017.

Updated: 12:30 PM Military analysts say North Korea is likely years away from being able to carry out a threat to strike the U.S. with long-range missiles.

Updated: 11:19 AM AA Carolinas thinks a 16-cent drop in gas prices and a forecast of pleasant weather could lead motorists to do some traveling during the Easter weekend.

Posted: 11:08 AM The Carteret County beach town of Emerald Isle plans to put in special docks for those who use kayaks and paddle boards.

Posted: 10:47 AM Richard Griffiths, the British actor who played the boy wizard's unsympathetic Uncle Vernon in the "Harry Potter" movies, has died. He was 65.

Updated: 10:39 PM An unusual bird is making its way to our Crystal Coast and dying, and scientists are trying to figure out why.

Updated: 9:45 PM Dr. Emory says none of the challenges she's faced as superintendent have anything to do with her decision to leave.

Updated: 12:12 PM NC House members say a public school safety bill should give parents and teachers piece of mind that legislators are doing whatever is necessary to protect students and school personnel following the Connecticut school shootings.