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RALEIGH, N.C. — More young people are committing crimes in North Carolina, and they’re using guns more often to carry them out.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Advocates who oppose legislation that would repeal the state’s permit system for buying handguns said at a virtual press event Monday that the law changes would pose safety risks to North Carolinians and disproportionately affect people of color and rural communities.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The arrest warrant for the 20-year-old man who killed a young girl while towing a float in the Raleigh Christmas Parade faulted the driver for inadequate brakes.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper chairs the Democratic Governors Association and has been making the rounds promoting campaigns of Democratic candidates for governor. On Wednesday, he was interviewed by Pluribus News, a national legislative news site, and talked about what’s at stake for voters this election year.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The family of Austin Thompson, who is suspected of shooting seven people, five fatally, in Raleigh, said they have “so many unanswered questions” about the shooting.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Less than a day after a shooting left five people dead, including an off-duty police officer, and two people injured, a 15-year-old suspect was in custody and the city was reeling from the losses.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Walmart rescinded a pharmacy policy that doctors said limited women’s access to a drug prescribed after miscarriages.

Jon Scheyer is a rarity among college head coaches.

WARRENTON, N.C. — Growing up in Goldsboro, Michael Regan heard his parents talk about the 1982 Warren County protests against a PCB landfill, demonstrations that played a pivotal role in establishing the environmental justice movement in the United States.