The Latest Breaking News from North Carolina

Andrew Carter: ACC football might be down but, for once, North Carolina schools doing their part

Not everything is always black and white.

Tribune News Service · Nov 29, 2022

North Carolina man gets home detention, not 5 years, for Jan. 6 crimes

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Federal prosecutors argued that a North Carolina man should be sent to prison for almost five years as punishment for his crimes during the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Nov 28, 2022

Houston tops AP men’s basketball poll for first time since 1983

The last time the Cougars ascended to No. 1 was the final poll of the 1982-83 season, when Clyde Drexler and Akeem Olajuwon along with coach Guy Lewis were the favorites to win it all. They rolled through the NCAA Tournament before falling to Jim Valvano and North Carolina State…

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 28, 2022

‘An Odd Cross to Bear’: The choices Ruth Bell Graham made as Billy Graham’s wife

She believed in the death penalty and said that in countries where they have it, “I feel safer walking down the street.” Yet in 1978, Ruth Bell Graham befriended North Carolina’s death row inmate Velma Barfield, convicted of murdering seven people, including her own mother. And while there was no…

Tribune News Service · Nov 23, 2022

North Carolina vs NC State Prediction Game Preview

North Carolina vs NC State game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 13 game on Friday, November 25

USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 23, 2022

Authorities: 2 dead in North Carolina helicopter crash

Authorities say that two people have died in a helicopter crash near a North Carolina interstate highway

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022

Two dead as ‘heroic’ news helicopter pilot takes ‘evasive action’ to crash near I-77 in North Carolina

A witness said it looked like the aircraft had swerved to avoid crashing on the busy highway south of Charlotte

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022

Despite industry layoffs, tech job openings hit high in NC's Research Triangle

Though tech layoffs have become near-daily occurrences nationally, Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, are seeing an increasing number of job openings in the sector.

Tribune News Service · Nov 22, 2022

Andrew Carter: Shared misery reemerges as a common theme among North Carolina college football teams

If one needed a reminder that time is a flat circle as it relates to college football in North Carolina — that most of the FBS programs in this state go round and round, repeating cycles of disappointment year after year — then, well, Saturday provided one. It was disappointing,…

Tribune News Service · Nov 22, 2022

How GOP state supreme court wins could change state policies and who runs Congress

Republican wins in state supreme court races could not only shape abortion and voting rights, but also the balance of power in Washington.

WEKU · Nov 22, 2022