The Latest Breaking News from North Carolina

Masks will still be required in schools if school boards mandate it. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Thursday that would have let parents decide if students wear masks in school.

North Carolina enacted new congressional and legislative districts on Feb. 23, 2022, after the Wake County Superior Court approved legislative maps that the General Assembly approved on Feb. 16 and 17. The court also adopted a new congressional map proposed by a panel of court-appointed special masters.

A would-be robber took a fiery approach this week when he combined seemingly innocent store products to make an improvised flame thrower, according to the Lenior Police Department in North Carolina.

A “miracle” baby was born at 2:22 a.m. on 2/22/2022 in delivery room 2, of course, in North Carolina.

Farrow, 21, was last seen in Greensboro, North Carolina, on 10 February

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – In North Carolina, the worries about climate change often focus on more frequent storms with heavier rainfall, but a new federal report points to an equally potent danger – the seeping effect of sea level rise.

In Pennsylvania, a GOP district was divided between two others. And North Carolina's court rejected the GOP-controlled legislature's plan.

Welcome to the Wednesday, February 23, Brew. 

RALEIGH, N.C. — When a North Carolina court issues its latest ruling on the Legislature’s redrawn congressional map this week, judges will grapple with a question at the core of our democracy: How should political maps respond to the changing will of voters?

DURHAM, North Carolina — Google will pay workers at its new Durham office lower salaries than most of its other engineering hubs, a move that has led to internal protests from some workers.

WASHINGTON — More than eight months before the midterm elections, the battle for control of the Senate is already shaping up as a contest centered on entrenched Democratic incumbents and a handful of purple states President Joe Biden won by slim margins.