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RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed gun rights legislation Friday that would repeal the state’s permit requirement for buying handguns, which Republicans argue is outdated and an unnecessary infringement on Second Amendment rights, but which most Democrats vehemently oppose ending.

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina school fired back after a civil rights group blasted its short hair rule as “discriminatory.”

RALEIGH, N.C. — Durham-based country music artist Rissi Palmer is the subject of a new PBS American Masters documentary, which hometown folks got a chance to see ahead of its television premiere.

RALEIGH, N.C. — A package of gun rights measures, including a repeal of the state’s permit law for buying handguns, cleared the legislature on Wednesday after a contentious debate and protests by Democrats over a decision by House Speaker Tim Moore not to consider any amendments to the bill.

NEW YORK — The Rangers haven’t looked good in probably a month, since they dismantled the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh the night before the Super Bowl. But coming off a three-game road trip on which they went 2-0-1, they feel as though they are starting to find themselves.

RALEIGH, N.C. — On a day when it was learned forward Andrei Svechnikov would have season-ending surgery, the last thing the Carolina Hurricanes wanted to see was another player limping off the ice.

Andrea Joe brought her daughter Keianna Joe to life for a second time after the teenage cheerleader collapsed during warm-up for a competition in Raleigh, North Carolina, US

RALEIGH, N.C. — Jesse Puljujarvi’s first game with the Carolina Hurricanes will be memorable in that he played it, not that his new team won it.

RALEIGH, N.C. — After Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, coach John Tortorella said the team played well at five-on-five, they just couldn’t “freakin’ score.”