Reinstating restrictions in the aftermath of the June U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade would create “significant risk of public confusion” about the availability and legality of abortion services in North Carolina, the attorney general’s office argued in a brief filed late…
Brandon Combs, 29, was shot after jumping into the driver's seat of Officer Timothy Larson’s police SUV during a February burglary call at a car dealership, the family’s attorneys say in the lawsuit. Combs died later that day at a Concord hospital.
The North Carolina Supreme Court is speeding up further challenges to the boundaries for the state’s legislative seats and congressional districts. The Democratic majority on the state's highest court agreed on Thursday to hold oral arguments in early or mid-October. The arguments won't alte…
In a Facebook post last week, Denise Ray encouraged people to speak up if they see something in their neighborhood. "This situation could have been over 4 years ago!!! If people would have SPOKEN UP!!! THE KILLER IS STILL OUT THERE!!!!"
Soccer star Hope Solo pleaded guilty Monday to driving while impaired in an incident in late March where Winston-Salem police found her passed out in the parking lot of a Walmart with her two children asleep in the backseat, the Forsyth County District Attorney's Office said.
Michael Waters, the district attorney for Granville and other counties, also said what happened shows law enforcement must do more to deescalate violent situations with people in a mental health crisis.
Bond was denied Monday for a 23-year-old Shelby woman charged in the death of a 72-year-old man.
Bond was denied Monday for a 23-year-old Shelby woman charged in the death of a 72-year-old man.
The settlement came after U.S. Magistrate Judge Patrick Auld recommended in January that the state-owned health system be held liable for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. The health system, which has hospitals and clinics across the state, has defended its efforts to provide accommodations to sight-impaired patients.
A Mount Airy man has been charged with murder — twice — in connection with overdose deaths last year, the Surry County Sheriff's Office said.
A man trying to escape arrest in North Carolina ended up begging police to come get him after he jumped in a lake and began to drown, according to the Wilmington Police Department. It happened around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, July 9, in Wilmington’s 100-acre Greenfield Lake, which is unsafe for swimming due to an “increasing numbers of alligators.” Wilmington is 120 miles southeast of Raleigh. ...
It happened around 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Wilmington’s 100-acre Greenfield Lake, which is unsafe for swimming due to an “increasing numbers of alligators.”
As part of a federal crackdown on Raleigh gangs, the duo was convicted in October 2019, then sentenced to multiple life sentences each.
A 22-year-old crew member on the set of the Netflix series, “Outer Banks,” was killed in a hit-and-run crash in South Carolina, according to the casting company. Alexander “AJ” Jennings was a photo double and stand-in for John B, the show’s main protagonist played by Chase Stokes, Kimmie Stewart Casting wrote in a statement on Facebook. “AJ was a beautiful, kind soul (and) a bright light every ...
The amount of gasoline that spewed out of the country’s largest petroleum pipeline is still being determined. Up to now, 1.4 million gallons have been recovered — far exceeding the original estimate released by the company.
A North Carolina attorney who sued the Charlotte-based federal public defender’s office over sexual discrimination has won the right to continue her case despite limited workplace legal protections.
City leaders have been asked to commit just over $100,000 to an initiative that would interview survivors of gun violence. The study could lead to the creation of a local office to serve survivors of violent crime.
Mark Anthony Diaz was fatally shot Monday afternoon after Trooper Rodney N. Cook stopped a Ford pickup on Harmony Drive near Solo Drive in Siler City for a seatbelt violation, according to a State Highway Patrol news release.
The driver of a Durham school bus swerved off the road to avoid the bus — and the students on board — getting hit in the crossfire, police said Monday. No students were reported injured, Durham Police said, “due to the quick action of the bus driver.” Police said a shooting call was reported after 4:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of East Club Boulevard, at the intersection of Dearborn Drive, in the ...
Plaintiffs are seeking an undisclosed amount of money, a list of city records — including a former detective's employment file — and want the city to change its policy on the execution of no-knock and quick-knock search warrants.
Under the law, first-degree murder charges can be brought in such cases, as long as the victims are current or former spouses, relationship partners, or people with whom the alleged killer shares a child. It is intended to prevent defendants with past domestic violence offenses from arguing they killed their partner in the heat of the moment.
In the lawsuit, Angelia James describes the condition she suffered from as “the byproduct of the sudden onset of a short-lived mental illness.” That explains a series of disturbing confrontations she had with police in September 2021, according to her lawsuit.
Content by Gray Legal Group. Mark V.L. Gray II is the managing attorney of Gray Legal Group, a Greensboro-based expert litigator in the personal injury arena. For those pondering a personal injury claim, Gray offers four key insights.
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DURHAM — A Duke University student said she is in shock after a Durham County judge lectured her on marriage and “old fashioned principles,” while turning down a request for a no-contact order.
State laws create a couple of quick pathways — domestic violence protections and no-contact orders — for domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking victims to seek protection. They are expedited and affordable processes that limit court fees.
Charlotte motorists might have encountered the young bicyclists in uptown and the South End area, and while some are harmless, others are contributing to “an ongoing problem,” according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.
John Whan Kim, 75, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison.
The decision expands on a preliminary injunction issued last August by the majority on the same panel that heard evidence in a trial challenging a 1973 state law that delays the restoration of voting rights for some offenders who aren't serving prison or jail time. It could affect tens of thousands of people previously convicted of felonies.
U.S. District Judge Max Cogburn sentenced the 43-year-old, Boynton Beach man to 27 months in prison after he pleaded guilty in October to cyberstalking and two counts of making interstate threats. His crimes carried a maximum combined sentence of five years.
Darian Dru Thavychith, 21, was escorted into Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department headquarters on East Trade Street on Thursday, as documented by WBTV-Channel 3 footage.
The high court’s ruling ends, once and for all, North Carolina’s status as the only state in the country that prevented victims of domestic violence in unmarried same-sex relationships from obtaining protective orders.
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