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MCT REGIONAL NEWS By James Romoser Jul. 18--RALEIGH -- State legislators has approved a plan to prevent the purchase of guns by people who have been deemed dangerously mentally ill.

The Raleigh Police Department is attempting to identify a suspect wanted in connection with a carjacking.

State medical regulators voted Wednesday to cut back on the amount of information they will post on a Web site about malpractice settlements of North Carolina doctors.

Brian Johnson and Eric Holada give the thumbs up they are known for in the Holada Studio.

In an e-mail sent to supporters, Moore urged them to support the lieutenant governor in her bid to win the state's top job in the November election against Republican nominee Pat McCrory.

Police hope the home where Nancy Cooper built her American life will tell the story of her death.

A 15-year-old drove a car into a house under construction in Raleigh on Tuesday evening as he fled from a Clayton officer pursuing him for shoplifting shoes, police said.

A foundation that manages some state money has awarded more than $260,000 for supporters of a biodefense lab considered for Granville County for newspaper ads, a Web site and other programs.

Police in North Carolina are now searching the home of a murdered former Edmonton woman.

Authorities have evacuated several homes and a truck stop and five other businesses along Interstate 95 near Kenly after a truck began leaking a chemical.

Dempsey Benton didn't take long to decide. The state budget approved by legislators July 8 let Benton, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, decide when a new mental hospital in Butner ...

RALEIGH, North Carolina : A high-profile push by American business groups to double the number of U.S. bachelor's degrees awarded in science, math and engineering by 2015 is falling way behind target, a new ...

David Henry Rogers, a Raleigh lawyer, was arrested this week in the shooting of an Orange County man.

North Carolina citizens should monitor with interest the progress of a bill that would broaden access to government documents and ensure greater adherence to pubic records law.

A Raleigh man made his first appearance in Wake County District Court Monday on a number of charges, including drunken driving, in the weekend death of a Chapel Hill teen Also in court were the victim's ...

There are questions about some of the North Carolina Highway Patrol's efforts to enforce construction work zones laws.

Authorities have told the father of a missing female Fort Bragg soldier that she is dead, the father told a Raleigh television station.

David Smoot is a long way from Raleigh -- a world away. But Raleigh is still with him.

Raleigh residents are invited to submit redevelopment ideas for a proposed downtown transportation hub.

The N.C. budget explained - Raleigh News & Observer Dan Kane, Staff Writer Here are answers to questions about the new budget: HOW BIG ARE THE RAISES? Teachers, UNC professors and community college instructors ...