Bill Belichick's first season as a college coach ended with four wins at North Carolina.

Florida State is keeping football coach Mike Norvell for at least another season.

Federal judges have upheld several U.S. House districts drawn by North Carolina Republicans in 2023.

Federal agents have expanded their North Carolina immigration crackdown to the area around the state capital of Raleigh.

Carolina Hurricanes rookie defenseman Charles Alexis Legault had surgery to repair multiple torn extensor tendons in his right hand after getting cut by a skate blade at Toronto.

Duke Scott ran for a career-best 196 yards in place of injured Atlantic Coast Conference rushing leader Hollywood Smothers to help N.

Three top-10 teams in The Associated Press college football poll lost.

Democrats have rallied against a proposed U.S. House map by North Carolina Republicans in Raleigh.

Cal Raleigh hit a two-run homer, Eugenio Suarez and J.

Hokies offense with over 200 yards thus far.

Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 59th and 60th home runs of the season and the Seattle Mariners won their fourth AL West title with a 9-2 victory over Colorado on Wednesday night.

The North Carolina legislature has approved a criminal justice package in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on Charlotte's light rail.

North Carolina Republican legislators have introduced criminal justice measures to toughen bail rules and evaluate offenders for mental health issues.

Cal Raleigh breaks Mickey Mantle's record for home runs by a switch-hitter.

North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders are pushing for stricter pretrial release laws after a Ukrainian refugee was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte train.

CJ Bailey rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another as North Carolina State defeated visiting Virginia 35-31 on Saturday in a non-league clash between two Atlantic Coast Conference teams.

Joseph McNeil, a key figure in the civil rights movement, has died at 83.

Cal Raleigh has hit his 50th homer, extending his major league record for home runs by a catcher and entering some elite company.

A group led by Carolina Hurricanes owner Don Dundon has reached a tentative agreement with Paul Allen’s estate to buy the Trail Blazers and keep the team in Portland.

Seattle's Cal Raleigh, known as "Big Dumper," has been a powerhouse this season, hitting 42 homers.

The NHL has released the full 2025-26 schedule.

Cal Raleigh hit his 37th and 38th home runs to move within one of Barry Bonds’ 2001 record for homers before the All-Star break, and the Seattle Mariners beat Detroit 12-3 on Friday night to end Tarik Skubal’s three-month unbeaten streak.

Cal Raleigh hit his 34th and 35th home runs to set a career high and match Ken Griffey Jr.’s Seattle record for homers before the All-Star break, helping the Mariners beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on Friday.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has vetoed three anti-DEI bills and another targeting transgender rights.

North Carolina election officials will be sending mailers to about 200,000 voters asking them to provide information missing from their state registration records.

Cal Raleigh broke Hall of Famer Johnny Bench’s 1970 record for home runs by a catcher before the All-Star break, hitting his major league-leading 28th and 29th in the Seattle Mariners’ 9-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.

The Trump administration has accused North Carolina’s election board of violating federal law by failing to ensure that registration records of some applicants contained identifying numbers.

The Carolina Hurricanes have found themselves in the same dire position in the conference-final rematch against the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.

Sam Bennett scored one of his two goals in Florida’s three-goal first period, Sergei Bobrovsky made 17 saves and the Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-0 on Thursday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference final.

The Florida Panthers showed their championship mettle from last year's run to the Stanley Cup by taking control early in their 5-2 win against the Carolina Hurricanes to open the Eastern Conference final Tuesday night.

Sean Walker scored late and Andrei Svechnikov added an empty-net clincher to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Monday night for a 3-1 lead in their second-round playoff series.

Andrei Svechnikov pounced on a loose faceoff puck for his sixth postseason goal to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4-0 on Saturday night for a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff series.

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel of North Carolina has announced himself as a candidate to try to unseat Republican Sen. Thom Tillis in 2026.

North Carolina enacted a rare energy law in the South in 2021 that directed power plant emissions be sharply reduced.

Alex Ovechkin moved three goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record after scoring the 892nd of his career in the Washington Capitals’ game at the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night.

Robert Wright scored 19 points, V.

Tobacco Road is the center of the NCAA Tournament this week with three women’s first-round sites at Duke, North Carolina and N.

The handful of remaining perfect brackets in the NCAA Tournament busted out on Sunday, ending the hopes of millions against exceptionally long odds.

Zoe Brooks is The Associated Press women's college basketball player of the week.

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Zoe Brooks scored a career-high 33 points to help No. 13 N.

The manhunt continues for an inmate who reportedly escaped through a ventilation system at a North Carolina jail last week.

Aziaha James scores 25, No. 20 N.C. State women beat Virginia Tech 85-57

North Carolina reached its Medicaid expansion enrollment goal of 600,000 people just over a year since the program rolled out.

The chief operating officer for the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency is no longer working in the position as of Wednesday.

The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature has completed its override of Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of legislation that addresses both private school scholarship grants and immigration.

Police say they have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of shooting at least eight vehicles on a busy North Carolina highway as well as several area homes in recent days, in attacks that wounded a motorist.

North Carolina elections officials say that more than 4.2 million voters cast ballots at early in-person voting sites, with turnout in western counties hit by Hurricane Helene outpacing the rest of the state.

North Carolina legislators have approved an initial $273 million relief package to help address Hurricane Helene’s devastation and recovery in the mountains.

The Republican Party has sued North Carolina’s elections board to block students and employees at the state’s flagship public university from showing a digital identification to comply with a photo ID law.

Newly released reports from North Carolina's public university system to prove compliance with a new systemwide diversity policy show several DEI position cuts and reassignments were made.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign says it is reserving $370 million in advertising to run between Labor Day and Election Day.

Vice President Kamala Harris is beginning to vet about a dozen possible candidates to be her running mate as she approaches one of most consequential decisions of her new presidential candidacy.

More than 500,000 North Carolina residents have enrolled in state's Medicaid expansion program in the seven months since it was launched.

President Joe Biden is working to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with ex-President Donald Trump.

A federal judge has permanently blocked some efforts in North Carolina to restrict how abortion pills can be dispensed.

A consultant the Chicago Blackhawks hired to improve relations with American Indian tribes is accusing the team, its charity foundation and its CEO of fraud, breach of contract and sexual harassment.

Since Florida enacted a six-week abortion ban, clinics in several other Southern and mid-Atlantic states have sprung into action.

A federal judge has ruled that some of North Carolina government’s restrictions on dispensing abortion pills are unlawful.

Japan's governing party has lost all three seats being contested in parliamentary by-elections Sunday.

Planned Parenthood affiliated groups have announced a $10 million voter engagement campaign in North Carolina for the 2024 election.

Defenses around the NHL playoffs have been depleted by existing and new injuries, from Tampa Bay’s Mikhail Sergachev and Colorado’s Samuel Girard being out long term to Carolina’s Brett Pesce going down Monday night and Washington being down to minor leaguers to fill its many voids.

Sebastian Aho and Jordan Martinook scored 9 seconds apart late in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes complete a comeback from three goals down to beat the New York Islanders 5-3.

Stefan Noesen grabbed a loose puck atop the crease and pushed it past Semyon Varlamov early in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 3-1 to open their NHL playoff series.

President Joe Biden has nudged further ahead in the Democratic nomination for reelection by winning the party contests in Wyoming and Alaska.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is cementing economic links and cultural amity with North Carolina by visiting the Tar Heel state after a few days in Washington focused on global security issues.

The NCAA changed one of the officials at the half of the Chattanooga-N.

Kitley is just the third player in league history to earn the honor three straight seasons. Georgia Amoore earns All-ACC First team honors.

Dozens of Republicans are competing for five of North Carolina's 14 congressional seats on Super Tuesday.

#16 Virginia Tech women beat #3 NC State, sweep series

Hunter Cattoor scored 19 points, Sean Pedulla had 13 points and eight assists.

President Biden is slated to deliver remarks on the economy at 2:15 p.m. in Raleigh, North Carolina.

President Joe Biden has unveiled $82 million for North Carolina to help connect an additional 16,000 households and businesses to high-speed internet.

NC State, 3-0 in the ACC for the first time since the 2012-13 season, got 14 points, six rebounds and three assists from DJ Horne.

Asia Boone had 17 points, Emma Hess 15 points and Bella Smuda 14 points and 15 rebounds for Liberty.

UConn guard Azzi Fudd will miss the remainder of the season with a noncontact knee injury she sustained last week during practice.

Saniya Rivers had a career-best 33 points to go with 10 rebounds and five assists to help North Carolina State stun second-ranked Connecticut 92-81 on Sunday, earning the program’s first win against the Huskies in more than a quarter-century.

More elevator riders in North Carolina soon won't see the eyes of the state labor commissioner staring back at them.

A federal judge blocked two portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues.

A sliver of heat brings highs back into the 90s for southwest and central Virginia this weekend

The Weather Authority Alert Day issued for Tuesday, August 15, has been lifted.

The Carolina Hurricanes have signed top center Sebastian Aho to an eight-year contract extension worth $78 million.

State investigators were on site at a North Carolina amusement park after a crack was discovered on a support beam on one of their popular roller coasters.

The Philadelphia Flyers have signed veteran defenseman Marc Staal to a $1.1 million contract for next season.

Short contracts with some including performance bonuses were popular early in NHL free agency.

A prosecutor says she won’t seek charges against police in North Carolina’s capital city whose officers repeatedly used stun guns on a man who subsequently died.

The Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers are playing in the longest game in each franchise's history to open their Eastern Conference final.

Cal Raleigh became the first catcher to homer from both sides of the plate at Fenway Park, and George Kirby pitched the Seattle Mariners past the Boston Red Sox 10-1.

The Carolina Hurricanes keep finding the back of the net despite losing multiple talented goal scorers to injury.

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders say there is agreement within their chambers on backing a measure that would prohibit abortion in nearly all cases after roughly the first trimester of pregnancy.

The parents of Hailey Brooks, the 11-year-old killed in a crash at a 2022 Raleigh Christmas Parade, have filed a civil lawsuit against Landen Glass of Goode, and parade organizers, according to WRAL.

Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour and New York Islanders coach Lane Lambert were both irked by non-calls late in the Hurricanes 4-3 overtime win in Game 2 of that first-round playoff series.

Jesper Fast took a cross-ice pass from Jordan Staal and buried it past Ilya Sorokin at 5:03 of overtime to lilft the Carolina Hurricanes past the New York Islanders 4-3.

The driver of the pickup truck that killed an 11-year-old girl at a Christmas parade in Raleigh, North Carolina has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to WRAL.

An agreement to expand Medicaid in North Carolina has reached the cusp of final legislative approval following a state House vote.

The North Carolina Supreme Court is hearing arguments again in a redistricting case it ruled on only three months ago.

Lawmakers and voters in North Carolina have rejected past efforts to remove from the state constitution an unenforceable literacy test requirement that had been used to disenfranchise Black voters during the Jim Crow era.

Martin Necas had a goal and two assists to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Saturday night in their first NHL Stadium Series outdoor game.

The Carolina Hurricanes will host the Washington Capitals in Saturday's night's Stadium Series outdoor game.