RALEIGH (AP) — An effort to legalize sports gambling in North Carolina appears poised to clear high hurdles this week in the state Senate, as legislation to authorize and regulate betting approaches the finish line.

Toyota will invest another $2.1 billion in an electric and hybrid vehicle battery factory that's under construction near Greensboro, North Carolina.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The composition of several North Carolina state commissions would shift away from gubernatorial appointees and toward the choices of legislators and others in a measure that cleared a House committee on Tuesday.

RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a bill allowing the state's leading health insurance provider to restructure despite criticisms from the state insurance commissioner that it would erode his regulatory authority and undermine his ability to protect…

JACKSONVILLE - Jacksonville Police say they found a teenage girl with multiple gunshot wounds.

RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly's chief advocate for legalizing medical marijuana in the state revealed publicly on Tuesday how he smoked pot over 20 years ago to withstand discomforts of chemotherapy during a fight with cancer.

KINSTON - Kinston Police say they arrested a man Monday after a paramedic was shot while on a call Sunday.

GOLDSBORO - An employee was shot and killed during a robbery at a Family Dollar leading to an investigation.

Ferry service resumed for the Ocracoke-Swan Quarter and the Ocracoke-Cedar Island routes on Saturday, May 27, after being temporarily suspended on Friday due to weather conditions, per an update from the North Carolina Ferry System.

Governor Roy Cooper announced that North Carolina has joined other Atlantic Coast states involved with the Special Initiative on Offshore Wind on a coordinated project to support fisheries mitigation in the development of offshore wind along the East Coast.

KINSTON - The Kinston Police Department has issued warrants for the arrest of 34-year-old Mario King.

FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — Former North Carolina state Sen. Ben Clark has added his name to the list of candidates for lieutenant governor in 2024.

KNIGHTDALE - A Wake County Sheriff’s Office K9 was accidentally shot and killed early Friday by an officer from another jurisdiction.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge on Friday put a temporary halt to South Carolina's new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy until the state Supreme Court can review the measure.

KERNERSVILE, N.C. (AP) — A central North Carolina sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man during a hostage situation Thursday after the suspect came at deputies with a sledgehammer inside a home, officials said.

KINSTON - A school bus crash in Lenoir County caused a pickup truck driver to be airlifted, while five children and a bus driver were sent to the hospital with minor injuries.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina state House Republicans have lost their caucus leadership positions following recent comments directed at Democratic colleagues questioning their educational attainment and religion.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's decision to exclude gender-affirming care for its employees is unconstitutional and discriminatory, according to a federal lawsuit brought by two people who were denied such services while working for the state.

RALEIGH (AP) — The bank that acquired the remnants of Silicon Valley Bank after it failed amid a March bank run announced layoffs Wednesday.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A wave of newly approved abortion restrictions in the Southeastern United States has sent providers scrambling to reconfigure their services for a region with already severely limited access.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation to authorize and regulate sports gambling in North Carolina that passed the House earlier this spring has been altered by the Senate by making it easier for any adult to bet in person and adding horse racing to betting options.

ASHEBORO – The Energizer Bunny is going to hop a little more energetically in Randolph County.

RALEIGH — On March 9, 2022, 45-year-old Melissa Elizabeth Chacona pleaded guilty to the charges, U.S. Attorney Michael Easley said in a news release.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Defense attorneys are seeking bond for an alleged drunken driver who police say slammed into newlyweds riding along a South Carolina beach road, killing the bride.

FORSYTH COUNTY, GEORGIA - Nearly four years after an abandoned newborn girl was found alive in a plastic bag left in a wooded area of northern Georgia, authorities have identified and arrested the child’s mother.