HIGH POINT (AP) — A North Carolina man is in jail after explosive devices were found inside his apartment, according to a police department.

CHARLOTTE (AP) — President Donald Trump’s demand for a full-capacity Republican convention in August is putting pressure on North Carolina health officials — and local Republicans — as coronavirus cases surge in the host county and statewide.

RALEIGH — Republican lawmakers filed legislation to ban mail-only elections and tighten oversight for voting by absentee ballot.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two GOP governors are offering up their states to host the Republican National Convention — a day after President Donald Trump threatened to pull the convention out of North Carolina if that state's Democratic governor doesn't assure him that the August gathering can go for…

MANTEO (AP) — The National Park Service said Monday it is investigating after a nesting loggerhead sea turtle was found dead on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach, with signs that the creature was run over by a vehicle.

CHARLOTTE (AP) — NASCAR on Monday suspended three critical crew members for Denny Hamlin's team because a piece of tungsten fell off his car on the pace lap before the Coca-Cola 600.

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a North Carolina man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after sending hundreds of harassing messages to a woman in Maryland.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — States are spending billions of dollars stocking up on medical supplies such as masks and breathing machines during the coronavirus pandemic. But more than two months into the buying binge, many aren't sharing details about how much they’re spending, what they’re g…

ROCKY MOUNT (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina say that they seized more than 1,500 illegal ecstasy pills worth more than $15,000 during a search of a suspect's house.

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Brad Keselowski, in a contract year and trying to up his value in free agency, gave Roger Penske a victory on what should have been the most celebrated day in motorsports but was instead just a 6-plus hour NASCAR show.

CURRITUCK (AP) — In Currituck County marshes there lives the king rail, a secretive and declining marsh bird that is a prized sighting among birders.

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Six people were wounded in a shooting at a North Carolina parking lot where a fight broke out during a “social gathering,” police said.

WAXHAW (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy shot and wounded a man who was armed with a knife when deputies responded to a complaint that he had disrupted an outdoor church service in North Carolina on Sunday, authorities said.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — When the wind comes barreling down Mount Mitchell, it bears down hard on the South Toe Valley, bringing with it whatever weather lingers near the summit.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Monaco Grand Prix has been canceled.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — With Alabama's coronavirus caseload worsening while casinos, churches and more reopen, the state's most recognizable person had some stern words about bringing COVID-19 under control.

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina has failed to change its election laws to ensure that voters can safely cast ballots during the COVID-19 pandemic, voting rights advocates claim in a federal lawsuit.

RALEIGH (AP) — Coronavirus outbreaks at meat processing plants are forcing North Carolina farmers to euthanize 1.5 million chickens, according to a state official.

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — An 18-year-old North Carolina man accused of dropping a stray dog from a balcony and posting a video of it on social media was charged with animal cruelty, authorities said.

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Harry and Judy Wiley plan to walk down their driveway in Johnson City, Tennessee on Sunday, climb inside their 39-foot motorhome, flip on the television and do the best they can to enjoy NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 — a staple of their Memorial Day weekend for decades.

WALLACE (AP) — Emergency workers in North Carolina rescued 33 people from a bus on Friday after the driver tried to travel through high water, authorities said.

RALEIGH (AP) — Top state government fiscal researchers predicted Friday that North Carolina will collect $4 billion less in revenues over a two-year period than previously forecast as the pandemic-related economic slowdown continues.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A car wash worker in North Carolina found treasure amid the business's trash when he discovered a $1,200 IRS stimulus check mixed in with the garbage.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's unemployment rate ballooned to just over 12% in April as the state dealt with a coronavirus-related economic slowdown, state officials said Friday.

RALEIGH (AP) — A robbery suspect shot a North Carolina police officer in the chest before he was killed by authorities last week, according to a police department report released Wednesday.