McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump’s Cabinet nominees
No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell has been speaking his mind. The long-serving former Republican leader rejected ...
For Fans of Nicholas Sparks, This North Carolina City Is the Capital of Love
The best-selling author based “The Notebook” and other heart-tugging novels in New Bern, where he lives. But what makes the ...
State senators file new bill to repeal death penalty in North Carolina
During Thursday's general assembly session, three state senators introduced SB 94 with a short, direct title: Repeal Death ...
State senate file bill to repeal NC death penalty
Senators Julie Mayfield (D-District 49), Graig Meyer (D-District 23) and Natalie Murdock (D-District 20) were the primary sponsors of the bill that looks to repeal the death penalty in North Carolina ...
A North Carolina Judge Just Acknowledged an Undeniable Truth: The Death Penalty Is Racist
Sermons made his ruling in the case of Hasson Bacote, who, as NBC News notes, was convicted of murder “along with two others ...
UNC-Chapel Hill looking to build new basketball arena at North Campus location, report says
Leadership for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is favoring the idea of building a new arena for the men’s ...
Top Republican supports increasing NC unemployment benefits, with a caution about the past
Increasing the amount of unemployment benefits received bipartisan support in a North Carolina House committee on Tuesday, ...
Gov. Stein talks Trump cuts, NC pushback and Musk’s ‘move fast and break things’ mindset
The North Carolina governor spoke with The News & Observer on Tuesday about the first three weeks of the new Trump ...
NC’s new governor: Why Stein and other top leaders may have fewer chances to talk to each other
Democratic Gov. Josh Stein ran his first Council of State meeting on Tuesday, shifting two chairs up to the head of the ...
Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial of a Black man in North Carolina, a judge ruled on Friday, part of what he ...
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NC judge's ruling opens door for death row prisoners to challenge cases due to racial bias
Bacote spent 15 years on death row before former Governor Roy Cooper commuted his sentence to life without parole in December ...
At least 1,000 descend on NC Capitol in protest of Trump administration in Raleigh
A massive presence of protesters is growing in downtown Raleigh as crowds across the country gather Wednesday afternoon.