North Carolina

The shark is named after the famed Italian explorer John Cabot.

Nathan Jeremiah Ziller, of Graham, was detained by officers from Burlington Police Department and charged with first degree murder after Cynthia Ziller, 71, was found dead at her home.

Data from OCEARCH has shown that the Atlantic continental shelf waters off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida are a winter "hot spot" for white sharks.

Jericho Werrell escaped from the Robeson County Department of Social Services in Lumberton, North Carolina.

It also set a record for a freshman basketball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference, perhaps the best basketball conference in history.

North Carolina legislators have unanimously passed a bill reforming laws on sexual assault, including a decades-old ruling that sex after consent had been withdrawn was not a crime.

A registered sex offender was arrested on school grounds in North Carolina while picking up his own children from school.

"If college athletes are going to make money off their likenesses while in school, their scholarships should be treated like income," Sen. Richard Burr tweeted.

A lawsuit alleging discrimination against a North Carolina school system has been partially dismissed by a judge.

North Carolina inmate Mikel Brady may receive the death penalty for participating in the murder of four prison workers in a failed escape bid in 2017.

A North Carolina cemetery has cancelled plans to run a scary movie night, citing the concerns of relatives whose loved ones are buried there, according to Raleigh News and Observer.

Solitary confinement may violate the constitutional rights of prisoners according to a North Carolina lawsuit.

While staff members recorded the fight, one resident struck another. That prompted one resident to strangle the other "with her face turning red."

In order to gain access the group, the teen changed her avatar to a white face. She said she had believed the school would take the right actions but thought it had not.

"The climate crisis is feeding monster hurricanes that bring suffering and death to some of our nation's most vulnerable wildlife," the author of a new report said.

Zion Baker was dragged for around 10 feet before he was able to free himself, but was then run over by the bus's back tire.

NAACP leaders postponed the North Carolina chapter elections after candidate Curtis Gatewood was accused of sexual misconduct.

A North Carolina man has been awarded $750,000 in a lawsuit against his ex-wife's lover using rare alienation of affection laws.

Julie Szulczewski has sued Charlotte's WSOC-TV for firing her after seven years of employment (and twenty with the stations' parent company).

"Some firefighters will work their whole career and never see a fire half this big."

The four inmates escaped Gallia County Jail in the very early hours of Sunday morning after they overpowered two corrections officers.

Water levels at the Grace Family Cemetery reached 5 feet high, knocking gravestones askew and destroying the picket fencing. One gravestone cracked in two.

A bill introduced in the state assembly would render Obergefell v. Hodges null and void. "God is perfect," said Rep. Larry Pittman, "and therefore has no need to 'change with the times.'"

The cheerleaders were found to have broken school policy after a photo appeared of them posing with the Trump campaign flag at a game.

"Democrats were told there would be no votes this morning," North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said. "That was a bald-faced lie."

Here's the scorecard as we head for 2020: Trump and the Republicans - 2; Pelosi and the Democrats - 0.

Deputies said they were able to recover the dismembered body part. It was immediately put on ice and transported to medical personnel. The victim was named as James Frabutt, 61.

This will be President Trump's second "Keep America Great" rally in the swing state since July.

The swing state's 9th Congressional District, typically a Republican stronghold, is up for Democrats to grab and widen their House majority in the do-over election that was scheduled after allegations of fraud in the 2018 election nullified the results.

The pair were attending the Ambrosetti Forum in Italy's Lake Como on Saturday.