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• Confederate flag at old NC Capitol coming down

  March 30, 2013 1:11 PM

  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A Confederate battle flag hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol to mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War is being taken down after civil rights leaders raised concerns. Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Kluttz said Friday night that the intent of the exhibit was to... more »

• Report: Fayetteville VA failed suicide risk vets

  February 3, 2013 1:35 PM

  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - An internal government audit finds the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center failed to fully follow up with veterans considered high suicide risks after their hospital discharge. The Fayetteville Observer reports the VA is required to check on high-risk patients weekly for the first month following their... more »

• Same-sex military couples struggle for recognition

  January 19, 2013 1:03 PM

  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Overall, the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" has gone smoothly during the nearly year and a half that gays have been allowed to serve openly. For some same-sex military couples, however, frustrations are mounting. Because of the 1996 law denying federal recognition to same-sex... more »

• Marine pleads guilty to urinating on corpses

  January 16, 2013 7:38 PM

  CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) - A Marine who admitted urinating on the corpses of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan will likely be demoted one rank. Staff Sgt. Edward W. Deptola pleaded guilty Wednesday to the desecration of remains and posing for unofficial photographs with human casualties, among other charges. While... more »

• Remembering the veterans killed in TX train crash

  November 17, 2012 2:11 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - With the thunderous crack of a freight train slamming into a parade float, instinct kicked in for Sudip Bose. A front-line physician in Iraq, Bose and other veterans instantly tended to the injured after the train traveling more than 60 mph in West Texas crashed into... more »

• Hearing in Army general's sex case

  November 7, 2012 10:10 AM

  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - A hearing to determine whether a U.S. Army general will be face a military trial on sex charges is entering a third day with testimony from additional women. A female captain testified Tuesday that Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair twice forced her to perform oral sex... more »

• Newspaper: Hospitals inflate prices on chemo drugs

  September 23, 2012 2:21 PM

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - An investigation by two newspapers has found that large nonprofit hospitals in North Carolina are dramatically inflating prices on chemotherapy drugs, even as they cover more of the market on cancer care. The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer of Raleigh found hospitals routinely mark... more »

• Pre-DNC protesters' sitdown ignored by police

  September 2, 2012 3:08 PM

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - An attempt by two-dozen protesters to be disruptive near the site of the Democratic National Convention has been largely ignored by the police. During a march though Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, about 25 marchers sat down in front of the headquarters of Bank of America and locked... more »

• Evangelist Billy Graham in hospital with infection

  August 12, 2012 2:28 PM

  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A spokesman for Billy Graham says the 93-year-old evangelist has been admitted to a North Carolina hospital for an infection in his lungs. A joint statement Sunday from Graham's spokesman and Mission Hospital says Graham was admitted overnight for evaluation and treatment of an infection thought... more »

• Edwards' fate hinges on ex-right-hand man and wife

  April 29, 2012 11:54 AM

  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - An ambitious aide and his agreeable wife are among the star witnesses at former U.S. Sen. John Edwards' trial. Andrew Young and his wife, Cheri, testified this week that Edwards knew money from his campaign supporters was being spent to hide his pregnant mistress, Rielle Hunter,... more »

• Judge in John Edwards case recuses herself from hearing

  April 18, 2012 6:48 PM

  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - The judge overseeing John Edwards' criminal trial has recused herself from considering whether to quash a subpoena issued to a former speech writer for the two-time presidential candidate. The Democrat's lawyers are seeking an extensive list of financial records and other documents from Wendy Button, a... more »

• NC Moravians mark 240 years of Easter service

  April 8, 2012 12:03 PM

  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Moravian Christians in North Carolina held their Easter sunrise service for the 240th consecutive year. Believers gathered starting at 2 a.m. Sunday amid brass bands and immaculately tended graves at a Winston-Salem cemetery they call "God's Acre." It's one of the oldest and largest sunrise services... more »

• Last US Iraq War death was 23-year-old NC soldier

  December 18, 2011 10:32 AM

  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - The U.S. military's departure from Iraqi soil has left the city of Greensboro, N.C. with a sad distinction: It was home to the last U.S. soldier to die fighting in that war. David Emanuel Hickman was killed on Nov. 14 in Baghdad, when a homemade bomb... more »

• Video at issue in CO snowboarder crash case

  October 17, 2011 11:41 AM

  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - A video that allegedly shows a snowboarder slamming into a child on a Snowmass slope is in dispute for a trial that begins Friday. Authorities have charged 22-year-old Travis Luffman, of Pfafftown, N.C., with reckless endangerment and third-degree assault, both misdemeanors. Authorities say Luffman was... more »

• Prosecutors file sealed response in Edwards case

  September 26, 2011 8:10 PM

  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Federal prosecutors seeking to try John Edwards for campaign finance violations have filed a sealed response to the former presidential candidate's motion asking a judge to dismiss the charges. Court records indicated Monday that the motion cannot be accessed by the public. Edwards' defense... more »