The mother of a Durham man who died of heart failure after he became trapped in the laundry room of her downtown apartment building has filed a lawsuit.

The health insurance plan for NC teachers and state employees will raise prices for retirees on Medicare Advantage plans, but offer lower prices to steer members to hospitals that agree to charge less for services.

NC board members warn that veteran educators with years of experience will see no career step increases under proposed pay raise plan.

The SAVE America Act would require voters to offer documents, such as a birth certificate or passport, proving their citizenship when registering to vote. It would also mandate voters show photo ID when casting a ballot and restrict where voters can register, effectively eliminating voter registration drives.

The 52-47 mostly party-line vote sends the measure to the House, where GOP lawmakers in that chamber could send it to President Donald Trump for his signature as soon as next week.

Amid a political tug-of-war over North Carolina’s judiciary, state Democratic lawmakers put forth a series of proposals they say are needed to protect the branch’s independence.

When six-year-old Dominique Moody died in December 2025, she weighed 27 pounds. Members of the N.C. House Oversight Committee say Mecklenburg County social service workers overlooked years of abuse.

Coal-fired plants in North Carolina would receive millions of dollars in the plan, which President Donald Trump said will save 14,000 coal jobs and lower energy costs. The spending will not lower the price of gasoline or diesel fuel.

Home prices increased this year, though not as much as inflation, so affordability has risen in all regions compared with last year, according to the National Association of Realtors. It’s still a hard purchase for first-time buyers.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pursuing federal government access to most Americans’ medical records, in a quest to research a link between vaccines and autism — a connection the medical establishment studied for decades and flatly rejects.