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Multiple children in North Carolina were found to have elevated levels of lead, and fruit puree pouches may be to blame.

From her first college game, Ta'Niya Latson showed she could score at an unexpectedly high level for Florida State — better than anyone else in the Atlantic Coast Conference, in fact. “I'm just really excited to go against those girls and showcase what we've got, too,” Latson said Tuesday during the league's women's basketball media day. Latson — a 5-foot-8 guard who averaged 21.3 points and was named league rookie of the year — is among eight players who retur...

When forward Benny Williams signed with Syracuse, he was eager to play for Jim Boeheim and compete in an Atlantic Coast Conference that featured two other Hall of Fame coaches leading marquee programs. Big names — faces of the sport itself, even — have headed into retirement in North Carolina’s Roy Williams in spring 2021, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski a year later and Boeheim this spring to end a 47-year tenure.

North Carolina Republicans closed in Tuesday on enacting new boundaries for the state’s congressional and legislative districts that aim to fortify GOP prospects both in the narrowly divided Congress and in the state General Assembly, where conservatives hope to solidify control there for the rest of the decade. The state House voted later Tuesday for districts in their own chamber.

From her first college game, Ta'Niya Latson showed she could score at an unexpectedly high level for Florida State — better than anyone else in the Atlantic Coast Conference, in fact. “I'm just really excited to go against those girls and showcase what we've got, too,” Latson said Tuesday during the league's women's basketball media day. Latson — a 5-foot-8 guard who averaged 21.3 points and was named league rookie of the year — is am...

STOKES COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) —A woman who went missing after making a stop at a Piedmont Triad campground was found on Tuesday and will face charges in North Carolina, according to the Stokes County Sheriff’s Office. Stokes County deputies were told by the Love County Sheriff’s Office in Oklahoma that Jessica Straub was found alongside […]

North Carolina Republicans enacted vote-count restrictions and weakened the governor's ability to oversee elections and other state regulatory bodies on Tuesday by overriding Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes. In a series of votes, the narrow GOP supermajorities in the House and Senate overturned five Cooper vetoes, two of which address elections and voting in the ninth-largest state — a likely presidential battleground where statewide races usually are very close.

Drake Maye threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as No. 14 North Carolina remained undefeated with a 40-7 victory over Syracuse on Saturday. The Tar Heels (5-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) overpowered the Orange with a ball-control offense that churned out 644 yards total offense and about twice as much time of possession. Receiver Tez Walker made his North Carolina debut two days after he was cleared to play by the NCAA following a long transfer-eligibility case, but the Tar Heels...

But nearly all of the restrictions approved by the legislature this year aren't being specifically challenged and remain intact.

Production has resumed at a Pfizer facility in North Carolina more than two months after an EF-3 tornado caused extensive damage to the facility as well as surrounding communities.