Owner: Video shows deputy urinating outside funeral home
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — An Elizabeth City council member says surveillance footage at a funeral home he owns captured a deputy in uniform urinating...
Lawyers ask that ex-NC Rep. Lewis receive no prison time
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A longtime North Carolina state lawmaker should not receive active prison time for his guilty plea to charges involving his scheme...
Report: Colonial confirms it paid $4.4M to pipeline hackers
The operator of the nation's largest fuel pipeline confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems,...
Report: Tenure offer revoked from slavery project journalist
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Faculty members of a North Carolina university want an explanation for the school's reported decision to back away from offering...
Announcement expected in probe of Black man shot by deputies
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The district attorney who will decide whether to file criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a Black man by...
Bank of America to raise minimum wage to $25/hr by 2025
NEW YORK — Bank of America plans to set the minimum wage for all positions at the company to $25 an hour by 2025....
Mother sues North Carolina sheriff over son’s beating death
RALEIGH, N.C. — The mother of a North Carolina jail inmate who died after an assault last year is suing the sheriff and nine...
Former Louisville assistant charged by feds with extortion
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal authorities have charged a former University of Louisville assistant basketball coach with attempting to extort the university after his dismissal...
Two Maryland sheriff’s deputies shot trying to serve warrant
WALDORF, Md. — Two Maryland sheriff’s deputies were shot and wounded Monday while trying to serve a warrant for a probation violation on an...
As prisons close, communities look to repurpose buildings
One shuttered prison in Connecticut has been repurposed for document storage. Another is used to process and train newly hired correction officers. A third...
