In a case that stars the fearsome pirate Blackbeard’s prized ship Queen Anne’s Revenge, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled states cannot be sued in federal court for copyright infringement.
Read moreAdvance North Carolina sued North Carolina, claiming its Senate Bill 683, of October 2019, unconstitutionally prohibits people and organizations from helping citizens apply for and submit absentee ballots, in Wake County Court.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden has won Virginia’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, according to early projections.
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North Carolina residents cast ballots Tuesday to pick their Democratic presidential candidate of choice and also to decide which Democratic and Republican candidates will face off in a key U.S. Senate race.
Read moreOn the eve of Super Tuesday, a hefty crowd turned out on Monday for President Donald Trump’s rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he lashed out at the Democrats vying for a chance to beat him in November.
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New polling data gives Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders comfortable leads in two delegate-rich states ahead of Super Tuesday contests.
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North Carolina voters will cast their primary ballots on Super Tuesday to decide which Democratic and Republican candidates will face off in a pivotal U.S. Senate contest this fall.
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A North Carolina state trooper shouldn’t have been fired for losing his hat and lying about it, an appeals court ruled Tuesday in a case that’s spanned a decade and multiple trips through the courts.
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A North Carolina appeals court temporarily blocked implementation of the state’s voter identification law Tuesday, finding that its requirements likely discriminate against African American voters.
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A new filing with the Federal Election Commission revealed a political action committee with ties to the Republican Party has spent $2.4 million on a Democratic U.S. Senate primary contest in North Carolina.
Read moreA federal district court announced Thursday that a preliminary injunction will be issued next week to block North Carolina from requiring residents to provide a photo identification to vote next year.
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The fight over the critically endangered red wolf has returned to court as North Carolina’s governor sought immediate help for the dozen or so remaining in the wild and federal biologists planned to transfer wolves into the recovery area for the first time in years.
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‘Twas the night of Christmas at a North Carolina house, no creature should have been stirring, not even a mouse.
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A North Carolina college student hailed by police as a hero for preventing more injuries and deaths after a gunman opened fire in a classroom has been immortalized as a Jedi by the production company for the “Star Wars” franchise.
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Two people were killed and two wounded Friday morning in a shooting at a government facility in North Carolina, according to city officials, who said they had stabilized the situation.
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North Carolina Republican Mark Meadows, a top ally of President Donald Trump, announced Thursday he is retiring from the U.S. House of Representatives but hinted at a future role in the White House.
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The Senate on Thursday confirmed two nominees to federal district courts in North and South Carolina, one of which will end the longest judicial vacancy in the country.
Read moreCharles Ray Finch, 81, who is black, sued Wilson County, N.C., its former sheriff and other officers in federal court; he was convicted of murder in 1976 and sentenced to death, then spent 43 years in prison until the Duke Law School Wrongful Convictions Clinic secured his exoneration and release this year.
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A three-judge panel in North Carolina ruled Monday that the state’s new congressional map can be used in the 2020 election, rejecting a challenge to the latest version drawn by Republican state lawmakers last month.
Read moreThe Community Success Initiative and the NAACP sued North Carolina in Wake County Court, claiming it is unconstitutionally preventing more than 70,000 citizens from voting until they are “unconditionally discharged” from probation, parole or a suspended sentence.
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