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Friends, colleagues and the wife of fallen Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer are remembering him as a hard-charging outwardly stern cop who also peppered friends with "how's things" texts and showered love on his wife and young son. Thousands packed the sanctuary at Charlotte's First Baptist Church on Friday for Eyer's memorial service.
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United Methodist delegates have repealed their church's longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy. The action marked the final major repeal of a half-century's collection of LGBTQ bans and disapprovals that were embedded in the laws and social teachings of the United Methodist Church.
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Police detained three dozen protesters who refused to leave an encampment. The group call themselves the UNC-Chapel Hill Gaza Solidarity Encampment and are calling for an end to the war in Gaza
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Wakebrook closed last year after UNC Health pulled out. The facility will reopen to patients in May with renovations, more service providers, and a new crisis center.
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Protests continued Monday at an encampment at UNC Chapel Hill, as students called for the university to divest from investments that support Israel.
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eCourts has been plagued by complaints about its implementation and faces a lawsuit.
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Four officers were killed and four more injured Monday in an hourslong shooting and standoff, in what amounts to the worst single day for law enforcement in Charlotte's history.
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High School students in Fayetteville created a project about Army Special Operations Soldiers on secret missions in Berlin, Germany during the Cold War. The grand opening for the exhibit is May 7.
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United Methodist Church delegates have voted to allow different geographic regions to make their own rules about ministry. North Carolina Bishop Ken Carter weighs in on what this could mean for longstanding bans against same-sex marriage and gay clergy.
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Some UNC-Chapel Hill students set up an encampment midday Friday to protest the ongoing war in Gaza.
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Prison leaders say that 2024 will be an inflection year to make significant progress breaking down barriers formerly incarcerated people face when returning to the community.
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The Dueling Dinosaurs Exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science has its grand opening this weekend.