CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Handcuffed and shackled to a block of steel, the young boy would brace himself when he heard footsteps outside his bedroom door. He knew that once the grown-ups entered, the abuse would begin. For years, he was…

WASHINGTON — Investigators found no evidence of a shooting after the Washington Navy Yard went on lockdown Thursday because someone reported shots fired in the same building where a gunman killed 12 workers in a rampage two years ago. D.C.…

Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2015 5:05 pm | Updated: 6:00 pm, Thu Jul 2, 2015. North Carolina shark attack victim says fortunate to survive Associated Press | RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The latest survivor in a record-breaking string of seven…

Nobody seems sure why there have been more than the usual number of shark attacks in the Carolinas this summer. But the simple fact is that there are both more sharks and more swimmers, according to shark experts. And, the…

Home | Back News Regional National July 2nd, 2015 8:15 am by Spencer Parts, The News Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) (TNS) People surround and attend to a 68-year-old man that was bit by a shark in waist-deep water off Ocracoke Island,…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest news on Greece’s financial woes (all times local): ___ 1:21 a.m. The International Monetary Fund says Greece missed a $1.8 billion debt payment Tuesday, becoming the first developed country to default on a loan…

A 68-year-old man was bitten by a shark on Ocracoke Island on Wednesday afternoon — the seventh attack off the North Carolina coast in the past month. The man, who has not yet been identified, was swimming 25 to 30…

Loretta Lynch, the new U.S. attorney general, came home to North Carolina on Wednesday with messages of thanks to a hometown crowd that stood behind her during the protracted confirmation process and offers of federal support to local efforts to…

While the Confederate battle flag continues to roil passions in South Carolina and around the country, another Confederate flag has quietly flown atop North Carolina’s Capitol. The first national flag of the Confederacy – the Stars and Bars – flies…

Posted Jun. 30, 2015 at 6:42 PM Updated at 6:56 PM