DURHAM, N.C. -- North Carolina's two major party candidates for governor are participating in their first live television debate.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke in Raleigh Tuesday, laying out his domestic agenda in a state where he trails in the polls by six points.

Duke's Nasher Museum of Art's upcoming exhibition “El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III” will be on view at the museum on the Duke University campus from Aug. 21 through Nov. 9.

"Reading between the lines of the search warrant, he's their primary suspect," former federal prosecutor Kieran Shanahan said Tuesday.

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University President Richard Brodhead has joined several university leaders across the country calling for a conversation about lowering the nation's drinking age.

The Illinois senator planned to discuss the nation’s economy during the meeting held at the Exposition Center at the North Carolina Fairgrounds.

UNC basketball player Ty Lawson was arrested in June after police stopped his car in Chapel Hill.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Village Christian Academy in Fayetteville is looking into it's recruitment behavior after two students from foreign countries showed up to school without filling out an application.

Commissioner Steve Troxler said Tuesday that recent national salmonella outbreaks had nothing to do with produce in North Carolina but local farmers were still hurt by it.

More than two dozen students showed up at the Wake County Board of Education's meeting Tuesday to protest an increase in the cost of parking permits.

The DOC requested assistance in April from the National Institute of Corrections, a U.S. Justice Department agency.

JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. -- In preparation for their performance at this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, West Johnston High School March Band supporters have built the students a replica of New York’s Herald Square.

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Police recover the stolen items in only a few cases, and they say too many people make it too easy for thieves by leaving car doors unlocked or valuables in plain sight.

A Fayetteville doctor has offered a reward to recover some mementos that were stolen from his home last month.

The National Hurricane Center gives the state a 5 to 10 percent chance of getting tropical-storm force winds in the next five days.

RALEIGH, N.C. - - A mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding him or helping him use the bathroom, said federal officials who have threatened to cut off the facility's funding.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The Chapel Hill Police Department is investigating numerous thefts of air conditioning units from businesses that have occurred over the past two weeks.

Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue's campaign for governor has started running a television ad on the home turf of her Republican opponent, Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory.

KNIGHTDALE, N.C. -- A man was arrested Monday after hitting two bicyclists with his car.