1 dead after fight at North Carolina mall
By STEVE REED One person was killed after an argument erupted at a crowded shopping mall in North Carolina on the afternoon before Christmas, police said Thursday. Detectives from the…
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Residents of contaminated town wary of government efforts
By MARTHA WAGGONER In the little town of Navassa, work has always been hard and dirty. From antebellum rice plantations to Jim Crow-era fertilizer factories and more recently, a massive…
911 calls describe chaos after gold theft on NC highway
By JONATHAN DREW Several confused drivers describe a chaotic scene in emergency calls shortly after the robbery of millions of dollars in gold bars from a truck on a North…
DOJ: Ex-CIA chief admits mishandling classified information
David Petraeus, the former CIA director and top Army general whose affair with his biographer brought down what many considered a bright political future, has agreed to plead guilty to…
Hate crime prosecutions rare in NC, often difficult to prove
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Relatives of the three Muslim college students killed in North Carolina are pressing for hate crime charges against the alleged shooter, but legal experts say such cases…
Police: Parking dispute sparks 3 North Carolina killings
By MICHAEL BIESECKER A long-running parking dispute between neighbors motivated a man to kill a woman, her husband and her sister at a quiet condominium complex near the University of…
AUDIT: MORE THAN 57,000 AWAIT FIRST VA APPOINTMENT
By MATTHEW DALY FILE This April 28, 2014 file photos shows the Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix. The Veterans Affairs Department says more than 57,000 patients are still waiting…
Tracy Morgan remains critically hurt after pileup
By WAYNE PARRY Actor Tracy Morgan attends the FX Networks Upfront premiere screening of “Fargo” at the SVA Theater in this April 9, 2014 file photo taken in New York.…