Politics & Government

At the John Edwards trial the pace of testimony has picked up.

North Carolina voters will decide on Tuesday whether to join thirty other states that have amended their constitutions to ban same-sex marriage. North Carolina law already defines marriage as between a man and a woman; the amendment would enshrine heterosexual marriage in the constitution, and ban civil unions. Those for and against the measure have focused their efforts on mobilizing people of faith. Reporter John Biewen followed the debate over gay marriage in an African American church in Hickory.

The wife a former campaign staffer is back on the witness stand at the John Edwards federal corruption trial in Greensboro today.

The top Republican candidates for State Auditor are seeking support in the final week before ballots are cast.