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The VA's sports clinics introduce veterans to adaptive activities to help them recover from injuries and make fitness a part of their lives.
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The Biden administration is awarding $3 billion to U.S. companies to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and other materials used for electric vehicles, part of a continuing push to reduce China's global dominance in battery production. The grants announced Friday will fund a total of 25 projects in 14 states, including battleground states such as Michigan and North Carolina.
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The Eastern Band of Cherokee dispensary became the first in the Southeast to have legal recreational marijuana sales. More than 4,000 customers showed up at the Great Smoky Cannabis Company on the first day of recreational weed being sold in North Carolina.
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The new program is designed to fast-track the enlistment process for recruits who lack high school degrees.
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NC Rep. Kelly Alexander died Friday, his family said. The longtime Mecklenburg County legislator was 75.
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A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution that was signed and sent to states to ratify is up for auction later this month in North Carolina. The document was found inside a filing cabinet at a property once owned by a former North Carolina governor.
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A North Carolina man was charged by federal authorities with music streaming fraud aided by artificial intelligence song creation.
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When the Great Smoky Cannabis Dispensary opens its doors on Saturday, history will be made as the first place to purchase recreational marijuana in North Carolina - and the Southeast.
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Backyard and large-scale farmers in the Midwest and around the country report more deliveries that arrive too late for baby birds to survive. The trend is part of complaints about the USPS as it tries to stem budgetary bleeding.
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The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts identified Halifax County as a legal desert in northeastern North Carolina, with only about one attorney for every 1,000 people. This year, the office created a new group of public defenders there. WUNC's Will Michaels spoke with Tonza Ruffin, the lead public defender in District 7, about her goals for the new office.
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A South Carolina company called Pursuit Alert installs technology inside law enforcement agency cars to alert drivers about high speed police chases.
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North Carolina Surgical Hospital is the single largest addition to UNC Hospitals' campus in 72 years.