ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A man admitted during a television interview to killing his parents and burying them in the backyard of their upstate New York home eight years ago, then was arrested as he left the studio.| WRAL.com - AP National News
The U.S. Transportation Department tightened commercial driver's license requirements for noncitizens Friday after three fatal crashes this year that officials say were caused by immigrant truck drivers.| WRAL.com - AP National News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For two weeks, Memphis has been bracing for an influx of National Guard troops after President Donald Trump announced his intention to deploy them to the city. On Friday, residents finally learned more about that plan, and it looks to be very different from the deployments in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.| WRAL.com - AP National News
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal immigration agents targeted the well-liked leader of Iowa’s largest school district in a traffic stop Friday and arrested him after he fled into the woods, leaving educators and community members stunned.| WRAL.com - AP National News
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police named a dead man Friday as a new suspect in the 1991 unsolved killings of four teenage girls at an Austin yogurt shop, saying DNA evidence led to a “significant breakthrough” in the brutal crime that has haunted Texas’ capital and stumped investigators for decades.| WRAL.com - AP National News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sara Jane Moore, who was imprisoned for more than 30 years after she made an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, has died. She was 95.| WRAL.com - AP National News
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Private investment firms that are helping finance America’s artificial intelligence race and the huge buildout of energy-hungry data centers are getting interested in the local utilities that deliver electricity to regular customers — and the servers that power AI.| WRAL.com - AP National News
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is moving forward with a deal that would allow the U.S. government to take a small equity stake in a Canadian company that is developing one of the world's largest lithium mines in northern Nevada, an official said.| WRAL.com - AP National News
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.| WRAL.com - AP National News
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The truck that arrived ahead of schedule at Allyssa Canoy’s home in Fairbanks brought enough heating fuel for the frigid winter months ahead — and a surprise bill for $2,600.| WRAL.com
Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces an uncertain future.| WRAL.com
Investigators in Moore County are hoping surveillance video from homes and businesses will help lead them to the person who fired shots into two substations.| WRAL.com
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature will need to rapidly redraw the state’s congressional boundaries after a judge ruled Monday that the Republican-controlled body circumvented safeguards put in place by voters to ensure districts aren’t drawn to favor any party.| WRAL.com
DNC Chair Ken Martin said the push to boost Democrats' funding and organizing in red states isn't just because of the 2026 midterms, but also the post-2030 redistricting that will shift national political power to states throughout the South.| WRAL.com
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Months before New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was set to leave office because of term limits, she has been indicted in what prosecutors allege was a yearslong scheme to conceal a romantic relationship with her bodyguard.| WRAL.com
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tens of thousands of U.S. college students without legal resident status are losing access to in-state tuition prices as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration.| WRAL.com
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday.| WRAL.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas as her criminal case generates renewed public attention.| WRAL.com
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Rotten wood and poor inspections appear to have played roles in the collapse of the mast of a historic Maine schooner in an accident that killed one person and injured several others, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a report made public on Thursday.| WRAL.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — A longtime close aide to President Joe Biden on Wednesday denounced Republican investigations into the former president as “baseless” in testimony to lawmakers and defended Biden as capable of carrying out his presidential duties “at all times.”| WRAL.com
State legislators on Tuesday moved forward with a proposal to allow North Carolinians to renew their driver's licenses more often online, and to scrap a requirement that new drivers document their driving practice hours and submit logs to the state.| WRAL.com
When school starts in West Virginia next month, 240,000 students in districts large and small will notice something missing from their cafeteria trays.| WRAL.com
Three days of investigative hearings on the deadly midair collision over Washington in January begin Wednesday and aim to reveal new insights into what caused the crash between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people.| WRAL.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are imploring President Donald Trump's administration to step up its role in addressing suffering and starvation in Gaza, with more than 40 senators signing onto a letter Tuesday urging the resumption of ceasefire talks and sharply criticizing an Israeli-backed American organization that had been created to distribute food aid.| WRAL.com
If you live in Holly Springs, drones could soon be delivering packages at your doorstep.| WRAL.com
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu is not alone in its effort to sue fossil fuel companies to hold them accountable for climate change harms, but the city's lawsuit is further along than similar litigation across the country. A hearing on Tuesday will indicate how these fights play out in court.| WRAL.com
Flytrex, a drone delivery company, announced it is no longer making deliveries in Holly Springs, NC.| WRAL.com
North Carolina's Insurance Commissioner, Mike Causey, is raising awareness about the rights of drivers to choose their own repair shops after an accident, amidst complaints of insurers potentially steering customers to specific body shops.| WRAL.com
North Carolina State University leaders told college deans, vice provosts and senior vice provosts on Friday that the university would implement an immediate "pause on all hiring activities" in response to uncertainty about the federal budget.| WRAL.com
Duke University is known for its collegiate gothic architecture and church spire, but there is also something more down to earth - the Duke campus farm.| WRAL.com
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 -- The right to vote is foundational -- it safeguards every other political right by ensuring the election of fair and accountable officials. When access to this right is denied, all of our other rights are left vulnerable, reduced to empty promises.| WRAL.com
President Joe Biden on Sunday abruptly abandoned his campaign for a second term under intense pressure from fellow Democrats and threw his support to Vice President Kamala Harris to lead their party in a dramatic last-minute bid to stop former President Donald Trump from returning to the White House.| WRAL.com
If Harris earns the nomination, polling conducted before Biden's decision shows she might have a higher hurdle to clear than Biden did in North Carolina. North Carolina delegates and Gov. Roy Cooper, rumored to be on a short list of possible Harris running mates, endorsed the vice president Sunday.| WRAL.com
Earlier this month, two people close to the Biden-Harris campaign told the New York Times that North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper would be a contender to join Harris on the ticket if she were to become the Democratic nominee.| WRAL.com