Trump now disavows rally's racist 'send her back' chant that left some Republicans rattled
President Donald Trump tried to distance himself on Thursday from supporters' chants of "send her back" at a rally where he blasted Somalia-born U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, as Republicans worry the incendiary mantra could set the tone for the 2020 campaign. Omar shot back that ...
Joe Biden says he'll campaign and beat Trump in Texas and the Carolinas
Democratic front-runner Joe Biden said Monday that he plans to campaign and win in states that have almost always supported Republicans in the past four decades, including South Carolina, Georgia and Texas. "We plan on campaigning in the South. I plan on — if I'm ...
A man armed with a pistol opened fire on students at a North Carolina university during the last day of classes Tuesday, killing two people and wounding four, police said. Officers who had gathered ahead of a campus concert raced over and disarmed the ...
The Supreme Court's conservative majority seemed wary Tuesday of getting federal judges involved in determining when electoral district maps are too partisan. In more than two hours of arguments over Republican-drawn congressional districts in North Carolina and a single congressional district drawn to benefit Democrats ...
Duke's Zion Williamson lifts team to narrow victory over North Carolina in ACC Tournament semifinals
Zion Williamson made the difference for fifth-ranked Duke in its third matchup with rival North Carolina this season. Williamson tipped in his own miss to put the Blue Devils ahead for good, and Duke survived a final-play shot to beat the third-ranked Tar Heels 74-73 ...
Former NBA star Rasheed Wallace is now a high school basketball coach in North Carolina. Jordan High School in Durham held a news conference Friday to announce the 208-cm Wallace is taking over as boys' varsity head coach. Wallace played for Dean Smith at North Carolina ...
North Carolina Republican operative charged in election fraud scheme
The North Carolina Republican political operative at the center of an absentee ballot fraud scheme that led the state to order a re-run of a congressional election was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice on Wednesday, the Wake County district attorney's office said. The ...
North Carolina's elections board Thursday ordered a new election in the nation's last undecided congressional race after the Republican candidate conceded that his apparent victory was tainted by evidence of ballot-tampering by political operatives working for him. The State Board of Elections voted 5-0 in ...
Akira Satake: From handmade banjos to vases
When the music industry became too stressful to bear in the U.S., Akira Satake found a new vocation in pottery.
North Carolina Republicans open to new U.S. House seat vote if fraud is found
North Carolina Republican Party leaders said on Thursday they would be open to holding a new congressional election in a district roiled by fraud allegations if a state investigation finds enough evidence that the outcome of the race was affected. Almost a month after Republican ...
U.S. House Democrat seeks emergency hearing on alleged North Carolina election fraud
A Democratic U.S. congressman on Wednesday called for an emergency hearing into claims of fraud in a North Carolina election where the state is probing alleged improper handling of ballots by political operatives. Almost a month after Republican Mark Harris declared victory in his North ...
Authorities tentatively ID body as that of kidnapped North Carolina girl
A body found in North Carolina has been preliminarily identified as a 13-year-old girl kidnapped outside her home, investigators said Wednesday, bringing a sad conclusion to a three-week search involving hundreds of investigators. Lumberton Police Chief Michael McNeill told reporters at a news conference that ...
