Police: 2 adults, 1 child killed in shooting at North Carolina shopping center

Authorities said the suspected gunman was taken to a New Hanover Regional Medical Center and is being treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Man fatally shot by Duke University officer after emergency room struggle

Police said a man in the custody of Durham police at Duke University Hospital took an officer's gun before being shot by campus police.

North Carolina trooper struck by brother during traffic stop dies from injuries

Trooper John Horton was conducting a traffic stop in Rutherford County just before 9 p.m. when his brother, Trooper James Horton, was responding to assist.

Man who killed Michael Jordan's father gets parole canceled

James Jordan was killed in July 1993 in his red Lexus as he napped along the side of an access road in North Carolina.

Kidnapping caught on camera; police seek identity of suspect, victim

Police in North Carolina are asking for the public’s help in identifying a kidnapping suspect and victim, saying the victim may need immediate medical attention.

Man killed while trying to steal catalytic converter, deputies say

Detectives said the man appeared to be in the middle of cutting off the exhaust pipe to get to the catalytic converter when the jack slipped, bringing the car down on the man, killing him.

DNA links couple to 1991 cold case of abandoned infant remains, police say

A North Carolina couple has been charged after DNA evidence linked them to the remains of an infant abandoned in the trash in 1991, police said.

Sister of man murdered by John Wayne Gacy held on to hope, kept checking Facebook for his name

”The only thing [the postcard] said – which I remember to this day – was ’Hey baby, I'll see you soon because I love ya! Wayne.' We got excited because we are thinking he was coming home for Christmas. And he never did," said his sister, Carolyn Sanders. “We've waited 45 years, not that we wanted it to end this way, or find out anything like this. He called my mom every month. When we didn't get the December ‘76 call, we knew something was amiss."

Brian Laundrie lookalike has hotel door kicked in by US Marshals, deputies in arrest attempt

“I said, ‘You might want to change your appearance for a while or this will continue to happen where you go,’” Graham County Sheriff Jerry Crisp told Severin Beckwith, the Brian Laundrie doppelgänger.

101-year-old woman adopts 19-year-old cat from animal shelter

Elderly animals typically have a harder time getting adopted, but when 101-year-old Penny decided to adopt a new cat, she found a "purr-fect" companion in Gus, a 19-year-old feline who had recently been surrendered to the animal shelter.

Man defrauded Amazon of nearly $300k in return scheme, DOJ says

Prosecutors said a 31-year-old North Carolina man ordered expensive products from Amazon and defrauded the company of nearly $300,000 in a return scheme.