Police in Kinston are investigating an afternoon shooting.It happened Monday near the intersection of East Lenoir Ave. and Raleigh St.Officers arriving at the scene found a black male, in his 30s, withMore>>
This month, Brian Nelson received some news regarding his son, Specialist Joshua Nelson's death in Afghanistan. Nelson says Joshua was shot and killed by Afghan soldiers who were suppose to be allies.More>>
Monday was the first day of roving beach patrols in Emerald Isle. Lifeguards will be on duty every week for the rest of the summer in anticipation of large crowds.More>>
Oklahoma is preparing for more severe weather today, as it begins to recover from athe deadly wave of tornados that slammed the state yesterday. A second death was confirmed today.More>>
In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown.More>>
Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million - the highest Powerball jackpot in history.More>>
Our state ranks 45th in the number of babies born prematurely. To help combat those numbers, hundreds of people pounded the pavement, at the annual March of Dimes' march for babies' event in Greenville.More>>
People at Ayden- Grifton High School lined up for the annual, Honor and Remember: run for the fallen event on Saturday morning. One hundred and eighty-eight flags were lined up in the shape of star. More>>
Here in the East, car enthusiasts revved up and prepared to hit the road Saturday morning. Their goal was to raise money for the wounded warrior project. More>>
Monday, May 20 2013 9:32 PM EDT2013-05-21 01:32:16 GMT
IRVING, Texas – The East Carolina baseball team will take aim on its first post-season league title since 2002 when it opens play as the No. 3 seed at the 2013 Conference USA Baseball Championships.
IRVING, Texas – The East Carolina baseball team will take aim on its first post-season league title since 2002 when it opens play as the No. 3 seed at the 2013 Conference USA Baseball Championships.
Sunday, May 19 2013 9:51 PM EDT2013-05-20 01:51:22 GMT
The Oakwood School won the NCISAA 1A State Softball Championship this past weekend. Oakwood hosted the double elimination event. Oakwood finished undefeated with an 18-0 record, including 4-0 in the state
The Oakwood School won the NCISAA 1A State Softball Championship this past weekend. Oakwood hosted the double elimination event. Oakwood finished undefeated with an 18-0 record, including 4-0 in the state
Sunday, May 19 2013 6:06 PM EDT2013-05-19 22:06:37 GMT
Coach Billy Godwin calls it the most important game of the ECU baseball season. The Pirates played host to the Exceptional Community Baseball League on Sunday for a gathering of hundreds of special athletes. The
Coach Billy Godwin calls it the most important game of the ECU baseball season. The Pirates played host to the Exceptional Community Baseball League on Sunday for a gathering of hundreds of special athletes. The
Saturday, May 18 2013 7:36 PM EDT2013-05-18 23:36:05 GMT
The East Carolina baseball team will take aim on its first post-season league title since 2002 when it opens play as the No. 3 seed at the 2013 Conference USA Baseball Championships. The five-day event
The East Carolina baseball team will take aim on its first post-season league title since 2002 when it opens play as the No. 3 seed at the 2013 Conference USA Baseball Championships. The five-day event
Saturday, May 18 2013 5:41 PM EDT2013-05-18 21:41:16 GMT
Ben Fultz' blasted his first career grand slam and Chase McDonald homered in his second-straight game lifting East Carolina (30-24, 14-10) to a 6-5 six inning win over UCF (29-27, 13-11) Saturday afternoon
Ben Fultz' blasted his first career grand slam and Chase McDonald homered in his second-straight game lifting East Carolina (30-24, 14-10) to a 6-5 six inning win over UCF (29-27, 13-11) Saturday afternoon
Saturday, May 18 2013 12:09 AM EDT2013-05-18 04:09:13 GMT
Bryan Bass and Chris Gosik recorded three hits each helping East Carolina (29-24, 13-10) to a 10-8 win over UCF (29-26, 13-10) on Senior Night to even the Conference USA series at one-game each Friday
Bryan Bass and Chris Gosik recorded three hits each helping East Carolina (29-24, 13-10) to a 10-8 win over UCF (29-26, 13-10) on Senior Night to even the Conference USA series at one-game each Friday
Monday, May 20 2013 9:47 PM EDT2013-05-21 01:47:21 GMT
The Senate budget calls for splitting up the SBI and leaving the its Crime Lab and a small public integrity section under control of the attorney general.
The Senate budget calls for splitting up the SBI and leaving the its Crime Lab and a small public integrity section under control of the attorney general.
In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown.
In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown.
Saturday, May 18 2013 4:53 PM EDT2013-05-18 20:53:31 GMT
A Princeton High School student has admitted he was "not truthful" about his possession of two shotguns on the school campus April 29, according to a statement released Thursday afternoon. In the statement,
Cole Withrow admitted Thursday that he knew he had guns in his truck at Princeton High.
Friday, May 17 2013 7:00 PM EDT2013-05-17 23:00:09 GMT
The Cumberland County Department of Public Health said Thursday that there are 44 people with signs or symptoms consistent with salmonella infections, and five people have been hospitalized. The health
Salmonella outbreak may have infected 51 people, and five have been hospitalized.
Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness, according to his...
Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness, according to his daughter. He was...
Joel and Ethan Coen had almost given up on casting the lead for their film "Inside Llewyn Davis." The part, a folk musician in early 1960s Greenwich Village, demanded the elusive combination of someone who could both...
Joel and Ethan Coen had almost given up on casting the lead for their film "Inside Llewyn Davis." The part, a folk musician in early 1960s Greenwich Village, demanded the elusive combination of someone who could both carry a...
Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.
Search-and-rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. At least 24 people were...
Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime suspect
Josh Powell reportedly had an affair just months before his wife disappeared and his brother may have been "heavily involved" in getting rid of her body, Utah police revealed as they announced they couldn't solve the...
As soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV, I had to leave the office right away. I had photographed about a dozen tornados in my decade in Oklahoma and if I didn't get into my car before the funnel cloud swept...
I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would...
Six Muslim men and one minor have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from life to two years in prison for involvement in the killing of a Buddhist monk during sectarian violence in central Myanmar.
A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison Tuesday - one of them to a life term - in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian violence that was overwhelmingly directed against minority Muslims but has not...
Three members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group died of wounds sustained while fighting for control of strategic Syrian town near the Lebanese border, activists said Tuesday, as the battle in the area raged...
Three members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group died of wounds sustained while fighting for control of a strategic Syrian town near the Lebanese border, activists said Tuesday, as the battle in the area raged for its...
A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than 2 days, bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.
A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park...
An ethno-inspired flute and drum tune from Denmark is the bookmakers' favorite to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest, which also features a bizarre opera pop number from Romania and an Armenian rock song...
Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from...
Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.
Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.
An Australian politician says he's learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself.
An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself.
The federal government is moving ahead with plans to sell a tiny island east of New York City, where experiments on dangerous animal diseases have been conducted since the 1950s.
Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with...
By The Associated Press In a commencement address at Atlanta's historically black Morehouse College, President Obama said graduates should "find time to defend the powerless."
By The Associated Press In a commencement address at Atlanta's historically black Morehouse College, President Obama said graduates should "find time to defend the powerless."
Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined.
Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined.
One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes has shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air in an ongoing eruption that has drawn attention from a nearby community but isn't expected to threaten air traffic.
One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles when the weather allows.
28-year-old Jneaka Sutton
35-year-old Robert Ebey Taylor
