Nancy Cooper's husband reached an agreement today with her family that allows them to keep custody of her two children for 75 days.

The senior general at Camp Lejeune handed over his command Friday and was preparing to move to Hawaii to command Marines in the Pacific region.

Triangle unemployment last month was at the highest level in more than four years as labor force growth continued to outpace employers’ willingness to hire.

The widow of a state trooper who was shot to death on a North Carolina highway says her premature son's plight is helping her deal with the sudden loss of her husband.

Police have charged a man with murder in the fatal shooting of a teenager who was found lying on the grass near Washington Terrace apartments in Southeast Raleigh on Thursday night.

Law enforcement officials set up a barricade outside a Wendell home after a 17-year-old man said he'd been robbed there.

Carrboro's mayor was called to an apartment complex Thursday night when tensions flared over a new towing policy some say targets Latino residents.

A pedestrian was hit this morning by a car at the intersection of Western Blvd. and Avent Ferry Road.

The booms of Boomtown may be sending colonies of rats scurrying across uptown.

A man who left the secure area of Charlotte's airport to change his ticket bypassed security checkpoints to get back in Thursday evening, prompting a 45-minute lockdown and search of the airport.

When the next hurricane strikes the North Carolina coast, a shelter in Wilmington will welcome pet owners and their dogs and cats.

A bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina would prevent the federal veterans agency from adding the names of veterans declared "mentally defective" to a background check database unless the agency goes through the judicial system.

HIV infects and attacks the body within days -- much faster than previously thought -- drastically narrowing the window of time when intervention is possible, Duke University researchers have found.

Today in a Wake County courtroom, Nancy Cooper's parents and sister square off against Bradley Cooper for custody of the girls, Bella, 4, and Katie, 2.

The man, who was shot in the buttocks, flagged down a motorist, who drove him to the hospital.

Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and a rising senior at Duke University, is the latest in a wave of Blue Devil students to take grievances from the playing fields or classrooms to the courthouse.

Growing enrollment at UNC-Chapel Hill could turn off top applicants if the university adds too many students or lowers the bar to get them, a consultant told trustees Thursday.

Partners For Youth is a program for southwest central Durham teenagers who, judging by their demographics, are more likely to let poor academic achievement detract from their futures.

Sheehan:Could it be that Tim Sutton, the Alamance County commissioner who has led the charge against illegal immigration in his county and the state, finally sees the harsh flip side of his cause?

A couple of Durham city and county departments are seeking public response on improvements.

Law enforcement officers, humane workers and veterinarians will convene at Central Carolina Community College on Wednesday to learn more about illegal animal fighting.

Third-grade summer school students at Estes Hills Elementary School are making a difference around their school.

U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge announced Thursday that a U.S. Postal Service committee is considering an Ava Gardner commemorative postage stamp.

Carrboro High School has earned top marks in environmental design, becoming North Carolina's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certified high school, school officials announced Thursday.

Under the Dome:The Office of the State Auditor is delving into the finances of the state health plan that serves about 650,000 state employees, teachers, retirees and their families.

Downtown Raleigh eatery must close to make way for a new courthouse.

National Republican Senatorial Committee ad focuses on Democratic Senate nominee Kay Hagan.

A pharmacist charged with peeping into a neighbor's home this year faces additional charges based on videotapes seized from his home.

Boy was not on his assigned bus.

A teenage boy was fatally shot Thursday night at the corner of Milburnie Road and Booker Drive near an apartment community.

Triangle Briefs:Police have identified a man whose body was found Wednesday afternoon in Crabtree Creek as that of Homero Zuluga-Patricio, 26, of Raleigh. Investigators are treating the death as a homicide.

Triangle Briefs:An unidentified man robbed a Garner ABC store at 204 U.S. 70 East on Thursday afternoon, making off with an undisclosed amount of money, according to Garner police.

Triangle Briefs: After five years of marriage, a local woman discovered this month that her husband is also married to another woman, according to police reports.

Tommy Aggie Covington got out of jail in downtown Raleigh at 1:16 p.m. on July 18.

The UNC Board of Trustees on Thursday named James W. Dean Jr. as dean of UNC's highly ranked Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Excerpts from a trianglemom2mom.com blog, "Crazy Is My Life."

The Knights of Columbus recently posted this news on share.triangle.com about a coming visit by an author.

This invitation to a charity event at the Buckhead Saloon at 411 W. Morgan St. at 4 p.m. Saturday was posted on share.triangle.com.

State Briefs: Three people have died in a wreck near Rockingham as they were returning to Surry County from Myrtle Beach, S.C.

State Briefs: A North Carolina man accused of murdering his cousin was found dead at his home the day before a motions hearing was scheduled in the case.

State Briefs: A Goldsboro man has been charged with murder after he told sheriff's deputies he had been in a fight with his girlfriend and asked them to check on her.

State Briefs: The White House says first lady Laura Bush is coming to North Carolina to visit the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in Flat Rock.

An expert witness for the Tennessee Valley Authority says that little of the pollution from the utility's coal-fired power plants makes its way into North Carolina.