The popular screening test catches cancer, but federal panel says it causes more health problems than it prevents

A Rowan County high school teacher has been suspended after being heard on video shouting at a student and suggesting he could be arrested for criticizing President Obama.

At Elon and Campbell, Monique Johnson and Patrick Newman made it through three tough years. But law school was only the most recent in a series of hurdles.

Triangle Politics A weekly look at the local political scene:  At recent meetings, board members have traded personal barbs and questioned each other’s motives and sincerity.

The family of the retired University of North Carolina president said he remains in critical condition after having a permanent pacemaker placed.

The “coal turtle” was found in the same coal mine as a 50-foot snake and super-sized crocodiles that lived 60 million years ago.

"He who has the gold makes the rules." That is the golden rule in the alternate reality game "Speculat1on" from Duke University's Greater Than Games Lab.

A middle-school teacher in Caldwell County has been suspended after officials learned that she disciplined a special needs child by placing him in a cardboard box.

The North Carolina icon and retired president of the University of North Carolina system is at UNC Hospitals, but details about his condition are not available.

Fourteen Wendell Middle School students treated for possible burns after a busted hose spewed steam inside their bus this afternoon.

County Manager David Cooke’s budget would give the school system less than half the additional amount requested by the school board.

The Wake County school system is exploring regaining use of the former Thompson and Crosby-Garfield schools from the county to turn them into school buildings again.

UNC President Emeritus William Friday’s condition was upgraded from critical to serious on Saturday, a UNC Hospitals spokeswoman said.

Lauren Brooks, the 2012 Wake County Teacher of the Year, uses hands-on activities to help make algebra come alive for her Enloe High School students.

House Republicans voted in a private meeting this week to use some of the $121.1 million currently set aside in next year’s budget for employee merit raises instead to fortify K-12 schools.

Lauren Brooks, a math teacher at Enloe High School in Raleigh, will now compete in the statewide teacher of the year program.

A study released this week by UNC's College Sport Research Institute found that baseball players were significantly less likely to graduate than their peers, a bigger gap than football players and almost as large as men's basketball. Perhaps of greater concern, large graduation gaps are indicative of conference competitiveness.

Physics professor Paul Frampton is being held in Argentina on drug charges. Judge Allen Baddour turned down Frampton’s complaint seeking to have his salary and benefits restored pending a hearing.

Longtime chairman Willie Gary will remain on the board, but Joseph Bell will now lead the trustees.