Breaking News } Flash Flood Watch for Johnston county.

The barely 2-week-old campaign for governor has gotten off to a raucous start, with a lawsuit, threats of “evisceration” and the two national parties wading in playing hard ball.

N&O Fact Check:  A campaign commercial funded by the Democratic Governors Association includes facts about Pat McCrory’s corporate ties but may lead viewers to distorted conclusions.

Most modern U.S. presidents have played golf, but it’s touchy, since many people view it as an expensive, elite sport. President Barack Obama plays golf a lot, but he won’t let the news media see him do it.

Activists who made the video may have broken law, a state elections official says. The activists apparently were trying to build support for efforts to require voters to present photo identification at polling places.

While GOP candidate Pat McCrory portrays the state as staggering, Walter Dalton, the state’s Democratic lieutenant governor, says North Carolina is on the rebound.

Under the Dome:  A federal judge struck down part of North Carolina’s public campaign financing system, following in the footsteps of other cases that link political money to free speech.

John Edwards might be the one with the most to win or lose with the jury deliberating his fate, but the U.S. Department of Justice has a lot riding on his case, too.

A lawyer for Republican Pat McCrory’s gubernatorial campaign is telling TV station managers to stop airing an ad that raises ethical questions about his relationship with a Charlotte-based lending and real estate company.