A bipartisan panel of judges in North Carolina has ruled that the Republican-controlled state legislature improperly tried to seize control of state and local election boards from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper – a consequential decision in a state that (...)
A boy suspected of a mass shooting in North Carolina on Thursday began the rampage by fatally shooting a relative at home, police have said.
Five people including an off-duty police officer were killed and two injured in the attack in Raleigh.
The (...)
The former head of Colombia's once-powerful Cali drugs cartel has died in prison in the United States.
At one point, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela controlled the vast majority of the world's cocaine trade and was an arch-nemesis of Pablo Escobar.
The (...)
Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, announced that stc pay has chosen Red Hat to help it expand its fintech services. stc pay uses Red Hat OpenShift, the industry's leading enterprise Kubernetes platform, along with (...)
Australia's backflipping phenomenon Sam Kerr won the US National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Most Valuable Player prize on Friday for a second time but made clear her focus was solely on winning the championship trophy with Chicago.
The league's (...)
Six-times Olympic champion Allyson Felix will be a part of the United States' 4x400 meters relay pool for next month's world championships in Doha, her brother told Reuters on Tuesday.
Felix, America's most decorated track and field athlete, is (...)
Four years ago, Jonathan Edwards' triple jump world record seemed sure to go. American Christian Taylor had just come within eight centimeters of the Briton's 1995 mark of 18.29 meters.
But the record has yet to fall and seldom is breaking it (...)
As athletics' Diamond League prepares to create a trimmer look for 2020, Christian Taylor worries about the future of the event in which he has won five gold medals.
Speculation is rife, the double Olympic and three-times world champion told (...)
The Boston Bruins are on such a mission that they didn't even take a detour on the way to the Stanley Cup Final.
By winning their seventh game in a row, they might be peaking in mid-May.
Goalie Tuukka Rask sent the Bruins to the final round with a (...)
The Carolina Hurricanes scored three goals in the first nine minutes of the second period, taking control of Game 4 on the way to a 5-2 victory and a sweep of the visiting New York Islanders in the Eastern Conference semifinals Friday night at (...)
Warren Foegele and Dougie Hamilton each scored two goals as the Carolina Hurricanes, despite being down to 10 forwards for most of the game, trounced the visiting Washington Capitals 5-0 in Game 3 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff (...)
Sebastian Aho scored a pair of third-period, power-play goals as Carolina Hurricanes overcame New York Rangers 4-3 at PNC Arena.
Jeff Skinner and Valentin Zykov, who was making his NHL debut, also scored for the Hurricanes, who won for only the (...)
Joel Berry II scored 18 points to help No. 10 North Carolina beat rival North Carolina State 97-73 Wednesday night to stay alone in first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Luke Maye added a career-high 13 points for the Tar Heels (22-5, 10-3), (...)
Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist during Pittsburgh's four-goal second period, and the Penguins routed the Carolina Hurricanes 7-1 on Friday night.
Conor Sheary scored twice, and Evgeni Malkin had a late goal and an assist. Carl Hagelin and Chris (...)
Cam Ward made 27 saves as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in the National Hockey League Friday.
Elias Lindholm, Lee Stempniak and Jay McClement scored for the Hurricanes.
Blackhawks defenseman Michal Kempny's first career (...)
Jeff Skinner, Teuvo Teravainen and Victor Rask scored less than six minutes apart in the third period as the Carolina Hurricanes rallied for a 3-2 home victory over the Montreal Canadiens Friday.
Carolina defenseman Ron Hainsey assisted on the first (...)
Hillary Clinton urged voters in the early hours of Tuesday to embrace her vision of a "hopeful, inclusive, big-hearted America" as the Democrat wrapped up her historic campaign bid to be the country's first woman president.
"Our core values are (...)
A nervous world turned its gaze to America's 200 million-strong electorate Tuesday as it chooses whether to send the first female president or a populist property tycoon to the White House.
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and Republican (...)
Jeff Skinner scored twice, the Carolina Hurricanes didn't allow a third-period goal and they won their home opener by defeating the New York Rangers 3-2 Friday night at PNC Arena.
Bryan Bickell scored the go-ahead goal with less than a second (...)
Searchers found two more bodies inside vehicles that were submerged in flood waters in North Carolina from Hurricane Matthew, increasing the toll in the state to 26 dead.
Governor of North Carolina Pat McCrory said at his Saturday conference that (...)
Republican Donald Trump can do little to stop Democrat Hillary Clinton from winning the presidency if she carries North Carolina, where their close race reflects the national liabilities of both candidates.
Trump is struggling with conservative (...)
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who frequently criticizes US foreign policy under President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has praised former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's (...)
Kris Versteeg seems to be settling in well with the Carolina Hurricanes.
Versteeg scored twice and Carolina beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 Sunday night.
Acquired from Chicago in September, Versteeg said he's had to learn new habits with the Hurricanes. (...)
Vancouver Canucks center Bo Horvat has used a simple formula to dominate the Carolina Hurricanes over the past 10 days.
Horvat got his second goal with 1:35 left in overtime, giving him four goals in two games against the Hurricanes this month, and (...)
Center Eric Staal's goal 51 seconds into the third period broke a tie and the Carolina Hurricanes went on to end the Washington Capitals' nine-game winning streak with a 4-2 home victory Thursday.
Left wingers Phillip Di Giuseppe and Jeff Skinner (...)
