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.
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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.
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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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Two orange orbs, just about 10 feet (3 meters) off the ground, floated past Steve Woody and his father as they hunted deer more than 50 years ago. The mysterious lights passed them, then dropped down the side of a gorge in the Blue Ridge (...)
Claude Giroux broke out of a minor scoring drought with two goals to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to the top of the Atlantic Division standings with a 5-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes Monday.
Giroux, team leader in goals and points, had not (...)
With his final attempt, South African double amputee Oscar Pistorius qualified for next month's world championships by smashing his 400m personal best in Lignano, Italy, Tuesday.
Pistorius, known as the ‘Blade Runner' because he runs with carbon (...)
US world 100m silver medalist Tyson Gay had an arthroscopic procedure on his injured right hip and will not run again this year, his manager said Thursday.
Gay, the world's second fastest man behind Usain Bolt, had the surgery Tuesday in Vail, (...)
A haunting 150-year-old photo found in a North Carolina attic shows a young black child named John, barefoot and wearing ragged clothes, perched on a barrel next to another unidentified young boy.
Art historians believe it's an extremely rare Civil (...)
Olympic and world 400m champion LaShawn Merritt has failed three doping tests for a banned substance and accepted a provisional suspension, his lawyer said Thursday.
“LaShawn Merritt has accepted a provisional suspension as a result of positive (...)
Mark Recchi, Michael Ryder and David Krejci scored third-period goals to help the Boston Bruins maintain eighth place in the Eastern Conference with a 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes Tuesday night.
Tuukka Rask made 30 saves for Boston. (...)
Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay, the world's two fastest men ever over 100 meters, will race in New York, London and Brussels next year.
The sources said former world record holder Asafa Powell would take part in the European races and could join the pair (...)
Jussi Jokinen and Michael Leighton helped Carolina end its winless streak at 14 games, leading the Hurricanes to a 5-4 shootout victory over the Minnesota Wild Sunday.
The Hurricanes' second shooter in the tiebreaker, Jokinen went to his backhand (...)
Tom Kostopoulos and Jussi Jokinen scored first-period goals off turnovers in Florida's end and Cam Ward made 25 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Panthers 7-2 Friday night.
Tuomo Ruutu also scored in the opening period for the (...)
A dispute over Asafa Powell's no-show at a Jamaican training camp has thrown his participation at the Berlin world championships into question, his agent told Reuters on Monday.
The former 100m world record holder and clubmates including Olympic (...)
The Pittsburgh Penguins are headed back to the Stanley Cup finals after beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 to sweep up Eastern Conference title on Tuesday.
Pittsburgh lost to the Detroit Red Wings last year in a six-game NHL finals.
If the (...)
The Pittsburgh Penguins moved to the brink of the Stanley Cup finals by routing the Carolina Hurricanes 6-2 on Saturday.
Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist, and captain Sidney Crosby added a goal and an assist for the Penguins, who lead the (...)
The Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Tuesday to level the Eastern Conference semifinals and force a decisive Game 7.
Mark Recchi had a goal and an assist for Boston, while Marc Savard scored before leaving in the third period with (...)
Jussi Jokinen deflected in Dennis Seidenberg's slap shot with 0.2 seconds remaining for the Carolina Hurricanes to beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 and even their NHL playoff series 2-2 on Tuesday.
Eric Staal, Ryan Bayda and Chad LaRose also scored (...)