With Democratic support, the legislation overcomes a major procedural hurdle and is expected to head to a weekend vote by the full House.

The U.N. Security Council met Thursday to debate and vote on the Palestinian application for full membership in the United Nations, which would allow it to vote during U.N. proceedings.

The policy had been in place since 2019 and previously mandated all public universities in North Carolina to have DEI offices.

On this week's local news roundup: homicides are up in Charlotte this year by 31%. A new development is coming to Ballantyne with housing and a new school. Plus – the popular grocery store Wegmans is coming. Those stories and more.

The Maine Legislature approved gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people.

Former President Donald Trump is present in the courtroom while New Yorkers answer personal questions about their ability to serve on the jury.

The Kennedys have been critical of Robert F. Kennedy's third-party run, which has the potential to draw votes away from President Biden — who the family endorsed Thursday.

While Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife told her nonprofit’s clients that she was shutting down because of her husband’s campaign for governor, she told a state agency a different story.

President Biden and Vice President Harris have been spending a lot of time in North Carolina touting their accomplishments as part of their reelection campaign. That said, a Democratic presidential candidate has only won the state twice in about 50 years. What would need to happen to flip the script?

Conservatives on the court expressed varying degrees of skepticism about the charge of obstructing an official proceeding.