Forty years after Pauli Murray's death, the civil rights activist who grew up in Durham has been granted the highest ...

The top Democrat in the state House, Rep. Robert Reives, says he's frustrated with GOP lawmakers' inability to pass a budget ...

The bill would allow lawsuits against medical providers over gender transitions, and change the definition of biological sex in state law to exclude gender identity. That bill could affect transgender ...

Federal and state officials have declared war on DEI at North Carolina's colleges and universities. What the orders mean isn't always clear.

Even as Gov. Stein has vetoed some bills this session, he has celebrated the bipartisan bills he has decided to sign into law ...

Prevent Sexual Exploitation/Women and Minors passed 65-43 in the House of Representatives on Wednesday evening and 29-16 in the Senate on Tuesday evening.

If presented as intended on Friday, that would be Day 0 toward 10 days for Stein to either sign, veto or allow to become law without his signature. Should he veto, the Legislature can try to override.

An iconic tourist attraction in an area of western North Carolina among the hardest hit by Hurricane Helene has reopened to the public. North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein and other officials attended ...

News & Observer readers comment on Donald Trump and LGBTQ suicide help line, Iran strike, Duke Energy, AI proposal, Raleigh gardening, an astronomer | Letters to the editor ...

She praised the "American grit and spirit" he showed while trying to get out of prison for his attempt to kill a wildlife ...

This classic film started out as a musical — both follow the lives of a group of young New Yorkers in the 1990s. Watch it on Apple TV. If you’ve ever asked a friend for a lesbian film ...

Virginia’s state law that bans medical professionals from practicing conversion therapy — seeking to change a person’s sexual ...