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Shock polls put Hillary TWELVE points ahead of Trump and winning battleground states of Florida, Wisconsin, Colorado and even North Carolina Thirty veterans whose remains went unclaimed after they died in conflicts stretching back to World War Two finally get a funeral ceremony Non-binary boy is crowned prom queen at 'Fame' performing arts school - but is hit with hateful messages from female classmates angry that 'men win everything' Father-of-two is charged with MURDER after prosecutors say his 'stalking and harassment led to his girlfriend's suicide' Whitey Bulger's bling sells for $100,000 at auction: Buyers snap up his skull ring and man-shaped punching bag 'Don't do this.

Twins? That’ll be pandamonium! China celebrates new-born cubs after Xinxin gives birth

'Don't do this. They're our kids!': Husband pleaded with gun-loving wife before she slaughtered their two daughters on his birthday in family row at their Texas home, before cops shot her dead Shock polls put Hillary TWELVE points ahead of Trump and winning battleground states of Florida, Wisconsin, Colorado and even North Carolina High school track and field star, 18, impales himself through the eye with a JAVELIN when he tripped and fell face first onto the spear in freak accident Father-of-two is charged with MURDER after prosecutors say his 'stalking and harassment led to his girlfriend's suicide' Secret cocaine binges and jogging for sex: Bombshell secret service agent's book accuses Bill Clinton of using morning exercise to cover up his affairs and says administration staffers snorted drugs Look who's coming to dinner: Trump dines with Rupert Murdoch and wife Jerry Hall at posh ... (more)

North Carolina officials offer to help drone operators

The N.C. Department of Transportation's Division of Aviation wants to help drone owners understand new rules issued by the Federal Aviation Administration and how they impact drone operations in the state. Operators who received the required exemption or authorization from the FAA can continue to fly their small drones without further action.

Hillary Clinton visiting Raleigh for campaign rally

Hillary Clinton is coming to North Carolina in her bid to capture the state's electoral votes for a Democrat for just the second time since 1976. The presumptive Democratic nominee for president scheduled a rally Wednesday afternoon at an exposition center at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.

U.S. officials say American Muslims do report extremist threats

Muslim-Americans have repeatedly informed authorities of fellow Muslims they fear might be turning to extremism, law enforcement officials say, contrary to a claim by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump this week. "They don't report them," Trump said in a CNN interview on Monday, in the wake of the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub of 49 people by an American Muslim who claimed allegiance to Islamic State.

HB2 repeal discussion causes buzz, doesn’t gain traction

"I have no sense as to whether leadership on the House side is going to take it up," said Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Henderson, who is himself a House budget chairman and often tapped to help draft complex pieces of litigation. McGrady acknowledged he had been involved in some tentative conversations about a measure that would roll back parts, but not all, of the controversial bill.

State pollsters earn good grades

North Carolina has one of the most-polled electorates in the United States. As we head into a general election full of highly competitive races for governor, senator, president, and other offices, those of us who closely follow politics in the Tar Heel State will again appreciate the high frequency of polling available.

World’s largest hedge fund in line for government aid

Convinced that the time for this moment is right at last, President Barack Obama on Friday will become the first American president to confront the historic and haunted ground of Hiroshima. Barack Obama on Friday paid tribute to the "silent cry" of the 140,000 people killed by the world's first atomic bomb attack and sought to renew attention in his unfulfilled vision of a world without nuclear weapons,... Four Navy aviators ejected from two fighter jets "at a high rate of speed" after their aircraft got into trouble in the air and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the North Carolina coast, one of the rescuers said.

GOP conservatives scuttle energys pending measure over LGBT rights

In this May 17, 2016 file photo, a new sticker is placed on the door at the ceremonial opening of a gender neutral bathroom at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle. Conservatives in Congress angered by the inclusion of LGBT protections in an otherwise routine spending bill scuttled the measure Thursday.

Vulnerable Republican senators have a big problem: Voters dona t know who they are

After nearly 12 years in the Senate, North Carolina Republican Richard Burr holds a dubious distinction: a lot of people in his home state don't know if he's any good at his job. The trouble for Burr was laid bare in a recent poll revealing 28 percent of his constituents cannot form an opinion about whether they approve of his job.

NC high court reviews death penalty of man who beheaded wife

North Carolina's highest court is reviewing whether justice means the death penalty for a survivor of El Salvador's blood-soaked civil war of the 1980s who strangled and then decapitated his estranged wife. The state's Supreme Court hears oral arguments Monday on whether the state can execute 41-year-old Juan Carlos Rodriguez of Winston-Salem for the 2010 murder of his wife, Maria.