North Carolina doesn't often generate national attention for immigration related issues. So why are border agents targeting its cities?

Images of federal agents chasing immigrants have rattled many. Others see evidence of an effective crackdown. It remains to be seen whether the operation might sway voters next year.

Jace Clark played a brilliant ball down the line to the feet of Masereka. The senior winger spun off his defender and laid the ball back up top to Ritarita. Without any hesitation, he fired the shot into the bottom corner past North Carolina goalie Andrew Cordes.

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A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when a cat carcass crashed into her windshield. The incident happened along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Police are investigating after four people were injured in a shooting at an annual tree lighting ceremony in Concord, North Carolina, on Friday night.

“Upon arrival deputies discovered a 38-year-old female deceased,” the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. “Evidence suggests the victim was viciously attacked by a dog the victim had been providing care to for several weeks.”

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) submitted its Rural Health Transformation Plan to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servic