The Reigners Bible Church International was just under construction days before a huge event that attracted hundreds of people.

The host of "Washington Week" and "PBS NewsHour" lost her battle to cancer on Monday.

Governor Pat McCrory announced that there are now 18 storm-related deaths in North Carolina following Hurricane Matthew.  With the latest being a man from Goldsboro, who was found dead Tuesday after authorities said his vehicle got caught in floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew. Goldsboro police said officers responded to a vehicle found in a wooded creek area […]

Dania Cedeno-Delrosario tried to push her 7-year-old daughter out of the way as they were both struck when crossing the street.

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Frances Cress Welsing, the Black author and psychiatrist whose 1991 work The Isis Papers; The Keys to the Colors introduced the world to the "melanin theory" and the "neuroses" of white supremacy, has died.

As some feared, flu deaths have tripled in NC. Thirty people in North Carolina died of flu last week bringing the total cases to 54 during this flu season. Most of those deaths were among the elderly 65 and older. Officials say one reason for the spike in deaths this year is because the specific […]

Durham’s VA Hospital is the latest in restricting visitors because of the latest flu reports. The VA hospital is asking anyone 18 and younger to avoid visiting the medical center. So far this season, 17 people have died from the flu in NC and the CDC reports that NC is one of the most active […]

In the past week flu deaths in NC have doubled from 8 to 17 deaths. The ages range from 7 – over 65 with 9 of the deaths being over 65. The CDC says that NC is one of the most active states for the influenza virus. Several hospitals have put restrictions on visitors barring […]

The latest study of breast cancer still shows a big gap in the survival between black and white women.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black woman are 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women. Researchers say the difference has to do with black women being more sick […]