CNN wants a court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson that attacks its report that he made explicit posts on a pornography website’s message board.

North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson vowed on Thursday to remain in the race despite a CNN report that he posted strongly worded racial and sexual comments on an online message board,

A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after admitting to murdering a teenage girl, according to officials with the Lumberton Police Department. Michael McLellan admitted to kidnapping 13-year-old Hania Aguilar from her driveway on the morning of Nov.

In a story published Sep. 19, 2024, about a CNN report on North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, The Associated Press erroneously reported which of his social media accounts CNN cited in a comparison to language in messages from a pornographic website message board.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will not appear at former President Donald Trump ’s rally on Saturday in the battleground state following a CNN report about Robinson’s alleged disturbing online posts, an absence that illustrates the liability the gubernatorial candidate poses for Trump and downballot GOP candidates.

As the contest for a seat on the NC Supreme Court remains close, some cast doubt on how election results are certified. Here’s how it works.

North Carolina Republican legislators have given final approval to a series of political power moves that would weaken the incoming governor and other Democratic elected officials.

North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, speaks while state Republican Party Chairman Jason Simmons listens at a news conference reviewing Tuesday's general election results at state GOP headquarters in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

North Carolina Republicans have advanced legislation that would weaken the powers of the incoming governor, attorney general and schools superintendent

The last-minute inclusionsl would strip the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of significant authority before the GOP loses its supermajority.

North Carolina voters are choosing a successor to term-limited Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina voters choosing a successor to term-limited Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper were deciding Tuesday between an attorney general who would carry on Cooper's policies and a lieutenant governor whose blunt speaking style and working-class history favored him among hardline conservatives.