According to polling by non-partisan policy group Carolina Forward, Cooper has a 7-point lead over Republican Michael Whatley ...

The effort is focused on preventing the governor from forming future task forces accused of making recommendations that are soft on crime.

A shocking new chapter has emerged in the brutal killing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on a North Carolina train last month. Now speaking from prison, the suspect ...