QVC warehouse fire: North Carolina distribution center damaged in huge blaze

A QVC warehouse was destroyed by a huge fire Saturday in North Carolina. Crews from dozens of fire departments were still fighting the blaze more than 12 hours after it began.

Man killed while trying to steal catalytic converter, deputies say

Detectives said the man appeared to be in the middle of cutting off the exhaust pipe to get to the catalytic converter when the jack slipped, bringing the car down on the man, killing him.

DNA links couple to 1991 cold case of abandoned infant remains, police say

A North Carolina couple has been charged after DNA evidence linked them to the remains of an infant abandoned in the trash in 1991, police said.

Alligator on leash walked by police officers in North Carolina

Walks aren't just for dogs, apparently. Officers in North Carolina could be seen walking a 9-foot alligator on a "leash" after removing the reptile from a public pool.

Brian Laundrie lookalike has hotel door kicked in by US Marshals, deputies in arrest attempt

“I said, ‘You might want to change your appearance for a while or this will continue to happen where you go,’” Graham County Sheriff Jerry Crisp told Severin Beckwith, the Brian Laundrie doppelgänger.

North Carolina university giving students 'wellness day' to address mental health

“I encourage every student to use this time to rest and to check in with each other during that day,” Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said in a statement Sunday.

Man defrauded Amazon of nearly $300k in return scheme, DOJ says

Prosecutors said a 31-year-old North Carolina man ordered expensive products from Amazon and defrauded the company of nearly $300,000 in a return scheme.

Fake funeral home ad pushes COVID-19 vaccinations in North Carolina

“Don’t get vaccinated” was the simple message painted on a box truck driven around Charlotte that appeared to promote a local funeral home. But the funeral home doesn’t exist, and the message instead was promoting the vaccine.

North Carolina OKs proposal raising minimum marriage age to 16

North Carolina lawmakers have finalized legislation to raise the minimum age to get married in the state from 14 or 16.

North Carolina is child bride destination; bill could end it

Known for its coastlines, mountains and the state that was “first in flight,” North Carolina has also developed a more dubious reputation recently: as a regional destination for adults who want to marry children.

2 brothers killed by train in Charlotte where other brother was killed 1 week earlier

Two brothers were killed by a train Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina, just one week after another one of their brothers was also struck and killed by a train in the same spot, police officials confirmed.

Lifeguard, 16, saves woman from drowning in 1st week on the job

Sixteen-year-old Avery Pritchard from Greensboro was on her sixth day of work as a certified lifeguard when she dove into the pool to rescue a 28-year-old woman who appeared to be having a seizure.