North Carolina dog diagnosed with COVID-19 dies

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in June that dogs, cats and a few other animals types are able to contract COVID-19, it is rare for animals to pass it on to their owners or vice versa.

North Carolina man accused of shooting 5-year-old boy in the head: report

Darius Sessoms, 25, was taken into custody Monday charged with first degree murder in the death of the boy, Cannon Hinnant, in Wilson, N.C, WRAL-TV reported.

Apt Bible passage at Catholic Mass coincides with earthquake

As the 11:15 a.m. Mass was ending and Catron offered a final blessing, there was a 1.8 magnitude aftershock. He said, “The ceiling creaked for like three seconds, and everybody kind of looked up and immediately we knew what it was.”

Pres. Trump calls off RNC in Florida, citing 'flare-up' of coronavirus; North Carolina events still on

President Donald Trump announced Thursday, July 23 that he has canceled segments of the Republican National Convention scheduled for Florida next month, citing a “flare-up” of the coronavirus. Convention events will still be held in North Carolina.

North Carolina man who won $10 million lottery prize in 2017 arrested for murder

SHALLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina man who won a $10 million lottery prize in 2017 has been arrested on a murder charge in the death of a woman whose body was found at a hotel.The Shallotte Police Department charged Michael Hill, 52, of Leland, with murder after the body of 23-year-old Keonna Graham was found Monday, July 20 in a hotel room in the Brunwick County town, according to news outlets.Authorities did not immediately release additional details about the woman’s slaying.Graham worked as a correctional officer at a prison in Burgaw, North Carolina, according to a cousin, Antionette Lee.