North Carolina's prison officials have opened the gates for some of more than two dozen inmates sentenced in the 1970s to life in prison even as state officials fight in court to keep them locked up.
A former Fort Bragg helicopter pilot has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing $1.3 million in military equipment during overseas deployments.
A suspect was arrested early Saturday in the fatal shooting of a student outside a dormitory at South Carolina State University, law enforcement officials said.
Raleigh police have arrested a man in connection to a series of bank robberies throughout the Triangle. The FBI dubbed the suspect the "repeat robber".