By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature completed on Wednesday its override of Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of legislation that both locates funds for private school scholarship grants for…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A Venezuelan man has been convicted of murder in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, a case that fueled the national debate over immigration during…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Senate Republicans have left their leadership team mostly intact for the next two years, choosing Sen. Phil Berger again to hold the powerful position of Senate president pro tempore.…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The narrowly trailing Republican candidate in the race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat formally requested a recount on Tuesday, with barely 600 votes…

By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina GOP lawmakers are one step closer to rolling out their legislative-session priorities into law before the year’s end after the state House opted to…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia nursing student Laken Riley texted and called her mom as she headed out for a run to see whether she had time to chat — but then…