All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 19 2015 // An audit has found Asheville Police wrote nearly 500 speeding tickets using radar guns that were not calibrated. The city released audit results last week to media outlets. It included a note from interim Police Chief...
May 18 2015 // A coalition of more than 60 Asian-American groups filed a federal discrimination action against Harvard University, claiming racial bias in undergraduate admissions. The administrative complaint follows the filing of a...
May 18 2015 // As Duke Energy pleaded guilty Thursday in a North Carolina courtroom to nine criminal violations of the federal Clean Water Act, federal prosecutors recounted examples where time and again the nation’s largest...
May 18 2015 // Design flaws on supporting girders of a pedestrian bridge under construction at Wake Technical Community College led to a collapse that killed one worker and injured four others in November, according to a state report.But...
May 18 2015 // Appalachian State University’s risk management student team has been named the winner of the Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge. The announcement was made at the RIMS 2015 Conference & Exhibition Finale, by...
May 18 2015 // A lawsuit filed by Amtrak and CSX alleges that a trucking company caused a March train derailment that injured 55 people by failing to take safety precautions or warn that the track was blocked.The lawsuit in a Raleigh...
May 13 2015 // A jury in North Carolina ruled this week that Starbucks is not liable for damages after a Raleigh, N.C. police officer said he suffered third-degree burns from a cup of coffee spilling in his lap three years ago.Lt. Matt...
May 13 2015 // North Carolina’s initiative to help stranded roadside motorists for free now has a “good neighbor” supporting it.The state Department of Transportation announced this week that it has signed a four-year...
May 12 2015 // North Carolina’s workers’ compensation system had the highest indemnity benefits per claim of 17 states in a recent Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) study, which can serve as a baseline to observe...
May 11 2015 // The state-sanctioned property insurance program in North Carolina coastal counties could borrow to pay for extreme catastrophic losses from hurricanes in legislation making its way through the General Assembly. The House...
May 8 2015 // The National Hurricane Center issued a Tropical Storm Warning from South Santee River, South Carolina to Surf City, North Carolina due to subtropical storm Ana.A Tropical Storm Watch remains in effect for Edisto Beach,...
May 7 2015 // A North Carolina police officer who got a free cup of Starbucks coffee is suing the company for $50,000 after he spilled it and got burned. WRAL-TV reports attorneys said in court this week that Raleigh officer Matthew...
May 7 2015 // North Carolina officials are warning more residents living near Duke Energy’s coal ash pits that it’s not safe to drink or cook with their well water after tests showed contamination levels that is raising...
May 6 2015 // The North Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill 119-1 Monday which, for the first time, would disclose to North Carolina drivers what they pay in surcharges to the North Carolina Reinsurance Facility.The facility...
May 4 2015 // A lawsuit filed Friday by Amtrak and CSX alleges that a trucking company caused a March train derailment that injured 55 people by failing to take safety precautions or warn that the track was blocked.The lawsuit in a...
Apr 30 2015 // Appalachian State University’s risk management student team has been named the winner of the Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge. The announcement was made at the RIMS 2015 Conference & Exhibition Finale, by...
Apr 28 2015 // Recordings from cameras worn by North Carolina police officers or attached to their vehicle dashboards and used for criminal investigations would be confidential with some exceptions in legislation getting support at the...
Apr 24 2015 // Cumberland County commissioners are considering an ordinance to fine the owners of dogs who bite someone and causes them to need medical attention.The Fayetteville Observer reported that the proposal to impose a $500 fine...
Apr 22 2015 // Firefighters in North Carolina this week took on blazes at three empty homes in the same neighborhood in Fayetteville.Multiple media outlets reported that the first call came in shortly before 5 a.m. Tuesday for fires at...
Apr 20 2015 // North Carolina authorities have praised a sharp decline in workplace deaths over the past few years, but what Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry hasn’t said is the state changed the criteria for the deaths it...