Prosecutor: Student with guns in dorm studied mass shootings, planned attack

A North Carolina university student arrested with guns and ammunition in his dorm room had studied mass shootings and was making plans to kill his roommate and himself if he didn't get into a fraternity, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Family claims Alaska Airlines ‘lost’ unaccompanied daughter, 13, during layover

Two furious parents claim that Alaska Airlines recently “lost” track of their 13-year-old daughter during a layover in San Francisco, though they had paid an unaccompanied-minor fee for the teen’s trip.

Teen registers people to vote while in Popeye's chicken sandwich line

A North Carolina teen has helped more than a dozen people who lined up to buy a chicken sandwich get the chance to line up at the polls.

10-month-old boy dies after choking on pine cone at day care

Authorities in North Carolina will not file criminal charges in the death of a 10-month-old boy who choked on a pine cone at day care and died.

Black man handcuffed after accidentally tripping home alarm

Police in North Carolina say they're investigating the actions of officers who handcuffed a black man in his boxer shorts after his burglar alarm was accidently tripped.

Dog found on side of Ohio road with throat cut, nose and mouth duct-taped, police say

Ohio authorities were investigating after a dog was discovered injured — with her throat cut and her nose and mouth duct-taped — on the side of the road earlier this month.

NC man found wrapped in Christmas lights with dead cat in freezer died of natural causes, investigators say

A North Carolina man whose body was found wrapped in Christmas lights at the bottom of a staircase -- with a dead cat in a freezer -- earlier this month died of a stroke, investigators have determined.

Airline employee killed after luggage vehicle flips, pins worker

An airline employee died Sunday following a single-ramp vehicle accident at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, officials said. 

Woman walks into animal shelter asking for 2 dogs with the most special needs, then adopts them

A woman adopted two elderly dogs after walking through a North Carolina humane society’s front doors and saying, “which two dogs have been here the longest, with the most special needs?”