Tropical storm warnings were issued for portions of the two Carolinas, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

Elisa Baker, the woman convicted of second-degree murder for the death of her stepdaughter Zahra Baker, has been transferred ...

Inmate Paul Pellini found unresponsive and pronounced dead at Central Prison; suicide is suspected, investigations are ...

Tropical Storm Chantal grew in strength as it approached the southeast U.S. coast. It’s forecasted to bring heavy rains to ...

CHARLESTON -- "The site is suitable for development," a State of Arkansas official declares in a document preceding the more than 800-page preliminary site assessment of Franklin County land where a ...

North Carolina is two years into a three-year project to install air conditioning across the prison system. Here’s what ...

Two detention officers were escorting the suspect -- a heightened protocol after the inmate had previously attempted a failed ...

Records show an Asheville mother died from fentanyl toxicity in the Buncombe County jail's custody the day after she was ...

Authorities in North Carolina say an escaped inmate fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun, then fled in a stolen ...

Five young suspects have been charged with at least one count of attempted first-degree murder in the North Carolina mass ...

R. Kelly now claims he suffered an overdose requiring immediate medical attention after taking pills given to him by staff ...

Lawyers for disgraced R &B superstar R. Kelly say the singer was taken to the hospital, alleging he suffered an "overdose" caused by officials at a North Carolina prison where he is currently housed.