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NAACP backs same-sex marriage as civil right

NAACP backs same-sex marriage as civil right

Share Tweet The NAACP passed a resolution Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts “to codify discrimination or hatred into the law.” WRAL.com Top Stories [...]

5-20, 2012 7:00

I’ll Have Another wins Preakness

I’ll Have Another wins Preakness

Share Tweet I’ll Have Another overtook Bodemeister, blazing down the stretch to win the Preakness in the final strides Saturday and keep alive his hopes of winning the Triple Crown. WRAL.com Top Stories [...]

5-20, 2012 6:17

Former UNC system president upgraded to serious condition

Former UNC system president upgraded to serious condition

Share Tweet University of North Carolina President Emeritus William Friday has been upgraded to serious condition at UNC Hospitals, two days after receiving a permanent pacemaker. WRAL.com Top Stories [...]

5-20, 2012 5:26

Prosecutors: Trio planned to attack Obama’s HQ

Prosecutors: Trio planned to attack Obama’s HQ

Share Tweet Three men accused of making Molotov cocktails had been planning to attack President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home and other targets during this weekend’s NATO summit, prosecutors said Saturday. WRAL.com Top Stories [...]

5-20, 2012 5:26

First tropical storm of the season forms off SC coast

First tropical storm of the season forms off SC coast

Share Tweet The first tropical storm of the season has formed off the coast of South Carolina with top winds of 45 mph. WRAL.com Top Stories [...]

5-20, 2012 4:40

Obama: G-8 leaders put focus on eurozone crisis

Obama: G-8 leaders put focus on eurozone crisis

Share Tweet The United States and other members of the Group of Eight industrial nations agree that Europe’s financial crisis must be addressed with a mix of growth and austerity measures, President Barack Obama said Saturday as leaders gathered [...]

5-19, 2012 23:14

With a digital focus, America expands once again

With a digital focus, America expands once again

Share Tweet The metaphor is an easy one, overused and perhaps even a bit overwrought. We are forging forward into a digital frontier, leaving convention behind, traveling without guides into an uncharted virtual land where progress and profits are [...]

5-19, 2012 22:30

Demonstrators against ‘fracking’ to march in Raleigh

Demonstrators against ‘fracking’ to march in Raleigh

Share Tweet Demonstrators who oppose a form of shale gas exploration are planning to march to the building where North Carolina lawmakers may soon decide whether to allow the procedure in the state. WRAL.com Top Stories [...]

5-19, 2012 21:41

Wake Forest man charged in mother’s shooting death

Wake Forest man charged in mother’s shooting death

Share Tweet A Wake Forest man was arrested and charged on Friday in connection with the shooting death of his mother on Mother’s Day, authorities said. WRAL.com Top Stories [...]

5-19, 2012 20:09

SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second

SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second

Share Tweet A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second abort of the historic flight. WRAL.com Top Stories [...]

5-19, 2012 18:35

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