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UNC and Duke Health will build North Carolina's first standalone children's hospital

Jan. 28, 2025 19:04 PM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina-based university health systems plan to construct the state's first standalone children's hospital — an undertaking that its boosters said will change lives physically and economically for decades to come. UNC Health and Duke Health on...

First Citizens: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Jan. 24, 2025 06:51 AM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — First Citizens BancShares Inc. (FCNCA) on Friday reported fourth-quarter profit of $700 million. The bank, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, said it had earnings of $49.21 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were $45.10...

The suspected shooter in a North Carolina restaurant where 1 person was killed has also died

Jan. 19, 2025 11:59 AM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A chef at a restaurant in North Carolina's capital city whom authorities suspect fatally shot a co-worker and then shot himself has died from his injuries, police announced Sunday. George Colom Jr., 34, who was listed as the executive chef at Coquette...

Man shoots and kills person inside North Carolina restaurant, police say

Jan. 17, 2025 13:55 PM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — One man was killed in a Raleigh restaurant after a possible dispute led to a shooting Friday morning, police said. A gunman walked into Coquette Brasserie, a French restaurant in North Hills, and fatally shot a man, then shot himself, Raleigh Police Chief...

Approaching winter weather cancels North Carolina inauguration ceremony

Jan. 08, 2025 22:17 PM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's public inauguration ceremony scheduled for Saturday for new Gov. Josh Stein and other statewide elected officials has been canceled because of approaching winter weather, the state inaugural committee announced Wednesday. The ceremony was...

More Roy Cooper lieutenants staying on the job in North Carolina Gov.-elect Stein's Cabinet

Dec. 17, 2024 19:12 PM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Several more top lieutenants of outgoing North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper have agreed to work for fellow Democrat and successor Josh Stein's administration, including two Cabinet secretaries and the state budget director, each of whom will stay in their current posts. ...

Next North Carolina governor names 7 Cabinet secretaries, with 2 current department heads

Dec. 16, 2024 22:49 PM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein announced his choices for a majority of his Cabinet positions Monday before he takes office next month, with two of the seven revealed department secretaries being holdovers from outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper's administration. ...