Chief Justice John Roberts issued a defense Tuesday of judicial independence, which he said is under threat from intimidation ...

A jury convicted Wendy Dawn Lamb Hicks of second-degree murder in the 2017 death of Caleb Adams, who was shot twice in the ...

Roberts said robust criticism of judicial rulings is part of American civic life, but some recent attacks had gone too far in ...

One of the inmates receiving clemency had challenged his sentence under the groundbreaking Racial Justice Act of 2009, a ...

Final approval is expected April 7 for the landmark lawsuit settlement that lays the foundation for college players to receive money directly from their schools.

A Robeson County man whose been on death for decades after being convicted of killing his stepfather had his sentence ...

One main theme in N&O reporting found North Carolina legislative leaders using the state budget to devote taxpayer dollars to ...

Even with abortion bans in place in most Republican-controlled states, the number of people obtaining them has grown slightly ...

"I was his opponent, and that's what opponents are supposed to do, take out the opponent," Folwell says of his race against ...

Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and political fights over its future are not over yet.