Today, three UNC sophomores will be less than 50 miles from Morehead City, N.C., and to setting a world record.

Bill Friday was released from UNC Hospitals a hospital spokeswoman said Thursday.

WakeMed Health and Hospitals has agreed to withdraw its offer to purchase Rex Healthcare, officials announced Tuesday.

Cameron Carswell, the recently elected president of the UNC-system Association of Student Governments, has changes in mind for the highly criticized organization.

Brent Lane, executive director for the UNC Center for Competitive Economies, helped discover a hidden fort on a 425-year-old map of North Carolina that some archaeologists believe could be the site of the Lost Colony’s planned capital.

After North Carolinians voted to amend the state constitution to define marriage between a man and a woman as the only union recognized by the state, there continues to be widespread disagreement over the effects the amendment might have on state businesses and families.

After giving a policy speech about student loans in Carmichael Arena, President Barack Obama took a more musical approach on the issue Tuesday by “slow-jamming” the news with Jimmy Fallon.

Members of the N.C. Governor’s School Foundation are hopeful that legislators will consider their program when allocating state funds.

Members of the Vote For Marriage N.C. coalition cut into a wedding cake Tuesday night celebrating the passage of Amendment One — a constitutional amendment establishing marriage between a man and a woman as the only union recognized by the state.

John Edwards has been described many ways throughout his trial on charges of misusing campaign contributions — a philandering husband, an opportunistic political climber and an egotistical, tragic character.

North Carolina voted in favor of Amendment One — a constitutional amendment that establishes marriage between a man and a woman as the only union recognized by the state — by a nearly 60-40 margin Tuesday.

Complaints of voter intimidation and incorrectly issued ballots have been reported according to the North Carolina Election Protection Hotline. Many of the complaints have been related to the Amendment One referendum.

Amendment One, a proposed amendment to the North Carolina state constitution that would make marriage between a man and a woman the only form of recognized union in the state, is expected to pass today.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory encouraged his supporters to bring photo identification to the polls during this week’s early voting in support of a bill that would require voters to show photo IDs at polling places.

Along with tuition increases and UNC workers’ rights, yet another controversial topic will be discussed on the N.C. General Assembly floor in May — hydraulic fracturing.

Gearing up for his re-election campaign in a state that favored him four years ago, President Barack Obama appeared to be right at home before a crowd of 8,000 at Carmichael Auditorium Tuesday.

JERUSALEM (MCT) —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his Cabinet has decided to retroactively legalize three West Bank outposts that previous governments had conceded were built without permission, marking the first step toward what critics fear will become Israel’s first official new settlements since 1990.

BERLIN (MCT) — Local authorities in Germany are to reprint “Mein Kampf’’ (“My Struggle’’), Adolf Hitler’s hate tract, for the first time since the death of the Nazi dictator in 1945.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (MCT) — A former aide to John Edwards testified Tuesday about the lengths the former presidential candidate went to hide his affair with a campaign videographer, including raising money from wealthy benefactors to help support the woman, developing code words to conceal his communication with her and crafting an elaborate payment scheme to route money to her.

After giving a policy speech about student loans in Carmichael Arena, President Barack Obama took a more whimsical approach on the issue Tuesday by ‘slow-jamming’ the news with Jimmy Fallon. Obama, who was featured on Fallon’s taping of The Late Night Show , participated in a musical number with the renowned talk-show host and comedian.