Attorneys for the state said they planned to appeal the superior court judge’s ruling to the NC Supreme Court.

A federal judge said he will pause a midnight deadline for the U.S. Agency for International Development to be stripped down to a few hundred workers from a workforce of more than 5,000. A Johnston County judge ruled race played a factor in a man's death sentence.

A Wake County Superior Court judge has ruled against Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin, who is trying to invalidate more than 65,000 ballots in the race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court.