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Harsher punishments for violent protests in North Carolina are being challenged by a prominent civil rights group, which said in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that several parts of a new anti-riot law are unconstitutional.

The Winston-Salem Police Department will get a new system this year, which it says will improve crime prevention and response time. Several license plate…

Rowan County has been ordered to pay almost $300,000 in legal fees in a lawsuit surrounding prayer at the start of public meetings. The lawsuit dates back…

The American Civil Liberties Union is accusing the City of Greensboro Police Department, among others, of discrimination. The charges focus on age and…

Law enforcement officers would have access to a statewide database of some prescription drugs under a bill filed in the North Carolina legislature. Some…

Civil rights groups are speaking out against a proposal from eastern North Carolina counties to increase the bail amount for people facing some drug…

The 2010 New York Times best-seller, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander, examines racial injustice…

The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina is asking the state Division of Motor Vehicles to adjust its traffic stop guidelines, saying drivers…

A North Carolina woman and her son who were pepper-sprayed during protests at last year's presidential inauguration in Washington have joined a lawsuit…

Opponents of North Carolina's House Bill 2 asked a federal judge Monday to block a key provision of the law – the part that dictates which bathroom a…