North Carolina will get a cut of a nationwide opioid settlement. Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners agreed to more than $7 billion. It is tied to claims that OxyContin caused a widespread ...

A disbarred attorney, who allegedly told his clients he lost their trust funds because of his gambling addiction, was back in front of a judge Thursday on dozens of new money laundering charges.

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Breaking Bad' premiered over 15 years ago today in 2008. Here's where Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, and the rest of the cast ...

This bag of six multi-colored fentanyl pills was found in the wallet of Tyson Richardson, 19, found dead on Dec. 30, 2022. He was discovered unconscious on a bed in a Lake Oswego apartment that ...

For 44 years, she had thought about making the call. When she finally did, she assumed nothing would come of it.

Donald Trump is granting security clearances to new White House officials before they have completed the vetting process, ...

The Wilmington Antique and Flea Market is a veritable wonderland of weird and wonderful finds. It’s like someone took the contents of a hundred grandma’s attics, shook them up in a giant snow globe, ...