With plastics breaking down into microscopic particles that enter the food chain, researchers are investigating how they may affect reproductive health.

Work to prevent intimate partner violence, feed families in shelters fleeing abuse or help survivors file for legal protection would not exist on the scale it does today if the federal government stepped back.

Thirty EMS agencies across North Carolina are approved to administer the addiction medication buprenorphine in the field; their goal is to bridge the gap between overdose and ongoing care.

The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of NC has been credited with reducing C-section births, boosting breastfeeding and cutting infection rates in the tiniest babies.

Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer has been placed on administrative leave following an altercation with a student during a large fight at West Charlotte High School Friday afternoon, CMPD said.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control is often near capacity, but what makes the current situation urgent is that between Oct. 1 and Oct. 23, dogs at the shelter stayed an average of about 26 days before being adopted — up from roughly eight days during the same period last year.

The federal program provides food, formula and support to about 262,000 people in North Carolina.

With the federal government shutdown expected to stretch into November, many federal employees will miss paychecks, and SNAP benefits are temporarily suspended. In North Carolina, about 1.4 million residents depend on SNAP assistance. In Mecklenburg County, that number is around 140,000.

Students at Hidden Valley Elementary School celebrated Halloween with members of the community, who spent the day going classroom-to-classroom, reading books for the school’s inaugural Fall Read-A-Thon.