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RALEIGH, N.C. — When the North Carolina Senate voted Tuesday to pass a bill restricting health care for transgender minors, lawmakers were met with three words from the gallery.

RALEIGH, N.C. — A bill that would restrict transgender athletes in women’s sports passed the state Senate Tuesday.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper declared Monday that “public education in North Carolina is facing a state of emergency” in the face of “extreme legislation” being promoted by Republican state lawmakers.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes didn’t leave PNC Arena until close to 3 a.m. on Friday, and finally, after skipping practices later in the day and holding optional morning skates Saturday, they returned to the scene of the sixth longest game in NHL history all of…

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Florida Panthers waited 27 years to play in the Eastern Conference finals again, so waiting 60 minutes, plus two full overtime periods and then all but 12.7 seconds of a fourth to finally beat the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 1 was nothing.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The New York Islanders took their first lead over the Carolina Hurricanes just before the midway point of the third period Wednesday in Game 2 of the teams’ best-of-seven Stanley Cup Playoff series, converting on a Brock Nelson chance.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Republicans in the North Carolina House introduced a bill Tuesday that would ban drag performances in public places or in the presence of a minor.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes opened the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs Monday

RALEIGH, N.C. — For the first time in more than four years, North Carolina Republicans last month overrode a veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.