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The unusually public and bitter fight over whether a judge should continue to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sparked a lawsuit and turned judges against one another.

In the year since the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant fire, five lawsuits have been filed against the company alleging negligence.

Research shows the average time between sentencing and execution has increased by two-thirds in the past 20 years.

The decision follows a swift trial in which the celebrity chef waived his right to have a jury decide his fate.

Thirty-nine former students have filed a lawsuit against the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, alleging they were sexually abused by members of the school's faculty and staff.

A Northwest North Carolina district court judge has been suspended following a decision by the state Supreme Court.

Non-essential in-person court proceedings in North Carolina will be halted starting Monday for 30 days due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court announ

Legal Aid of North Carolina is suing some state and county court officials over uneven enforcement of a federal eviction moratorium by some counties.

Courts in Winston-Salem continue to move forward with evictions. This comes after a national moratorium was issued on evictions designed to halt them for reasons of non-payment.