The alert comes amid increasing rates of credit card fraud and more high-tech ways of swiping consumer information.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- U.S. Attorney Michael F. Easley Jr. announced on Wednesday that he is stepping down after more than three years as the top federal law enforcement official in eastern North Carolina. Easley was nominated by then-President Joe Biden in September 2021. He was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in that November.

Authorities say the man's cellmates helped him escape and then stuffed a mattress to make it look like he was still sleeping.

It was a packed day at the State Legislature in downtown Raleigh as both chambers reconvened to conduct official business.

Two North Carolina-based university health systems have announced an agreement to construct the state’s first standalone children’s hospital.

A military plane was carrying the weapons when it exploded over a rural area, killing three people and sending the bombs plunging toward the ground Jan. 24, 1961. The “safety interlocks on the weapons failed, having gone through all of the steps to detonate, save one,” state historians said.

There are still some unresolved races from the 2024 election, and one of them involves a seat on North Carolina’s highest court.

A concerned tattoo shop owner in Raleigh reached out to WRAL Investigates because she felt it was time to highlight an issue important to her craft.

A commercial turkey operation in Sampson County, North Carolina, has tested positive for High Path Avian Influenza.

The National Weather Service says 1.5 inches of snow fell at Raleigh-Durham International Airport overnight — a record that ties the 2022 mark. In eastern North Carolina, Morehead City saw five inches of snow.

The health systems announced on Tuesday a plan to build a more than 100-acre campus for the hospital called, NC Children’s.

The U.S. Attorney of the Eastern District of North Carolina, Michael F. Easley Jr., is concluding his service on Feb. 3.