Rescuers have been working to save around 1,500 residents in North Carolina who were trapped when the Lumber River overflowed because of Hurricane Matthew.

Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for North Carolina, making federal funding available to individuals affected by Hurricane Matthew, according to a White House statement.

The death toll in the US from Hurricane Matthew has climbed to at least 17, with nearly half of the deaths in North Carolina.

Donald Trump has insisted drugs played "a very, very big factor" in violent protests that erupted in North Carolina overnight following the police shooting of a black man.

Supporters and opponents of a new North Carolina transgender law have been holding competing rallies on the first day of the state's legislative session.

'Artists like Pearl Jam have canceled North Carolina performances to protest the state's controversial anti-LGBT law, but Stephen Colbert believes he can bring people together through the magic of television.'

A North Carolina man has said he was arrested for failing to return a VHS tape that he rented in 2002.

A three-year-old boy has died after accidentally shooting himself with a handgun he found behind the counter of his father’s convenience store.

A North Carolina woman said she entered her daughter’s apartment and found a bear, which had entered by opening an unlocked door, roaming through the home.

The awkwardness…

The children of Jason Corbett are at the centre of a custody hearing in North Carolina, later today.

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has shut down a US plant that produces inhaled medications after discovering the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease.

The family of a Limerick man killed in a domestic incident in North Carolina have said that they need greater assistance from the department of foreign affairs.

The sister of a Limerick father of two found dead at a house in North Carolina, after sustaining serious head injuries, has described him as her "best friend".

A shark has bitten a 68-year-old man several times off North Carolina, officials said, the seventh attack in the US state's coastal waters in less than three weeks.

Beachgoers have cautiously returned to the ocean after two young people lost limbs in separate, life-threatening shark attacks in the same town in North Carolina.

Rory McIlroy shot a stunning 11-under-par round of 61 to storm to the top of the leaderboard at the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina last night.

A 20-year-old former community college student killed a campus print shop director that he used to work under, North Carolina officials said.

More than 40 passengers were injured when an Amtrak train collided with a tractor-trailer that was stuck on the tracks in North Carolina.

A 91-year-old woman has set time and age records at the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego marathon.