Fire Damages Apartment Complex in Winston-Salem Photo

A fire damaged several units at an apartment complex for low-income seniors near UNC School of the Arts late Tuesday afternoon.

Winston-Salem Police Defend Shooting Bear Video

The police department says officers had no choice but to shoot and kill a black bear wandering around the northwest part of the city Monday night. Officers said the bear became aggressive as it ate garbage and bird seed from homes along Kramer Court.

Federal Health Experts Tour Oak Ridge Elementary Video

The Guilford County health department and school system shut down mold-plagued Oak Ridge Elementary School for the summer, but Tuesday, the doors opened for representatives from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Two North Carolina-based Marines Killed in Afghanistan Photo

Two North Carolina-based Marines died last week during combat in Afghanistan's Helmand province, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

'He Does Not Deserve to Lay in an Unmarked Grave' Video

Despite a sign on the gates that says Oakwood Memorial Park cemetery is a place of peaceful waiting, Loretta Rhodes feels her father isn't finding peace there. Willard Rhodes is buried in the cemetery, but you wouldn't know it by looking.

Child Care Center, Research Lab at WSSU Closing Video

Despite steady enrollment, Winston-Salem State will close the Child Development Center -- which serves as a childcare center and a learning lab for students -- in the face of budget cuts.

Sotomayor pushes back on GOP bias charges in intense exchanges; court confirmation seen likely

Sotomayor Denies Racial Bias in 'Wise Latina' Remark Video

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sonia Sotomayor pushed back vigorously Tuesday against Republican charges that she would bring bias and a liberal agenda to her seat as the first Hispanic woman on the Supreme Court, insisting repeatedly she would be impartial as GOP senators tried to undercut her with her own words from past speeches.

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