The New York Rangers are trying to supercharge their retooling effort by acquiring winger Pavel Dorofeyev's rights from Vegas for the Nos.

The Carolina Hurricanes brought their Stanley Cup celebration to downtown Raleigh.

Vegas Golden Knights coach John Tortorella is unshaken in his confidence as his team faces its first elimination game of the playoffs in the Stanley Cup Final.

The Carolina Hurricanes got the needed uptick in production from top-line forwards Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho to move within a victory of claiming the Stanley Cup.

A state judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by 31 former N.

The Carolina Hurricanes head into Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights with a perfect 6-0 record in both road and overtime games in the playoffs.

The Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes combined for five goals in the frantic final 15 minutes of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final and had another one waved off.

A failed coach's challenge by John Tortorella was a momentum-changing moment in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb took a puck to the face that knocked him out of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Seth Jarvis scored on a power play in overtime after Carolina erased a deficit in regulation only to gave up a late tying goal, and the Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night to tie the series.

The Carolina Hurricanes stars are struggling in the Stanley Cup final against the Vegas Golden Knights.

Tomas Hertl took a backhand pass from Colton Sissons and beat Frederik Andersen from the slot with 3:24 left, lifting the Vegas Golden Knights past the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 in Tuesday night’s opener of the Stanley Cup Final.

The Vegas Golden Knights will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup Final.

Nikolaj Ehlers got loose up the center of the ice and popped the puck past Jakub Dobes at 3:29 of overtime to lift the Carolina Hurricanes past the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Saturday night to level the Eastern Conference Final at one game apiece.

The Montreal Canadiens pounced for four first-period goals on slow-starting Carolina — coming off the longest postseason break in more than a century — and handed the Hurricanes their first loss of the playoffs with a 6-2 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final.

Georgia safety Ja'Marley Riddle has been arrested on two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance and a misdemeanor speeding charge.

Taylor Hall slipped the puck past Dan Vladar at 18:54 of overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Monday night, taking a 2-0 lead in their second-round series in the NHL playoffs.

Logan Stankoven scored twice to continue his postseason tear and the Carolina Hurricanes smothered the Philadelphia Flyers in a 3-0 victory Saturday night to open the second-round series.

The start of the NHL playoffs has already featured more penalty shots than the last three years combined.

A U.S. soldier involved with the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been granted bond, a day after being charged with using classified information about the operation to win more than $400,000 in an online prediction market.

Jordan Martinook beat Linus Ullmark from the slot at 13:53 of the second overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Monday night.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, who led the major leagues with 60 home runs last year, hit his first of the 2026 season Monday night following a 10-game drought.

A federal judge has upheld North Carolina’s photo voter ID law, setting aside claims by civil rights groups that discrimination against Black and Latino voters warrants striking it down.

It might seem impossible to get away from the constant barrage of news these days.

Cal Raleigh insists he has no beef with Randy Arozarena even though his Seattle teammate lashed out with a vulgar rant after Raleigh left him hanging for a handshake at the World Baseball Classic.

Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and ex-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley have won their respective party nominations for a North Carolina U.S. Senate seat.

Duke star freshman Cameron Boozer had a pair of long, thick and inflamed scatches wrapped around his right shoulder after a lopsided win at N.

Star freshman Cameron Boozer scored 26 points and top-ranked Duke shot 55.2% to beat N.

Cal Raleigh has already gone deep this spring.

People in North Carolina are digging out from a foot or more of snow and Florida farmers need their frozen plants to thaw before they can assess the damage.

Jordan Staal and the Carolina Hurricanes have put together one of the most improbable comebacks in NHL history.

Mika Zibanejad did not play for the New York Rangers on Monday night against Anaheim.

Bill Belichick's first season as a college coach ended with four wins at North Carolina.

Florida State is keeping football coach Mike Norvell for at least another season.

Federal judges have upheld several U.S. House districts drawn by North Carolina Republicans in 2023.

Federal agents have expanded their North Carolina immigration crackdown to the area around the state capital of Raleigh.

Carolina Hurricanes rookie defenseman Charles Alexis Legault had surgery to repair multiple torn extensor tendons in his right hand after getting cut by a skate blade at Toronto.

Duke Scott ran for a career-best 196 yards in place of injured Atlantic Coast Conference rushing leader Hollywood Smothers to help N.

Three top-10 teams in The Associated Press college football poll lost.

Democrats have rallied against a proposed U.S. House map by North Carolina Republicans in Raleigh.

Cal Raleigh hit a two-run homer, Eugenio Suarez and J.

Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 59th and 60th home runs of the season and the Seattle Mariners won their fourth AL West title with a 9-2 victory over Colorado on Wednesday night.

Cal Raleigh has become the seventh player in major league history to hit 60 home runs in a season, launching two solo shots for the Seattle Mariners against the Colorado Rockies.

The North Carolina legislature has approved a criminal justice package in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on Charlotte's light rail.

North Carolina Republican legislators have introduced criminal justice measures to toughen bail rules and evaluate offenders for mental health issues.

Cal Raleigh breaks Mickey Mantle's record for home runs by a switch-hitter.

North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders are pushing for stricter pretrial release laws after a Ukrainian refugee was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte train.

Joseph McNeil, a key figure in the civil rights movement, has died at 83.

Cal Raleigh has hit his 50th homer, extending his major league record for home runs by a catcher and entering some elite company.

A group led by Carolina Hurricanes owner Don Dundon has reached a tentative agreement with Paul Allen’s estate to buy the Trail Blazers and keep the team in Portland.

Cal Raleigh launched his major league-leading 44th home run, Julio Rodríguez went deep twice and the surging Seattle Mariners defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 after retiring Ichiro Suzuki’s No. 51 jersey.

Seattle's Cal Raleigh, known as "Big Dumper," has been a powerhouse this season, hitting 42 homers.

The NHL has released the full 2025-26 schedule.

Cal Raleigh hit his 37th and 38th home runs to move within one of Barry Bonds’ 2001 record for homers before the All-Star break, and the Seattle Mariners beat Detroit 12-3 on Friday night to end Tarik Skubal’s three-month unbeaten streak.

Cal Raleigh hit his 34th and 35th home runs to set a career high and match Ken Griffey Jr.’s Seattle record for homers before the All-Star break, helping the Mariners beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on Friday.

North Carolina election officials will be sending mailers to about 200,000 voters asking them to provide information missing from their state registration records.

Cal Raleigh broke Hall of Famer Johnny Bench’s 1970 record for home runs by a catcher before the All-Star break, hitting his major league-leading 28th and 29th in the Seattle Mariners’ 9-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.

The Trump administration has accused North Carolina’s election board of violating federal law by failing to ensure that registration records of some applicants contained identifying numbers.

The Carolina Hurricanes have found themselves in the same dire position in the conference-final rematch against the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.

Sam Bennett scored one of his two goals in Florida’s three-goal first period, Sergei Bobrovsky made 17 saves and the Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-0 on Thursday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference final.

The Florida Panthers showed their championship mettle from last year's run to the Stanley Cup by taking control early in their 5-2 win against the Carolina Hurricanes to open the Eastern Conference final Tuesday night.

Sean Walker scored late and Andrei Svechnikov added an empty-net clincher to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Monday night for a 3-1 lead in their second-round playoff series.

Andrei Svechnikov pounced on a loose faceoff puck for his sixth postseason goal to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4-0 on Saturday night for a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff series.

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel of North Carolina has announced himself as a candidate to try to unseat Republican Sen. Thom Tillis in 2026.

North Carolina enacted a rare energy law in the South in 2021 that directed power plant emissions be sharply reduced.

Robert Wright scored 19 points, V.

Tobacco Road is the center of the NCAA Tournament this week with three women’s first-round sites at Duke, North Carolina and N.

The handful of remaining perfect brackets in the NCAA Tournament busted out on Sunday, ending the hopes of millions against exceptionally long odds.

Zoe Brooks is The Associated Press women's college basketball player of the week.

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Zoe Brooks scored a career-high 33 points to help No. 13 N.

North Carolina reached its Medicaid expansion enrollment goal of 600,000 people just over a year since the program rolled out.

The chief operating officer for the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency is no longer working in the position.

The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature has completed its override of Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of legislation that addresses both private school scholarship grants and immigration.

Police say they have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of shooting at least eight vehicles on a busy North Carolina highway as well as several area homes in recent days, in attacks that wounded a motorist.

North Carolina elections officials say that more than 4.2 million voters cast ballots at early in-person voting sites, with turnout in western counties hit by Hurricane Helene outpacing the rest of the state.

North Carolina legislators have approved an initial $273 million relief package to help address Hurricane Helene’s devastation and recovery in the mountains.

The Republican Party has sued North Carolina’s elections board to block students and employees at the state’s flagship public university from showing a digital identification to comply with a photo ID law.

Newly released reports from North Carolina's public university system to prove compliance with a new systemwide diversity policy show several DEI position cuts and reassignments were made.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign says it is reserving $370 million in advertising to run between Labor Day and Election Day.

Vice President Kamala Harris is beginning to vet about a dozen possible candidates to be her running mate as she approaches one of most consequential decisions of her new presidential candidacy.

More than 500,000 North Carolina residents have enrolled in state's Medicaid expansion program in the seven months since it was launched.

President Joe Biden is working to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with ex-President Donald Trump.

A federal judge has permanently blocked some efforts in North Carolina to restrict how abortion pills can be dispensed.

A consultant the Chicago Blackhawks hired to improve relations with American Indian tribes is accusing the team, its charity foundation and its CEO of fraud, breach of contract and sexual harassment.

Since Florida enacted a six-week abortion ban, clinics in several other Southern and mid-Atlantic states have sprung into action.

A federal judge has ruled that some of North Carolina government’s restrictions on dispensing abortion pills are unlawful.

Japan's governing party has lost all three seats being contested in parliamentary by-elections Sunday.

Planned Parenthood affiliated groups have announced a $10 million voter engagement campaign in North Carolina for the 2024 election.

Defenses around the NHL playoffs have been depleted by existing and new injuries, from Tampa Bay’s Mikhail Sergachev and Colorado’s Samuel Girard being out long term to Carolina’s Brett Pesce going down Monday night and Washington being down to minor leaguers to fill its many voids.

Sebastian Aho and Jordan Martinook scored 9 seconds apart late in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes complete a comeback from three goals down to beat the New York Islanders 5-3.

Stefan Noesen grabbed a loose puck atop the crease and pushed it past Semyon Varlamov early in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 3-1 to open their NHL playoff series.

President Joe Biden has nudged further ahead in the Democratic nomination for reelection by winning the party contests in Wyoming and Alaska.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is cementing economic links and cultural amity with North Carolina by visiting the Tar Heel state after a few days in Washington focused on global security issues.

The federal government will provide a $1.5 billion loan to restart a nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan.

The NCAA changed one of the officials at the half of the Chattanooga-N.

Dozens of Republicans are competing for five of North Carolina's 14 congressional seats on Super Tuesday.

President Joe Biden has unveiled $82 million for North Carolina to help connect an additional 16,000 households and businesses to high-speed internet.

UConn guard Azzi Fudd will miss the remainder of the season with a noncontact knee injury she sustained last week during practice.