A member of the state Board of Education died Tuesday afternoon, three days after she was assaulted in a Raleigh home, her family said in a statement.

Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, joined the state chapter on Tuesday in calling for the resignation of Wake County School Board Chairman Ron Margiotta after comments he made during a heated public hearing.

A lender that specializes in financing for manufactured homes has agreed to refund http://www.wral.com/rs/rss/142.8 million to North Carolina homeowners to settle alleged violations of state laws, authorities said Tuesday.

A judge said Tuesday that he was considering jail time for a former aide to two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards because of questions about a videotape purported to show Edwards engaged in extramarital sex.

Abdullah El-Amin Shareef, 31, of Raeford, is charged with murder and four counts of attempted murder. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against him.