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VASS, N.C. — The man who shot and killed a Moore County deputy last week before committing suicide was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation four years ago after exhibiting paranoid and abusive behavior, according to court records obtained Monday by WRAL News. Story continues here >>>

RICHMOND, Va. — A North Carolina inmate with severe paranoid schizophrenia, depression and borderline personality disorder contends that state prison officials have violated his constitutional rights by holding him in solitary confinement for more than 10 years. Story continues here >>>

RALEIGH, N.C. — The forced sterilization of North Carolinians decades ago went well beyond just preventing a few people from having children, the son of one victim told a task force charged with recommending how to compensate those victims. Story continues here >>>

Members of the Eugenics Compensation Task Force today prioritized preliminary recommendations to bring justice to victims of involuntary sterilizations performed under the auspices of the former N.C. Eugenics Board. Final recommendations are due by Feb. 1, 2012, in a report to Gov. Bev Perdue. Story continues here >>>

RALEIGH – As the governor’s task force on sterilization compensation took up how much that compensation should be during a meeting last week, they heard plenty of outrage from those the state rendered barren. But some of the main victims — the children those operated on never got to have — will never get a chance to speak. And their absence is one big reason why those sterilized are so outraged at $20,000 as a starting point for compensation that the task force discussed Tuesday. Story continues here >>>

RALEIGH, N.C. — A projected $139 million hole in Medicaid funding next year has state health officials worried about how cuts would affect 1.5 million of North Carolina’s most vulnerable citizens. Story continues here >>>