Gov. Roy Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death penalty to commute more than two death ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in prison without the ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, on his last day in office Tuesday, commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's latest Democratic governor was sworn in to office on Wednesday, as Josh Stein succeeded ...

A Robeson County man whose been on death for decades after being convicted of killing his stepfather had his sentence ...

Before stepping aside from the highest office in North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper has made what he said is among his most ...

Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday that he reviewed 89 clemency petitions from death row inmates and granted 15 of them.

In an interview, Roy Cooper spoke about his legacy, how to appeal to Republicans and Democratic speculation that he might run ...

In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of ...

Roy Cooper oversaw a booming state economy in his eight years in office, but some of the biggest jobs projects have yet to ...

New North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein took several actions on Thursday to help the short- and long-term recovery from Hurricane ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper will leave the mansion. Sweaters, driving, sports and maybe the Senate are in his future.