This year marks the 65th annual lighting of the WRAL-TV tower in Raleigh, an annual tradition that has grown to include celebrations with towers at American Tobacco Campus in Durham and Rocky Mount Mills.

WRAL lights towers in Raleigh, Durham and Rocky Mount

Students are reported for possession of non-firearm weapons about 20 times as often as they are for firearms. But schools are still relatively safe places, and many crime statistics in schools have been improving for years, experts say. 

Easy to conceal, harder to detect: Knives more prevalent than guns in schools 

School lockers 

Men Coverage

Michael Washington was forced to go to the doctor by his fiance. That's when they found an 8-pound tumor. He's telling his story to get other men to go to the doctor. 

Men hate going to the doctor and that could lead to bigger health problems

Mike Washington

They found the majority of those who've gotten sick are young men, and that the majority report using THC products.

CDC provides one of most comprehensive looks at vaping epidemic

Tiffany and Co. has new jewelry such as cuff links and rings, all with a unique male touch.

Tiffany and Co. introducing new jewelry for men

At a five-year celebration for the 'My Brother's Keeper Challenge' the former U.S. president said the idea of men dominating others to prove themselves is in the past.

Barack Obama advises men to avoid toxic masculine behavior

Obama Quietly Gives Advice to 2020 Democrats, but No Endorsement

When UNC Chapel Hill Business school professor James Johnson travels the country making speeches, he focuses on what he sees as a major problem. He wonders what is happening to men in American society.

Men Coverage

Men hate going to the doctor and that could lead to bigger health problems

CDC provides one of most comprehensive looks at vaping epidemic

Tiffany and Co. introducing new jewelry for men

Barack Obama advises men to avoid toxic masculine behavior

UNC professor warns declining role of men in society is a problem