Many cities on Forbes’ list of the best places to retire house major universities. Just naming a few, Raleigh has N.C. State, ...

“Robber baron is a term first applied by 19th century muckrakers and others as social criticism to certain wealthy, powerful, and unethical 19th-century American businessmen. The term appeared in that ...

Hoot Gibbs and I recently visited another old home place back in the woods. Gary Jones and his 5-year-old grandson Cutler Allen took us to the site of the Girdine “Gird” Conley home p ...

Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer. Students and community members gathered on UNC-Chapel Hill’s Polk Place on Tuesday, their voices and banners rising once again in the heart of ...

Students and community members gathered on UNC-Chapel Hill’s Polk Place on Tuesday, their voices and banners rising once again in the heart of campus to support Palestinians as the Israel-Hamas ...

WATERLOO — Polk County authorities have dropped theft charges against a Waterloo City Council member. Des Moines police arrested Nia Nikole Wilder, 31, for misdemeanor theft for allegedly using ...

Mountain View Preparatory junior Jaylen McGill with the ball on a play. / ALEX HICKS JR./STAFF / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images North Carolina’s running backs room just picked up a big ...

hundreds of UNC community members and protesters sat on the Chapel Hill campus’ Polk Place, entering their 72nd consecutive hour on the quad in protest of Israel’s military action in Gaza and ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed a man on Friday after he allegedly threatened the law enforcement officer with a knife, authorities said. John Snyder ...

Images taken by a NASA satellite this week reveal the worrying extent of a fast-moving wildfire in southern New Jersey. Taken during the fire’s second day, the images capture plumes of smoke and ...

CALIFORNIA — Governor Gavin Newsom announced the launch of the world's largest civilian aerial firefighting fleet at a press conference in partnership with Cal Fire. This initiative comes in ...

It’s a moment that lingers with Belichick more than a dozen years on now as a first-time college coach at North Carolina. It’s the kind of unique memory he pointed to when discussing the Tar ...