Federal authorities arrested an 18-year-old Mint Hill resident on New Year's Eve, alleging he planned a terrorist attack in support of ISIS.
CNN happened to cover a man wrecking a nativity scene in Charlotte protesting ICE raids in NC.
Why don't undocumented people just become ... documented? Why do people immigrate illegally? In the new Billy Ball Explains NC, we take on America's broken immigration system, and ICE and Border Patrol's brutal policing of it.
NC Christmas tree farms lost thousands of trees when Helene rolled through western NC in 2024. But wherever you look in 2025, those tree farms say they're bouncing back.
A woman runs an ongoing social experiment — calling religious centers across the U.S. to see who will help a mom and baby in need of baby formula.
Jennie Ventures takes a hike to Midnight Hole in NC and explains the ins and outs of talking to your neurodivergent child about their diagnosis.
Amid a surge in immigration policing in North Carolina, let's talk about the children's book "Dreamers" and the attempt to throw it out of local schools.
Pop quiz, NC: What's a plutocracy? This week's edition of "Civics 101" from Senior Editor Billy Ball on the plutocracies, kleptocracies, and idiocracies we're watching right now.
Every Wednesday, NC journalist Billy Ball unpacks the most important stories in NC and corrects the bad information.
Cardinal & Pine's Jennie Ventures takes a hike at Waterrock Knob and talks about how ableism shows up in our society.
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