Stealing a dog is an automatic felony in North Carolina. Stealing a cat is not. Why?
Back in the day, pet crime was treated equally. That all changed in 1989, thanks to a spat between lawmakers that turned a seemingly harmless bill into a legislative dogfight.
How our Bill of Rights was stolen, and how the FBI got it back
Just after the Civil War, a soldier casually took North Carolina's copy of a priceless founding document. A century later, the feds set up a sting operation to recover it. Here's a true story involving a fake tech millionaire, the Antiques Roadshow, and vanilla milkshakes from Cook Out.
Charlotte's most exclusive, sportsiest, bachelor-paddiest condos sit atop a meat palace
A historic modernist bank building in Uptown was converted into condos occupied, largely, by rich, single men. Then the city's greatest athletes moved in. So did Michael Jordan and an American Idol.
Some Pig: The Story of Struttin' Stormy and the Stanley Cup
The Carolina Hurricanes just became NHL champions for the first time in 20 years, and during that run a lot of people noticed something unusual on their road uniforms: A cartoony, college-style pig on the shoulder. Today, we take a closer look at the long journey of a logo from the mind of an art teacher in South Dakota all the way to the Stanley Cup champions.
Neese's Country Sausage Got Sold To Someone Who's Not a Neese
First, it had a listeria outbreak. Then its products disappeared from North Carolina grocery stores. There was no explanation, until now. A new owner has taken over Neese's, a family-owned business that's made bricks of sausage, liver pudding, scrapple, and more for more than a century. So what happens next?
Meet a man who built a barbecue smoker out of a file cabinet
Is it real? Does it work? Is it safe? Was it hard to make? Why would anyone build one? Why is he selling it and trying to get a broken chainsaw in return? And, is this a singular piece of American ingenuity or is there an underground community of file cabinet smokers that I had never heard of before now? The seller, and an expert, tell us everything.
Revisiting the fandom of former Caniac in Chief Roy Cooper on the doorstep of the Carolina Hurricanes first trip to the Stanley Cup Final since 2006. Plus! Can you somehow avoid the $95 parking at the arena?
Thom Tillis called something "stupid on stilts." Where the hell did that come from?
North Carolina's senior senator uttered the expression to show his displeasure with President Trump. Even people who don't like Tillis now like to say it. Think it's a Southern phrase? Bless your heart.
West Virginia's most legendary biscuit place was actually conceived in North Carolina
How did a long-dead pizza restaurant give birth to not one but two beloved breakfast chains? Here's the overlap between Biscuitville and Tudor's Biscuit World, with a possible connection to Mayberry.
Where, exactly, did James Comey find the "threatening" seashell message that got him indicted?
The former director of the FBI posted an Instagram picture of "86 47" written on a beach in North Carolina last year. Which beach? Here are the results of a Rabbit Hole investigation.
A North Carolina gravel quarry that opened up after Hurricane Helene never had a permit. Its owners say it was helping the area get back on its feet. The people living nearby say all that's left is a big mess.
Back in April 2016, four of us paddled the entire length of the Cape Fear River in eastern North Carolina. Today, a look back at what's changed and what's stayed the same.
How Christina Koch went from North Carolina to a Moon Mission
Koch grew up in Jacksonville, went to high school in Durham, got three degrees from NC State, and is now going to be the first woman to orbit the moon. Here's the long road that led her there.
What To Do When Your Popular Sheriff Loses His Insurance
Counties get insurance policies to cover their costs in case someone sues the sheriff or his or her deputies. But what happens when the people who pay the bills can't tell the sheriff what to do?
Football brought Jesse Jackson to Greensboro. His time there molded him into a civil rights leader.
Jackson, who died last week at age 84, was once the quarterback at North Carolina A&T. His position on the field was a foreshadowing of his singular role in American life.
A reader found a strange snippet of North Carolina law. Turns out it's a six-decade old beef.
An old statute says the state DMV can't buy a plane without special permission. It came out of a fight between the Highway Patrol, lawmakers, and a former FBI guy who was frighteningly good at checkers.
The Untold Story of the Guy Who Broke Into a Pizza Shop And Started Selling Pizzas
The news from the Kinston Little Caesars rocketed around the internet this week. A police report and some Facebook posts shed a little more light on what went down.
