NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Archaeologists digging behind St. Louis Cathedral are unearthing nearly three centuries of history: the porcelain head of a tiny doll, an ersatz colonial-era pipe from the 1800s,...

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina woman's whimsical approach to food is helping her crack the insular world of cooking contests with such novel dishes as pecan-encrusted oysters over asiago...

Indianapolis Clowns .The letter is part of a sports memorabilia collection owned by the 62-year-old Gitomer that consists mostly of one-of-a-kind items, including jerseys, balls, programs and...

More than 231 homes were still without power in Durham County as of 1:15 p.m., according to information online from the power company. Another 12 customers in Orange County were...

Heavy storms caused flooding that closed Interstate 40 at one area of Durham early Sunday. WRAL-TV reports that all lanes of I-40 near mile marker 278 in Durham were closed early Sunday. Traffic was...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Autopsy results released this week reveal why a 17-year-old who police shot with a Taser died in March. Darryl Turner was in an altercation with his boss at the Food Lion on...

The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that President Bush appointed Clyde R. Cook Jr. on June 30. Cook took his new job after retiring as marshal for the state Supreme Court. He also has been an...

The names of the soldiers receiving little or no mail are sent to the charity by chaplains, commanders and mail room staffers. The project fills more than a thousand requests a...

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- Like any typical weekday afternoon Kay Bindrim gathered three of her children around the kitchen table. As the center of the household, the eight-seat table used for family meals...

RALEIGH, N.C. – Gov. Easley has ordered North Carolina state flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of the late former U.S. Sen. Jesse...

Blake Evans says her friends will probably be surprised to see her featured in a story about breast milk donation. "I'm a very private person," she explains. But the Salisbury mom feels so strongly...

RALEIGH, N.C. –A house in the Brier Creek area was completely destroyed Sunday morning after it caught on fire shortly before 2:30...

STATE TROOPER C.H. ALFORD, who provided security for first lady Mary Easley on two European trips and followed state guidelines for his expense reimbursements FIRST LADY MARY EASLEY, who was...

Along with Ronald Girard Ransom, 20, of South Elm Street and Desmond Antwon Deloach, 16, of South Alston Avenue, Flood is accused of shooting at six homes and three vehicles between June 27 and 29,...

Helms was among the first conservative Southern Democrats to switch to the Republican Party. His role model was Thurmond, who switched to the GOP in 1964, six years ahead of...

Comment on this story In a few months, more than 100 troubled youths will be living in four new development centers in an ambitious, multimillion-dollar plan that will change the way the state...

The grand jury has already indicted Atwater and Lovette on charges of first-degree murder. Joyner expects additional felony murder charges because the death resulted from the commission of an...

After unflinchingly answering my questions about his lifelong disparagement of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jesse said the worst thing he could have said to me: "You're my favorite...

In an affidavit and interviews, Frick alleged that prosecutors and some of his own deputies retaliated against the man, Theodore Williams, who has a history of drug, larceny and assault convictions,...

Police said a southbound vehicle driven by Teodoro Gomez of Durham crossed the center line and collided with a northbound vehicle driven by Joseph Lester Jr. of Roxboro shortly before 1...

Comment on this story Companies have long been trying to get us to "go green." That's their environmentally friendly way of saying they don't want to send paper bills and...

Jesse Helms Jr., who died Friday at age 86, would remember the gesture, and he often retold that story and others of the people and the small Piedmont town that shaped his 30-year U.S. Senate...

Someone told me that I need to sell this year to take advantage of a tax break on capital gains. My husband and I had lived in this house for many years, and the idea of losing my husband and moving...

ELIZABETHTOWN - The battle of yet another Bladen County woods fire ended dramatically Wednesday when one of the bomber planes used to drop water on the scene had to make an emergency landing in a...

FALLS LAKE, N.C. -- The Apex Swift Water Rescue Team recovered the body of a drowned swimmer this evening. Aminad Perez, 23, of 571-A Dacian Rd. in Raleigh drowned in a cove near the Barton Creek...

North Carolina politics and the conservative movement. The former senator did it without ever changing much about himself.There is perhaps no better example of Helms' unwavering commitment to his...

Gov. Mark Sanford created the committee in February 2007. The group is finishing its report, which will be posted on the Internet. The public will be invited to comment, and that feedback will be...

Not content with just staying in the Army, he is the only blind officer serving in the Special Forces -- the small, elite units famed for dropping behind enemy lines on combat...

That's a catch-22 for many places, since there are more people in need of a helping hand. It's a very real problem that doesn't seem to be getting any better. Pete LoPresto is one of those people in...

Jibarra’s will move from its North Raleigh location on Six Forks Road to the Historic Depot in the Warehouse District on Davie Street in downtown Raleigh. Last year Hurricane Lounge, SoHo...

WIMBLEDON, England -- Venus Williams beat sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 Saturday for her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Officials say new standards being used for restaurant inspections in North Carolina put more importance on practices that prevent customers from getting...

Strong winds Friday night toppled this tree in Chapel Hill in the 1000 block of Franklin Street. Thousands are without power in Triangle after the...

Sen. Jesse Helms, in the WRAL studios in Raleigh, prepared to announce that he would not run for another term in the U.S. Senate in August 2001. He said at the time that he wanted to spend more time...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- More than 14,000 illegal immigrants have been deported from Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina in the past eight months, according to federal immigration...

DURHAM, N.C.-- Durham police are investigating an early morning fatal accident that occurred Saturday at the 5200 block of North Roxboro Road near Omega...

Police said a southbound vehicle driven by Teodoro Gomez of Durham crossed the center line and collided with a northbound vehicle driven by Joseph Lester Jr. of Roxboro shortly before 1 a.m. A...

Authorities say a 32-year-old man died after he was stabbed in the parking lot of a movie theater. Police told the Asheville Citizen-Times that theater workers said the man beat on the doors Friday...

When residents of a tiny Kenyan village sold their chickens and cattle to buy Milton Ochieng's $900 plane ticket to Dartmouth College, they told him they wanted something in return. Eight years...

An autopsy has determined that a teen who died after he was shocked with a Taser by a police officer four months ago suffered cardiac arrest. The Charlotte Observer obtained the autopsy report...

Highlights of the history of Old Point Comfort and Fort Monroe: - April 28, 1607: Capt. Christopher Newport and English settlers land on peninsula before sailing on to Jamestown, the first permanent...

"It's more green than red, white and blue," said Judy Robertson, a Durham resident who comes every year. "Nobody's forcing you to become a tree-hugger, but, by gum, they're pointing you in the right...

Fans and players at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park celebrated Independence Day with actor Kevin Costner.The event marked the 20th anniversary of the movie "Bull Durham," in which Costner...

Jesse Helms will lie in repose Monday at Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. A funeral will be held Tuesday at the church at...

The change of command ceremony is July 10 at Fort Bragg. Benton will relieve Col. Christopher K. Haas. Haas has been in command of the unit since 2006. He led the unit on two combat rotations to...

SELMA, N.C.-- Police say a domestic dispute ended in a shooting at a July 4 Party in Selma. Four people were injured during the...

Lance Cpl. Thomas McDonald plays the bagpipes for rocker Kid Rock in Iraq. McDonald taught himself how to play the bagpipes when he was 12. In Iraq, he was asked to play for celebrities in the USO...

Comment on this story OMAHA, NEB. - Cullen Jones rocketed to an American record in the 50-meter freestyle preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on the Fourth of...

RALEIGH, N.C.—Storms that rolled through the area Friday night caused some local fireworks displays to be cancelled. Many people expecting to see fireworks saw a different type of light show...

Posted on: Saturday, 5 July 2008, 06:00 CDT By Rob Christensen, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jul. 5--Former U.S. Sen. Jesse A. Helms, the son of a Monroe police chief who rose to national...