Kyle Washington hopped on a courtside table to celebrate amid a crowd of North Carolina State fans jumping around at midcourt. Anthony “Cat” Barber posed with fans taking selfies amid the chaos. The Wolfpack had turned No. 2 Duke’s latest…

When the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation put out a call last year for new ideas to make the 26 communities where the foundation invests better places to live and work, more than 7,000 people answered. On Monday,…

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PINE KNOLL SHORES — This county’s state senator says he’s “tremendously optimistic” about the economy in the year ahead as a result of actions the Republican-controlled General Assembly has taken during the past two years. Speaking Friday during the Carteret…

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Over the last two days, at least 57 animals were saved from the sub-freezing temperatures in Forsyth County. This is in the wake of a press conference involving each law enforcement agency in the county, calling for…

Syracuse, N.Y. — Each morning leading up to National Signing Day on Feb. 4, my Syracuse.com colleague Nate Mink and I will take a look at one of Syracuse football’s verbal commitments for the Class of 2015. Thus far we’ve…

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