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Big Tech is pouring billions into Carolinas data centers to meet AI demand. But the public remains in the dark on the scope of what's here and what's coming.
This is how Wall Street built a machine to buy the American Dream of homeownership. And the business is growing in North Carolina. Read our three-day investigation into how this affects tenants, neighborhoods and communities.
Fort Liberty soldiers share personal stories while helping to rebuild and provide relief to those affected by the hurricane.
CATS bus drivers are three times as likely to be physically or verbally assaulted than the average bus driver nationwide, an Observer analysis found.
The Charlotte Observer found N.C. lottery players who beat terrible odds so consistently that statisticians said the chance of someone being that lucky was worse than one in a trillion. Some are likely gaming the system.
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