To some, METR’s “time horizon plot” indicates that AI utopia—or apocalypse—is close at hand. The truth is more complicated.

ESPN personality Chris Berman speaks to the Hood Hargett Breakfast Club on Thursday in Charlotte. Matt Kelley / For The Observer For the Observer Popular ESPN sports anchor Chris Berman was a little ...

A line of robed Buddhist monks, walking quietly on a cross-country journey for peace, are almost to Charlotte. Their arrival is drawing crowds, cameras — and a few questions for drivers wondering what ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. National Weather Service forecasts low chances of accumulating snow Jan. 14-15. Low pressure area could bring snow to Triangle this ...

A U.S. Border Patrol officer threatened to arrest a legal observer in Key Largo, Florida, today for following the officer, video of the encounter posted on Instagram shows. The video is another ...

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A person holds an American flag during a protest in downtown Durham on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, held in response to Wednesday’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent in ...