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A portion of one of several love letters discovered during the renovation of a building on West Davie Street, where Kathryn Volpe’s boyfriend has a martial arts gym. Volpe is publishing them one at a time on her blog for Sweetpea Bakery in Raleigh, hoping someone will recognize the century-old romance.

Shaffer: Torrid love letters unearth a mystery in downtown Raleigh

A century-old romance is discovered in Raleigh and described on a baker's blog. But who were...

Aaron Benjamin’s restaurant, Gocciolina in Durham, is the Restaurant of the Year for 2015.

We find the best Triangle restaurants for 2015

Greg Cox names the best restaurants in the Triangle for 2015, including the Restaurant of the Year...

Sports

Duke guard Tyus Jones (5) draws a crowd of Louisville defenders in the second half of play, Jan. 17, 2015.

Virginia and its Pack-Line defense ready for Duke

For Virginia, this is the beginning of the toughest stretch in their schedule, playing Duke, at North Carolina and then hosting Louisville all within an eight-day stretch. Leading up to this game with the Blue Devils, the Cavaliers had a five-day ...

Local/State News

Annie Clark, right, and Andrea Pino, both who started a network of young women raising awareness of rape on college campuses nationwide. Their complaint over the handling of sexual assault cases filed against University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill prompted a federal investigation for insights on how to press their case.

New documentary explores sexual assault at UNC-Chapel Hill, other campuses

"The Hunting Ground," a new documentary about campus sexual assault, features former UNC-Chapel Hill students whose federal complaint prompted significant changes at the university.

Business

In this Oct. 8, 2014 file photo, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler speaks during new conference in Washington. Whose Internet is it anyway? Wheeler says he’s keeping that question in mind as he pitches the biggest regulatory shake-up to the telecommunications industry since 1996, when people still used noisy modems and referred to the “information superhighway” as a fun way to buy books or check the weather.

Just whose Internet is it? New federal rules may answer that

Whose Internet is it anyway? 2 hours ago

Politics

Superior Court Judge Michael Morgan, right, listens as Press Miller, an attorney representing a group opposing the Voter ID law, makes his case as a hearing is held to determine whether the Voter ID law requires a change to the N.C. Constitution in a Wake County courtroom on Jan. 30, 2015.

Judge to take several weeks to rule on NC voter ID challenge

A Wake County judge plans to take two to three weeks to decide whether a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's voter ID law should be dismissed or proceed to trial this summer. The case is rooted in an overhaul of NC election law that was adopted by...

Nation/World News

A Hezbollah supporter holds up a portrait of late Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh, right, and Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, during a ceremony marking the death of six Hezbollah fighters, including the son of Mughniyeh, and an Iranian general who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria’s Golan Heights last week, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. Nasrallah said his group will no longer abide by any rules of engagements suggesting he has the right to retaliate to any future Israeli attack at the place and time Hezbollah choses.

CIA, Mossad killed senior Hezbollah figure in 2008 car bombing

Until now, the United States has never acknowledged participation in the killing of Hezbollah’s international operations chief Imad Mughniyah. 2 minutes ago

Living

The Oliver Chaise from Century’s Signature Collection.

Chaising comfort: The 'fainting couch' come back into style

The chaise, whose origins stretch back to the day beds of ancient Egypt and Greece, had fallen out of favor. But new looks are making it more appealing to today's furniture buyers.