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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

N.C. State's Trevor Lacey (1) walks off the floor after Clemson's 68-57 victory over N.C. State at PNC Arena in Raleigh.

NC State visits Georgia Tech in familiar territory

Three straight ACC losses have set the Wolfpack back, but coach Mark Gottfried said there's still reason to be hopeful.

Local/State News

T.J. Breeden works with veterans and at-risk students.

T.J. Breeden shows vets how to turn their ideas into new careers

T.J. Breeden’s non-profit, eMerging Entrepreneurs, helps veterans transition into new jobs and start new businesses. 5 minutes ago

Whose Internet is it anyway? Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 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...

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

In this Nov. 4, 2014 photo, two women walk next to a stream "Arroyo Sal" in the Los Reyes community, in the municipality of Tuxtepec in Oaxaca state, Mexico. When the U.S. government backed construction of a new hydroelectric plant in southwestern Mexico, residents rose up and defeated a three-year, $30 million project supported by the little-known Overseas Private Investment Corp. in Washington. It marked a rare instance of a community fighting off development in a country where projects are often pushed through over local objections.

US-backed Mexico dam project triggered protest, rare defeat

Protests resulted in a rare instance of a community fighting off development in a country where projects are often pushed through over local objections. 2 hours ago

Living

The Oliver Chaise from Century’s Signature Collection.

Chaising comfort: The 'fainting couch' comes 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.

Entertainment

Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of late singer and entertainer Whitney Houston was found Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, unresponsive in a bathtub by her husband and a friend and taken to an Atlanta-area hospital. The incident remains under investigation.

Whitney Houston’s daughter found unresponsive in tub

The daughter of late singer and entertainer Whitney Houston was found unresponsive in a bathtub Saturday and taken to a hospital in the north Atlanta suburbs, police said. 1 hour ago