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Martha Waggoner

Discovery shows pirates liked treasure – and books

RALEIGH, N.C. – Dead men tell no tales, but there’s new evidence that somebody aboard the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship harbored books among the booty. In an unusual find, research...

‘Penance’ for Iraq war vote: N.C. congressman writes to families of dead troops

RALEIGH, N.C. – On a Sunday morning more than two weeks after four U.S. soldiers were ambushed and killed in Niger, Rep. Walter Jones sat at the desk in his North Carolina office, doing what...

1st black Marines get memorial

RALEIGH, N.C. – At the dedication of a memorial Friday honoring the first black U.S. Marines, John Spencer recalled what it was like to become a Montford Point Marine. “I’ll think...

Not-so modern dream

North Carolina Triangle a hotbed for fans of modernist homes

Blackbeard’s flagship causing new troubles in N.C.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Nearly 300 years after the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship sank off the North Carolina coast, a shipwreck-hunting company and the state are battling over treasure linked to the ...