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With 'dark pleas,' convicts face choice between innocence, freedom
Leroy Spruill and Wallace Brandon Jones served 26 years for murder before they took a plea and were released in 2021. But the plea deal came with a price: They had to drop their long-held claims of innocence.
In Charlotte, a new model for a local food system
A new planned distribution center and grocery store in West Charlotte offers a vision of an alternative food system, one built with the help of local farms and with better access to healthy foods in mind.
Supreme Court won't revisit Michigan police beating claims in mistaken arrest case
Justice Sonia Sotomayor lamented that a fundamental question remains unanswered in the police misconduct lawsuit.
The haunting of Ri Ra Irish Pub: When businesses embrace the paranormal
Some say Ri Ra Irish Pub in Charlotte is haunted. What does it take for historic businesses to capitalize on their "haunted" reputations?
Fourth Circuit hears Zion Williamson contract dispute with former agent
Prime Sports Marketing argues New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson improperly benefited while a student-athlete at Duke. But Williamson says he'd already announced plans to quit school and join the NBA.
NBA star Zion Williamson's sports marketing squabble heads to Fourth Circuit
Zion Williamson won a lawsuit to terminate his contract with Prime Sports Marketing. But the firm is appealing the decision, and has leveled some accusations of its own.
How a Charlotte community fought to save affordable housing (and won)
When a Charlotte community learned that 32 homes were being sold by the same landlord, residents leapt into action to keep them affordable.
Supreme Court won't hear North Carolina beach house property rights case
A Virginia couple argued Covid-19 restrictions blocking access to their North Carolina beach house amounted to a seizure of their property.