The 13 Bellwether Counties That Could Decide The Election
Want an easy way to tell who will win the election? Check out these battleground state counties that have closely reflected the statewide vote.
North Carolina
Manure Happens, Especially When Hog Farms Flood
When Hurricane Matthew hit North Carolina last month, it flooded more than a dozen manure lagoons at hog farms. Environmentalists say it shows that these farms are too risky for the state.
A Tale Of Two Counties: A Visit To A Swing State's Richest And Poorest Places
North Carolina's Bertie and Wake counties are about a two-hour drive apart, but the divide between them is huge. And it's easy to see the links between people's lives here and the way they are voting.
Human History Recorded In Mud
When you step into mud, it kind of slurps up between your toes. What if someone found your mud-slurping footprint 15,000 years from now?
Scientists have uncovered 15,000 year old fossil human footprints, with incredible, mud-slurping detail. What do they tell us about the people that lived there?
A Week From Election Day, Democrats Have Many Paths To A Majority
Republicans are hoping "check and balance" arguments can help save their majority, but Democrats have multiple paths to the four or five seats they need to win control of the Senate.
Some Machines Are Flipping Votes, But That Doesn't Mean They're Rigged
As early voting starts, there are scattered reports of touch-screen voting machines "flipping" votes from one candidate to another. Old voting machines, not a "rigged" election, are likely to blame.
Two Weeks Out: Democrats Have The Edge In The Fight For The Senate
States like Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Missouri and North Carolina will be decisive, and they're all moving Democrats' way as Republicans are put further on the defensive by Donald Trump.
What Went Wrong — A Police Video Deconstructed
What's striking about all the controversial police videos we've covered is how different they can look to people, depending on their backgrounds. We asked several people to watch the video, each one separately, and then added their observations as "pop-up" quotes in the video.
What Went Wrong — A Police Video Deconstructed
Body camera footage shows two police officers responding to a routine call about a possible burglary in North Carolina. The encounter comes to a bad end, but what's fascinating is how it gets there.
Judge Dismisses Newtown Families' Lawsuit Against Gun Maker
A judge on Friday dismissed a wrongful-death lawsuit by Newtown families against the maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre, citing an embattled federal law t