Authorities said the group's leader is a "highly aggressive" pit mix with a history of killing small animals. Officials captured him Monday.

Animal control officers made progress Monday rounding up a pack of “highly aggressive” wild dogs who have been terrorizing a central North Carolina town for a month. The group of dogs first emerged in Scotland Neck before February 3 and soon residents were warned about the group “attacking chickens and small pets,

The pack of wild dogs has a lead dog that "is a pit mix and is highly aggressive, with a history of attacking and killing small animals," according to Scotland Neck police.

North Carolina is part of Apple’s $500 billion U.S. expansion plans. Apple will expand facilities in nine states over the next four years and create 20,000 jobs, the tech giant said in a news release Monday. With the company’s largest ever financial commitment, it is focusing on artificial intelligence, silicon engineering and skills development.

Decades ago, NASA sent its astronauts to this North Carolina planetarium for training. Here’s how to visit today.

Apple plans to expand operations in Maiden, North Carolina — roughly 45 minutes from Charlotte — as part of its $500 billion, four-year U.S. expansion, the company announced Monday morning. Why it matters: This is Apple's largest financial commitment to date,

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Caleb Grill and the Missouri Tigers are hungry to get back into the win column and should do so with ease vs. hapless South Carolina, as our college basketball betting picks explain.

It’s a busy Tuesday in college basketball highlighted by tonight’s tilt in the SEC featuring the No. 2 Florida Gators (24-3, 11-3) visit to Athens to take on the Georgia Bulldogs (16-11, 4-10). The Gators have won six straight and nine of their last 10.

A Novant Health helicopter crashed Monday in eastern North Carolina, officials confirmed Monday night. The medical helicopter crash happened on Monday, Feb. 24, near Sidbury Road in New Hanover County.

A spokesman for Novant Health said three team members were on board the helicopter at the time of the crash. They are being transported to the hospital for evaluation. ALSO READ: What we know about Charlotte-area victims who died in the DC mid-air collision There were no patients on the helicopter when the incident occurred,