The N&O Summer Desk is a pop-up initiative to help navigate the season. Whether you’re heading to the beach, mountains or backyard, the Summer Desk is here to guide you. Share your story ideas with us ...

Sipping tea in their pleasant suburban home, Jan Creamer and her husband Tim Phillips look like an ordinary Home Counties ...

So the Cole Bros. Circus is in town this week. What a great place to take your family and friends, teach them about loving animals, and see a good truthful show, right? Wrong. There are many horrible ...

The circus will give its final performance in May. — -- The owners of the famed Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus today pushed back against the idea that animal rights protests influenced ...

What should I know? A circus that features elephants will perform five shows in Raleigh this weekend. What should I share with family and friends? Some North Carolina cities, including Chapel Hill, ...