Dafney Tales-Lafortune spends most of her days in her kitchen, so much so that she and her husband opened a Haitian food truck called Bon Fritay in 2020. "Food is the epicenter of our culture," she said.

North Carolina’s standing as a key state to win in the 2024 election is emphasized by back-to-back visits by the four candidates running to lead the executive branch.

The vice president has raised Democrats’ hopes of winning the Tar Heel State, a populous battleground that has been just beyond their grasp ever since Barack Obama briefly turned it blue in 2008.