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Decision 2024

Triangle residents who are fans of thrills and themed attractions don't have to travel far to experience some of the best.

Guide: Amusement parks within driving distance of Raleigh

New Carowinds rollercoaster nears opening date

Cuba Coverage

 Tar Heel Traveler, Scott Mason takes us to a Cuban café east of Asheville.

CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, THOUGH, ON SATURDAY ROLLS AROUND. OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER HAS BEEN SAMPLING FOOD FROM OTHER CULTURES. AND TONIGHT WE FIND HIM IN KIND OF SCOTT MASON TAKES US TO A CUBAN CAFE EAST OF ASHEVILLE. >> HERE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA IN BLACK MASK IS AN AUTHENTIC TASTE. >> SO HERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'M TELL YOU ABOUT THE LAYERS. YOU HAVE THE POOR, THE PICKLES, THE HAM, THE SWIFTS, THE CUBAN SANDWICH. DELICIOUS. I HAVEN'T HAD GOOD HUMAN FOOD. 10 GOING DOWN TO MIAMI AND THIS IS NOT OLD HAVANA, BUT THE FOOD. >> THE FOOD. >> I LOVE IT. I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOME PLACE LIKE THIS COUSINS, CUBAN CAFE. THIS SESSION IS VERY AUTHENTIC. AND THIS IS OUR MOST POPULAR BALL AT A PART OVERLAID TONE WHICH WE ROAST IN THE OVEN ALL NIGHT FOR MO WHO POOR AND MANGO ICE TEA AND COFFEE. OH, MY GOODNESS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOU BEEN COUGHING? ROCK YOUR WORLD AND DEAN AND PEOPLE LOOK AT ONE THAT THE MEDIA IS SO FULL OF ENTHUSIASM FOR THE FOOD AND FAMILY. EVERY FAMILY HAS A STORY. MY PARENTS CAME OVER 1961. AND THE WHOLE FAMILY. THE WHOLE FAMILY FOLLOWED FROM CUBA. THEY CAME TO THIS COUNTRY WITH NOTHING. THEY WERE UNABLE TO BRING ANYTHING FROM CUBA. JUST A SUITCASE WITH THAT. AND THERE ARE RECIPES WITH. I THINK EVERYBODY TASTE THE LOVE THROUGH OUR FOOD AND IT'S ALL MADE THE CUBAN SANDWICH WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BUTTER ON TOP JUST GET ALL MELTED IN AND ALL THOSE LAYERS JUST COME TOGETHER. COUSINS HAVE COME TOGETHER. THIS IS A DANCING DRAGONFLY. MY COUSINS OWNED THIS STORE GIFT STORE NEXT DOOR TO THE RESTAURANT. WE LOVE THE IDEA THAT YOU COULD SHOP AND THEN GOING TO THE CAFE. WELCOME DEATH COUSINS, CUBAN CAFE. HE'S LIKE A LITTLE HOUSE, YOU AS >> I KNOW. IT LOOKS GREAT COUSINS, CUBAN CAFE LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN BLACK MOUNTAIN IS OPEN FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH EVERY DAY EXCEPT WEDNESDAY.

Keeping it all in the family, residents of Black mountain get a taste of Cuban culture

Tar Heel Traveler: A taste of Cuban culture in Asheville 

Amid news surrounding protests in Cuba, a widely shared Facebook post asserts U.S. sanctions on Cuba restrict the country from trading with other countries, too. PolitiFact checks that claim.

Fact check: How does U.S. embargo affect Cuba?

PolitiFact: False

The future of Guantanamo Bay Detention Center remains up in the air as top brass have requested funding to repair a deteriorating facility.

What is the future of the Guantanamo Bay detention center?

A federal appeals court has dealt another blow in the death-penalty case involving a suicide bombing attack 19 years ago because of questions about the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center.

Future of Guantanamo Bay detention center remains up in the air

At Guantanamo Bay, visitors can see the razor wire and a guard tower, which keeps watch on the 40 detainees who are currently housed in the facilities, a number that is sharply lower than the 700 prisoners who have been held at the site over the years.

A look inside Guantanamo Bay Prison

Guantanamo Bay is one of the most notorious detention centers in the world. The facility has held terrorists involved in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks as well as the USS Cole bombing.

NC troops help patrol Guantanamo Bay

Guantanamo Bay

NC troops head to patrol Guantanamo Bay

For the first time, average Cubans became eligible to sign up for internet service for their mobile phones Thursday, a development long awaited on the communist-ruled island.

Internet access via mobile phones starts for all Cubans

In a grave televised speech on Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy announced U.S. spy planes had discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba.

This day in history: Cuban Missile Crisis

A Cuban state airliner crashed and burned moments after takeoff from Havana on Friday, killing nearly all 114 people aboard the nearly 40-year-old plane.

Cuba Coverage

Keeping it all in the family, residents of Black mountain get a taste of Cuban culture

Fact check: How does U.S. embargo affect Cuba?

What is the future of the Guantanamo Bay detention center?

Future of Guantanamo Bay detention center remains up in the air

A look inside Guantanamo Bay Prison

NC troops help patrol Guantanamo Bay

NC troops head to patrol Guantanamo Bay

Internet access via mobile phones starts for all Cubans

This day in history: Cuban Missile Crisis

This day in history: Cuban Missile Crisis

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