On a dark, drizzly morning this fall in rural South Carolina, a team of federal agents wearing tactical gear quietly assembled for a mission that was part raid, part rescue operation. The stakes were ...

More than a dozen dogs are now looking for families and forever homes after being rescued from an illegal dog fighting ...

A Gastonia man pleaded guilty to dog fighting during his criminal trial, shortly before he was set to testify in his own defense. Henrique Durant Jr., 46, was arrested in 2023 after investigators ...