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After being convicted of murder and placed on North Carolina’s death row, Alfred Rivera managed to escape being executed in 1999. He was granted a new trial, where a jury decided evidence proving his innocence was withheld from the first...
More than 100 people living in the United States have contracted a parasitic illness since May 1, and 20 people have been hospitalized, according to the CDC. Cyclosporiasis is an infection caused by the single-celled parasite cyclospora,...
North Carolina is perhaps better associated with copperheads, but the state is also home to rattlesnakes. The state is home to timber “canebrake” rattlesnakes, eastern diamondback rattlesnakes and Carolina pigmy rattlesnakes. Timber...
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A year after Tropical Storm Chantal sent a wall of water rushing through Carrboro’s Weatherhill Pointe, the neighborhood’s biggest challenge isn’t mold, debris or reconstruction. It’s delinquency. The homeowners’ association has liens on...
