In the span of an afternoon, the North Carolina General Assembly revealed and passed legislation that will pause the state’s gas tax through November, if it becomes law. Though nearly all Democrats voted for the GOP-written bill, they...
The security guard on duty the day of the Hedingham mass shooting in 2022, along with several companies that had been tasked with protecting the neighborhood, settled a lawsuit Thursday with families of those killed and survivors...
North Carolinians who have been inundated with TV campaign commercials may start noticing a gap in ads for Senate candidate Michael Whatley. The Whatley campaign has temporarily pulled ads on television, a campaign source told...
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is dropping oral rabies vaccines from the sky to protect people and animals. Rabies is nearly 100% fatal after the onset of symptoms, and humans are generally exposed via the saliva...
President Donald Trump’s administration is distributing $90 checks to millions of seniors this month. It is far from his first vow to send cash to Americans, but his similar past promises have not always materialized. More than 20...
A Taliban gunman shot 15-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, a vocal opponent of the ultraconservative group’s prohibition on the education of girls; despite being struck in the head, she survived the assassination...
ROOMMATES AND CLOSE FRIENDS AT UNC In September 2012, Rosario lived in a onebedroom apartment on Old Chapel Hill Road. Hedgepeth had moved in about a month earlier, Rosario testified. “Initially it felt like a never-ending sleepover,”...
