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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that North Carolina's disputed race for a seat on the state Supreme Court must be reviewed in state courts before the matter can go before a federal tribunal.
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RFK Jr.'s nomination cleared the Senate Finance Committee by a 14-13 party line vote.
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President Trump aims to deport up to 30,000 migrant detainees to a holding facility there, despite the questionable legality of that move.
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Kyrstin Johnson won a college national championship in vault for Talladega College in April 2024. Three months later, the HBCU's gymnastics program was shut down due to lack of funding. She talks with Leoneda Inge about her gymnastics journey and what comes next at her new college.
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Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee shares her family’s history of political and civic engagement, talks about balancing life as a part-time mayor with her full-time job, and delves into Carrboro’s lawsuit against Duke Energy.
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Gov. Josh Stein called urgently for over $1 billion in state funding to help with Hurricane Helene recovery across western North Carolina.
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North Carolina is launching a $20 million pilot program to take law enforcement personnel out of the process of transporting mental health patients being involuntarily committed — aiming to end the traumatic practice of having officers handcuff and transport patients.
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A standing-room-only crowd filled Winston-Salem's Bowman Gray Stadium this weekend for the Clash — the first NASCAR Cup Series event held at the historic venue since 1971. 60% of the tickets sold were to folks from outside North Carolina's Triad. 29-year-old Chase Elliott took the checkered flag.
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Dr. Sonny Kelly’s one-man show, "The Ongoing Fight for Freedom: Stories of NC Black Veterans," is his most recent effort to preserve, and popularize, the history of Black North Carolinians.
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A Raleigh post office is renamed in honor of Millie Dunn Veasey, a NC-born "Six Triple Eight" memberIn January 2025, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law, re-naming a Raleigh Post Office on Brentwood Road as Millie Dunn Veasey Post Office.
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Co-host Leoneda Inge talks with Ansley Wegner about the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker program and its role in documenting North Carolina history — from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement — for all to see.
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Maurice “Mo” Green is the first African American state superintendent in North Carolina’s history and the first Democrat in the office in eight years. His friends describe him as a quiet leader and a defender of public schools, educators, and students.
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Kyrstin Johnson won a college national championship in vault for Talladega College in April 2024. Three months later, the HBCU's gymnastics program was shut down due to lack of funding. She talks with Leoneda Inge about her gymnastics journey and what comes next at her new college.
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Self-help has existed in some form since the dawn of human civilization and has grown into a robust industrial complex. But does self-help really make us better people?