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The Department of Defense Inspector General blames four canine deaths on outdated and unsanitary military kennels at ten bases.
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ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images/AFPThis week, the biggest chart news revolves around Harry Styles all the time. Other artists, occasionally. -
Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesNPR has learned that mediators have quietly given Hamas a proposal to hand over all its weapons to ensure Gaza's reconstruction.
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North Carolina drivers can now check DMV wait times online before leaving home. -
High Point stuns Wisconsin 83-82 in March Madness on Chase Johnston's first 2-point basket of seasonChase Johnston made his first 2-point basket of the season, a fast-break layup with 11.7 seconds remaining that gave No. 12 seed High Point an 83-82 victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. -
Duke enters the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed and looking to avenge a missed opportunity from a year ago. The Blue Devils were bounced in the Final Four by Houston despite a team that included five NBA players, including three lottery picks and two players now battling neck-and-neck for the Rookie of the Year honors in Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel. -
The "HomeGrown" initiative will unfold over the next three years, but not everyone agrees the commitment is enough to address what some see as an extractive relationship between Duke and the Durham community. -
The school board got a grim preview of next school year's budget proposal, as teachers described an email warning $18m cuts to special education. -
The proposal would ask voters to consider mandating that the General Assembly enact levy limits on local governments. It does not include any specifics about the level of those limits. -
A machine recount is underway following the state's normal procedure, but Senate leader Phil Berger wants election officials to perform a hand-to-eye recount on certain types of ballots. -
Insurance is staying relatively flat, but that’s not the whole story. -
The ruling comes after Dr. Julie Goodman submitted what she called “corrections” to her findings—updates that included nearly 300 changes to her analysis of dozens of medical studies.
Due South: Latest Story
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March Madness is here, and so are bracketology and betting — and that has a new meaning since sports gambling became legal in our state two years ago. A sports reporter and an author talk about changes in how North Carolinians place their wagers and who pays the price.
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Sugar daddies and sugar babies have a transactional relationship: money and gifts are exchanged for companionship and sometimes sex. A former sugar baby and a researcher take us inside the world of sugar dating.
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