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The student-led Sustainable Schools Coalition wants the Durham Board of Education to develop a Climate Action Plan, as agreed by the board in 2021.

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Trump created the group to oversee his ceasefire plan in Gaza, and said member states have pledged $7 billion for Gaza reconstruction. He also said the U.S. will contribute $10 billion to the Board of Peace.
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For much of Thursday's final, it seemed Canada would refuse to relinquish the throne of Olympic women's ice hockey to this younger American squad. But the U.S. found the grit to topple them, 2-1.
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The Trump administration says that 31 universities, including Duke University, have agreed to cut ties with a nonprofit that helps racial minorities earn doctorate degrees.
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The federal Transportation Department says more than 550 commercial driving schools in the U.S. that train truckers and bus drivers must close after investigators found they employed unqualified instructors, failed to adequately test students and had other safety issues.
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UNC Health System will integrate the radiation technology into their main campus in Chapel Hill in 2028 to help treat cancer patients. The cost of the project is $40 million.
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Last week, the EPA rolled back a key climate finding that gave the federal agency the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Wednesday morning, environmental groups took the EPA and its administrator, Lee Zeldin, to court.
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State lawmakers are considering new restrictions on local governments' ability to increase property tax revenue as part of an effort to bring down homeowners' tax bills.
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The agents' body armor, helmets, and camouflage mimic military special forces, but may not be the most effective gear for enforcing immigration law.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at the age of 84, was known not just as a tireless advocate for the Civil Rights Movement but as one of its most dynamic orators.
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What once was a church has taken on a new congregation: low-income seniors searching for affordable housing.
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WUNC music reporter Brian Burns chats with drummer and composer Makaya McCraven ahead of his two shows at The Pinhook on February 23.
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Leoneda Inge talks to Claudius “C.B.” Claiborne, the first Black basketball player at Duke, about athletics and activism, and how the fight for inclusion continues today. Then, a new cookbook revives some legendary old recipes from Mama Dip’s Kitchen.
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Soph Myers-Kelley and his mom, René Myers, got diagnosed with the same connective tissue disorder one year apart. What happened next was a process of learning together — and getting glimpses into the past and future of what living with the disorder is like.