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The author, whose real name was Madeleine Sophie Wickham, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in late 2022.
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In the latest in a series of legal setbacks for Trump's deployments, a judge ruled the administration must end its deployment to Los Angeles and return control of National Guard troops to California.
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Chapel Hill Schools voted in 2024 to disregard state law around children changing their names or pronouns and a ban on instruction addressing gender identity before 5th grade.
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The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina could be federally recognized through the National Defense Authorization Act the House plans to vote on this week.
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After North Carolina froze funds, Legal Aid has closed nine offices and laid off dozens of attorneysMuch of the funding for low-income civil legal services has been frozen in North Carolina for the past five months — an unprecedented shift that has long-ranging consequences.
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Raafe Purnsley, better known as Stormie Daie, has spent the last decade-plus as one of the most beloved drag performers and educators in Durham.
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A North Carolina Hospital Was Slated To Open in 2025. Mired in Bureaucracy, It’s Still a Dirt Field.Regulations meant to prevent unfettered health care expansion are withholding needed hospital beds in a rural part of North Carolina. Here, as in communities around the country, some officials and health care providers are contesting such “certificate of need” laws.
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A man who says he was held down and beaten by members of a religious group in North Carolina wants the prosecutor removed from his case.
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The statewide initiative is through a partnership between the nonprofit Girls Who Code International and North Carolina Science Trails, which is a network of museums and nature centers across the state. The initiative is aimed at creating safe spaces in places like libraries for girls to learn about real-world opportunities in technology and science industries.
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A North Carolina judge says a Honduran man charged in a non-fatal stabbing on a Charlotte commuter train will remain held without bond. Officials say the 33-year-old suspect, Oscar Solarzano, is in the country illegally.
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A clash between North Carolina municipalities over water from the Cape Fear River. With winter having just hit here in the final days of fall, we get a longer-term forecast for what the months ahead may have in store. Plus, building a more climate resilient future for the Christmas tree industry.
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About half of all HIV-positive people in long term relationships have HIV-negative partners. This mixed-status life affects everything from sex and intimacy to immigration.