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Manuel Balce Ceneta/APIf the downward trend holds, this year is expected to be the first since 2020 to see overdose deaths fall below the 100,000 mark. However, Black and Native American communities remain vulnerable. -
Mohammed Salem/ReutersThe Israeli military says three militants were killed in an operation in Gaza and intelligence agents are examining whether Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was one of them.
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The election is almost here. And public radio journalists from across North Carolina are collaborating on two hours of special programming. From the big picture to local issues, battleground legislative races, to the changing composition of the electorate. Host Jeff Tiberii and guests share the history, context, knowledge and understanding as the voting booth soon opens. -
This week marks two years since five people were killed in mass shooting in Raleigh's Hedingham neighborhood. The families of the victims have filed a civil lawsuit against the alleged shooter and Hedingham's homeowners' association, claiming the HOA did not respond to complaints of rising crime in the neighborhood. -
Elections officials in western North Carolina originally planned to open 80 early voting sites for the general election, storm damage from Helene and road closures have reduced that number to 76 -
The September report from the Government Accountability Office said the shortages are part of a long-standing maintenance problem for the Navy. -
Elaine Marshall has been the Secretary of State for North Carolina since 1997, serving under five different governors. Challenging the longtime incumbent Democrat for a seat of the Council of State is Chad Brown, a Republican, a former small-town mayor, and a former baseball player. -
Leoneda Inge chats with Dr. Nikita Y. Harris, founder of the National Black Debutante Project, about her work researching and archiving Black debutante history. -
Leoneda Inge sits down with Mary Lambeth Moore, host of the new podcast, Recovering Debs, to discuss debutante societies in the South — and the daughters who tried to buck the familial bonds of participation. -
Leoneda Inge chats with Heather Overton, assistant director of public affairs at North Carolina Department Agriculture and Consumer Services, about new food and programming at the 2024 NC State Fair.
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Rising heat is making outdoor jobs more difficult, dangerous... and even deadly.
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We’re talking to candidates for key downballot races on the WUNC Politics Podcast as part of our Down The Ballot series. Next up: The race for insurance commissioner. The insurance commissioner gets the final say on whether insurance companies can raise the rates you pay for home and auto insurance. And this year’s election for the position comes amid a proposed 42% average homeowners insurance premium hike. The commissioner also oversees insurance fraud and consumer protection work at the agency. WUNC spoke with the Republican incumbent, Commissioner Mike Causey, and his opponent, Democratic state Sen. Natasha Marcus, about their views on the insurance rate increase process and other issues facing the department.Sign up for our free, weekly WUNC Politics Newsletter here to read more from the Down The Ballot series.
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Many autistic people assigned female at birth remain undiagnosed at 18, so what's it like to get an autism diagnosis in your adulthood? Anita meets two women whose paths to a diagnosis started on the internet. Plus a non-binary photographer shares how their late autism diagnosis has informed their marriage and sense of self.Meet the guests:- Irene Chon, neurodivergent creator and self-empowerment coach, talks about the challenge of getting assessed for autism as an adult and why working in customer service was kind of the perfect job for her as an autistic person- Kofi Robinson, a lawyer and TikTok creator, shares how her autistic traits coincide with the expectations for a good lawyer and how she makes solid friendships- Jenni Chapman, a queer and nonbinary photographer, draws parallels between coming out as queer and coming out as autistic, and how she's preparing to handle noise sensitivity as a parentRead the transcript | Review the podcast on your preferred platformFollow Embodied on TikTok and Instagram Leave a message for EmbodiedDig Deeper:A 2022 study on autism and people assigned female at birthThe TikTok account that made Irene realize she was autisticJenni's podcast, The Queer Soul Spotlight
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