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President Trump used a Fort Bragg appearance on Friday to praise U.S. Special Forces for last month's raid that removed Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro. But his visit also felt at times more like a political rally than an official trip to fete the military.
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Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesA federal judge in Illinois quickly issued a restraining order after the Trump administration slashed more than $600 million in CDC grants to four blue states. -
Abbie Parr/APU.S. snowboarders psych themselves up before competition with heavy metal and pop music, cat photos, and apparently many on the men's halfpipe team now do Qigong.
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The town accused the utility giant of engaging in a decades-long public deception campaign downplaying the risks of fossil fuels and climate change. The judge says the case presents "nonjusticiable questions." -
WUNC music reporter Brian Burns chats with pedal steel guitarist Luke Schneider ahead of his show at The Fuzzy Needle on February 20. -
Those agencies, as well as the State Bureau of Investigation, told a legislative committee that lagging salaries are making it difficult to recruit and retain employees for key positions. -
In-person early voting for the 2026 primary election begins today in all 100 counties of North Carolina. Voters will have until 3 p.m. on February 28 to cast their ballot before the Primary Election Day on March 3. -
Measles exposure in Wake, Durham and Orange occurred at various locations on Feb. 5 and Feb. 6. Johnston County also reported a measles case Wednesday — the first it's had since 2018. -
“We Built This”: New exhibit at NC Central profiles the Black architects, builders of North CarolinaA new Black History Month exhibit showcasing the Black men and women who built and designed some of North Carolina’s iconic buildings launched recently at North Carolina Central University’s James E. Shepard Memorial Library. -
8,500 acre Chatham Park Development could transform Pittsboro, N.C. -
The utility is currently asking state regulators for permission to raise rates and increase its returns. -
The Energy Saver NC program was funded with $208 million from the Inflation Reduction Act. It is intended to help low- and moderate-income households slash utility bills.
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Months after federal officers conducted raids in Charlotte, an update on unanswered questions. With early voting underway, we’ll also check in on elections - from a tense Republican primary in Rockingham to a Democratic tussle in Durham. Plus, two UNC journalism students give us an update from the Winter Olympics.
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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.
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