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As part of their big comeback, black bears are returning to central North Carolina, where they’ve been missing for decades.
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Ilia Yefimovich/AFP via Getty ImagesIran's top officials pushed back against a ceasefire plan and President Trump's deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz, striking a defiant tone as the warring sides traded missile attacks. -
The Artemis II astronauts have broken a record set by NASA's Apollo 13 astronauts. Once they arrive at the moon late Monday, the crew will loop about 4,000 miles from the lunar surface.
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UNC researchers found that oysters’ ability to bury nitrogen into the seafloor can be a gamechanger. -
The Forest Plan allowance for logging threatened four endangered bat species, according to the ruling. -
Bull City Records owner Chaz Martenstein has announced that he is retiring the store at the end of April. -
A quartet of Republican judges ruled Thursday along party lines to overturn the court’s precedent. At stake is a multi-billion dollar plan to provide state funds to improve public education in North Carolina. -
Justin Gainey has vowed to bring toughness and stability back to N.C. State after his alma mater suddenly had a coaching vacancy for the second year in a row. -
State agencies, private landowners and tribes can preempt wildfires by conducting controlled burns. But these controlled burns can only happen when the forecast allows. -
The Trump Administration revoked the renewals of Temporary Protected Status for residents from Honduras last summer, ending the legal status of thousands of residents who've lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years. -
The nonprofit Harper’s Home, started by a 12-year-old cancer survivor and her mom, is breaking ground later this month on the first phase of housing to help families with children being treated at Duke Children’s Hospital. -
Democrats in North Carolina are scrambling to turn out rural Black voters and say the party cannot win the state without them. Although Democrats are normally strong with Black voters, they tend to fall short in rural areas.
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Leoneda Inge speaks with a reporter about the future of the park, two planners behind how RTP came together, and current park leaders on how they're adjusting with the times.
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A flight attendant and a travel reporter highlight the unseen lives and labor of flight attendants, from jam-packed safety trainings to the emotional care of passengers in a high stakes atmosphere.
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