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The leader of North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles says his agency is rapidly filling open positions to address long wait times at DMV offices.
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Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Trump signed a series of executive orders doubling down on law enforcement, particularly related to Washington, D.C., but he equivocated on whether he will send troops to Chicago next. -
Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesThe detention, which was expected, happened after Abrego Garcia walked into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Baltimore for a check-in after being released from custody on Friday.
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The N.C. Utilities Commission directed Duke to work with wind energy developers to see if committing to a wind farm by the mid-2030s is cost effective. -
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education voted earlier in the week to eliminate hundreds of positions amid a $46 million budget crisis. -
The state’s largest health system says federal pressure influenced its decision. Families and advocates say the move is devastating for transgender kids. -
In 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court said a partisan redistricting case out of North Carolina raised a political, nonjusticiable question for federal courts, leaving the issue to states, their laws and their court systems to manage. -
The Topsail Turtle project has announced that one nest beat the odds, hatching during Hurricane Erin despite the high ocean water at the beach. -
Although the storm has moved away from eastern North Carolina, the impacts are not nearly over for area beaches and waves and rip current risks could be elevated into the weekend. -
A few brave surfers took advantage of higher than usual waves caused by Hurricane Erin. -
NC doesn't have any cooling standards, which are local or state laws that require landlords to provide AC during the summer. -
Rip currents are one of the coast's greatest dangers and account for the most beach rescues every year. Hurricane Erin is bringing the potentially deadly currents to the East Coast this week. About 100 people drown from rip currents along U.S. beaches each year.
Due South: Latest Story
author photo by Amanda Ward
NC State ecologist Rob Dunn takes us on a journey, explaining why humans are dependent on our relationships with nature. His new book is The Call of the Honeyguide: What Science Tells Us about How to Live Well with the Rest of Life. Then, WUNC’s podcast The Broadside investigates the "Devil’s Tramping Ground" in Chatham County, NC.
Embodied Radio Show: Latest Episode
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More than a million people in the U.S. have used donor sperm in the past three decades. One donor-conceived person shares his story of searching for biological family members and what he learned while on that journey.
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