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CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS – In 2015, Mark Oakley, then an officer with the Roanoke Rapids Police Department, slammed a detainee at the Halifax County jail to the ground, then “tased him” while the man was “in handcuffs and posed no […]

WUNC – The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles is rolling out a new online tool to help cut down on wait times at its driver license offices. Customers can now check how busy each site is before heading out. […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Adams County, Ohio – Afroman or Joseph E. Foreman successfully defended his First Amendment freedom of speech and expression against a lawsuit from Ohio’s Adams County Sheriff’s Office. In 2022, Afroman’s house was raided, robbed, […]

STATELINE – The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices on Monday appeared skeptical of the validity of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, in a case that could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of voters during the upcoming midterm elections. […]

  By Guns & Ammo Staff Virginia is poised to become the 12th state in the nation to ban so-called “assault weapons”. Senate Bill 749, which passed along party lines by the Democrat-controlled General Assembly and now sitting on Gov. […]

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer A growing set of tax incentives meant to encourage development and expand affordable housing in Wake County is now raising alarms among local officials, who say a surge in property tax exemptions could jeopardize funding […]

THE HILL – On a humid afternoon in Lagos, a shoot for a comedy skit is under way on a set that looks more like a small film production. Dozens of people mill about: lighting assistants, a sound engineer, a […]

By Jordan Meadows  Staff Writer The Civil War dramatically reshaped the lives of enslaved people in eastern North Carolina, particularly after Union forces captured key coastal towns in 1862. Before the war, the conditions faced by enslaved African Americans in […]

Raleigh, NC – The Dudley Flood Center for Educational Opportunity is proud to announce the receipt of a combined $525,000 in grant funding over three years from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Conway/Holderness Family Fund. This catalytic and sustaining […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Alaina Love’s book Permission to be You promises you can “discover your purpose and passions to bring your best self to everything and everyone.” The heartbeat of Love’s book is the Passion Profiler, a tool […]