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[caption id="attachment_15694" align="alignnone" width="1185"] LIGON RENOVATION LISTENING SESSION HELD-Dr. Rober Taylor (right), Wake County Public Schools Superintendent, followed through on the first of listening sessions he promised regarding the Ligon Magnet Middle School Renovation on Thursday, Jan. 8th. Nearly 100 interested persons were in attendance at the session held in the Junior High School Auditorium. 20-presenters took the microphone, and voiced their opinions of the two hours session on three

DENVER (AP) - The U.S. Center for SafeSport announced Benita Fitzgerald Mosley as its new CEO on Tuesday, placing the 1984 Olympic gold medalist in charge of rebooting an agency that has been plagued with problems over most of its nearly nine-year history. Fitzgerald Mosley will start her job Feb. 1, saying in a statement provided to The Associated Press that it is "more than a job opportunity for me,

Carolina Public Press - When Southeast Middle School social studies teacher Eric Shock's eighth-graders walked into class one day last semester, they noticed a piece of paper on the board. It was a bill being considered by the North Carolina General Assembly that would ban cellphones in schools. His students weren't happy. "Of course, all the kids are like, 'No, we need to have cellphones,'" Shock recalled. So, he gave them

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration's criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appeared on Monday to be emboldening defenders of the U.S. central bank against the efforts of President Donald Trump to control the Fed. The backlash reflected the bigger stakes of a contest about the fate of the Fed's independence, the balance of power within the federal government, and the path of the U.S. economy. Trump has

(AP NEWS) After a frenetic few months of congressional redistricting efforts, President Donald Trump's plan to reshape voting districts for partisan advantage ahead of this year's midterm elections stands at an important juncture. Will Republican- and Democratic-led states ramp up their remapping of U.S. House districts as new legislative sessions get underway? Or will the mid-decade redistricting frenzy fade away following Indiana's resounding rejection of Trump's pressure-packaged campaign? "We're at a crossroads to

Hundreds of people marched through Durham, North Carolina Saturday as part of nationwide protests against the Trump Administration.

[caption id="attachment_15592" align="alignnone" width="1440"] Protesters gather during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer earlier in the week, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)[/caption] MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Thousands of people marched in Minneapolis on Saturday to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer there and the shooting of two people in Portland, Oregon. Minnesota leaders urged demonstrators to remain peaceful.

NNPA - The losses came steadily in 2025, not as a single rupture but as a quiet procession. Voices that once filled sanctuaries, arenas, studios, television screens, and living rooms went still. The year closed with Black America taking inventory not only of who died, but of what each life carried into the culture and what now remains behind. From gospel and soul to film, television, activism, and sport, the

NC HEALTH NEWS - More than 13 years have passed since a group of prominent state retirees filed a lawsuit challenging what was then a new state law that required them to start paying for health care benefits they had received free of charge for years as part of their benefits package. Now, attorneys for the state agencies that oversee the state health plan are asking the state Supreme Court

[caption id="attachment_15556" align="aligncenter" width="620"] The International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C. Photograph: Chris Carlson/AP[/caption] The Conversation - Across the United States, political polarization has deepened to historic levels. In a report published in May 2025, the Pew Research Center found that Americans are more divided and less trusting of one another than at any point in recent decades. Yet museums remain among the few places where curiosity still draws