Author: The Carolinian

RALEIGH, NC, July 10, 2024 - Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) announces the launch of LANC-LIA (Legal Information Assistant), pronounced "Leah," an AI-powered virtual assistant on its website, legalaidnc.org. Developed in LANC's Innovation Lab in collaboration with LawDroid, LANC-LIA is designed to provide efficient and high-quality legal information to underserved communities. Technology is an essential component to the delivery of legal services, with AI poised to revolutionize operations. LANC's

RALEIGH - Three towns in two counties of the Research Triangle Region will be able to begin work on a joint effort to increase water supply to one of the fastest-growing areas of the state now that the Local Government Commission (LGC) gave its seal of approval for more than $368 million to cover project costs. The LGC approved a request from the Wake County towns of Fuquay-Varina and Holly

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Sonya Massey ducked and apologized to an Illinois sheriff's deputy seconds before he shot the Black woman three times in her home, with one fatal blow to the head, as seen in body camera video released Monday. An Illinois grand jury indicted former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson, 30, who is white, last week. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, aggravated

By: Cash Michaels Embattled St. Augustine's University in Raleigh will have its doors open for the coming fall semester, thanks to a reversal by the arbitration committee of The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to reinstate the private, small HBCU of its accreditation membership. SAU may still be in business, but it's not out of the woods yet per its pressing problems. The school is

NEW YORK (AP) - When Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, exits the building on Jan. 1, 2026, he won't be looking back on the institution he's led since 2013 and which has shaped his life for longer than that. "I am taking my shoes with me and the next leader will bring their shoes, because those will be the right shoes for the next 12 years," Walker said

RALEIGH -The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to expand school-based health care in North Carolina. The grant will support NCDHHS' ongoing work to ensure school-aged children and their families have equitable access to health care and behavioral health services readily available in the same places where they learn and grow. "Schools provide

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sitting in the Oval Office behind the iconic Resolute desk in 2022, an animated President Joe Biden described the challenge of leading a psychologically traumatized nation. The United States had endured a life-altering pandemic. There was a jarring burst of inflation and now global conflict with Russia invading Ukraine, as well as the persistent threat to democracy he felt Donald Trump posed. How could Biden possibly heal

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2024 - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $4.5 million in funding to establish three additional USDA Nutrition Hubs in communities across the country. The new Nutrition Hubs will provide tailored and scalable approaches to equitably advance food and nutrition security and help prevent diet-related chronic diseases, especially in historically underserved communities. The additional Hubs will create a network that builds

DURHAM - More resources are on the way for Durham County's small businesses. Durham County is excited to announce that $2.25 million has been awarded to two Durham nonprofits to provide a network of resources to support small businesses. Forward Cities, recipient of a $1.5 million award, will administer E3 (Equity for Every Entrepreneur) Durham, an emergent ecosystem of entrepreneurial support organizations that provides assessment and referral to partner organizations,

[caption id="attachment_8091" align="alignnone" width="588"] L to R: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo, Mayor of Durham, Leonardo Williams, Shaw University President & CEO Dr. Paulette R. Dillard, Operation HOPE Chairman John Hope Bryant.[/caption] RALEIGH - Whether it's business, housing, education, sports - you name it - when Black people are provided with the rules of engagement and a legitimate shot, they excel, Operation HOPE Chairman John Hope Bryant insisted