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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="880"] he North Carolina Utilities Commission listen to testimony in their downtown Raleigh hearing room on October 14, 2025. Different stakeholders presented to the commission ideas for how to balance energy demand for data centers with ratepayer protections. (Celeste Gracia / WUNC)[/caption] WUNC-Data centers require an enormous amount of energy. In North Carolina, state regulators are trying to figure out how to meet this unprecedented demand while

(THE CONVERSATION) Your phone buzzes at 6 a.m. It's ChatGPT: "I see you're traveling to New York this week. Based on your preferences, I've found three restaurants near your hotel. Would you like me to make a reservation?" You didn't ask for this. The AI simply knew your plans from scanning your calendar and email and decided to help. Later, you mention to the chatbot needing flowers for your wife's

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="780"] The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., hosts both chambers of Congress. Provided / U.S. Capitol Visitor Center[/caption] Carolina Public Press-As the federal government crept into its third week of shutdown Wednesday, deadlines for when some essential services that affect North Carolina residents will run out of funding are quickly nearing or have already passed. Food and nutrition programs. Federal court operations. Disaster relief funds. All

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="880"] Jonathon Gruenke / for WUNC[/caption] WUNC - Hundreds of North Carolina cities and towns from Murphy to Manteo - and Canton to Calabash - will elect mayors and municipal boards on Nov. 4. If you're not in a larger community, finding news coverage of the candidates and issues can be tricky. Here at WUNC, we've got coverage of the municipal elections in Cary, Chapel Hill and

RALEIGH-Governor Josh Stein has proclaimed October Cybersecurity Awareness Month in North Carolina and is encouraging all North Carolinians to prioritize online safety and protect themselves from online threats and scams. "Unfortunately, there are always bad actors out there looking to take advantage of you and your loved ones online," said Governor Josh Stein. "While my administration works to keep North Carolinians safe against cyber attacks, I encourage you to take steps to

NEW YORK (AP) - Internet disruptions tied to Amazon's cloud computing service affected people around the world Monday trying to connect to online services used for work, social media and video games. About three hours after the outage began, Amazon Web Services said it was starting to recover from the problem. But the company later said it was continuing to respond to "significant" errors and connectivity issues across multiple services.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A neutering by the Supreme Court of the Voting Rights Act's last remaining major provision would potentially trigger a political avalanche - an event that starts narrow but gathers momentum as it spreads across the national map. In this case, the benefit would be to Republicans seeking to maintain a majority in the House of Representatives, perhaps for many years to come. Such a change seemed more

NEW YORK (AP) - Uncertainty over the economy and tariffs is forcing retailers to pull back or delay plans to hire seasonal workers who pack orders at distribution centers, serve shoppers at stores and build holiday displays during the most important selling season of the year. American Christmas LLC, which creates elaborate holiday installations for commercial properties such as New York's Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall, plans to

NC NEWSLINE - North Carolina Republicans are quickly advancing a plan to add another Republican seat to the state's congressional delegation. A state Senate committee on Monday adopted a plan that would likely make one more district unwinnable for a Democrat. Republicans are redrawing the northeast 1st Congressional District to be more advantageous for the GOP - a move that will likely flip control of the seat as President Donald

[caption id="attachment_14132" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Sen. Jay Chaudhuri (D-Wake) joined advocates to talk about school meal funding.[/caption] NC Newsline - North Carolina state and local leaders gathered Monday at Oak Grove Elementary School in Raleigh to call on the General Assembly to fund the state's Farm to School program, warning that federal cuts could threaten student nutrition and local farmers. The event, held during National School Lunch Week and Farm to