Author: The Carolinian

Tens of thousands of people serving punishments for felony convictions in North Carolina but who aren’t behind bars can now register to vote and cast ballots following an appeals court ruling.  Expanding the scope of those able to register and vote began on Wednesday, the State Board of Elections said. It came the day after local elections were held in more than a dozen localities. The change proceeds from litigation

By ANITA SNOW Pope Francis dons a headdress during a visit with Indigenous peoples at Maskwaci, the former Ermineskin Residential School, Monday, July 25, 2022, in Maskwacis, Alberta. Pope Francis traveled to Canada to apologize to Indigenous peoples for the abuses committed by Catholic missionaries in the country's notorious residential schools. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) It was a stunning image: Pope Francis briefly wearing a full Indigenous headdress, its rows of

A traveler makes her way past emergency responders standing outside the ticketing and check in area at Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Monday, July 25, 2022. A 37-year-old woman fired several gunshots, apparently at the ceiling, inside of Dallas' Love Field Airport on Monday before an officer shot and wounded her, authorities said. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) A 37-year-old woman fired several gunshots, apparently at the ceiling, inside of Dallas’ Love

A traveler makes her way past emergency responders standing outside the ticketing and check in area at Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Monday, July 25, 2022. A 37-year-old woman fired several gunshots, apparently at the ceiling, inside of Dallas' Love Field Airport on Monday before an officer shot and wounded her, authorities said. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) A 37-year-old woman fired several gunshots, apparently at the ceiling, inside of Dallas’ Love

By NOAH BERGER and JOCELYN GECKER Flames from the Oak Fire consume a home on Triangle Road in Mariposa County, Calif., Saturday, July 23, 2022.  A fast-moving brush fire near Yosemite National Park exploded in size Saturday into one of California’s largest wildfires of the year, prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people and shutting off power to more than 2,000 homes and businesses.  The Oak Fire started Friday afternoon

By STEVE KARNOWSKI FILE - This June 3, 2020, file photo, provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota, shows Thomas Lane is shown. Former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane is hoping for a sentence Thursday, July 21, 2022, that could let him go free after as little as two years in prison for his role in the killing of George Floyd. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP, file)

DR. JOYNICOLE MARTINEZ, Staff Writer North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed the state budget into law this week, marking the second year in a row that he's accepted the Republican’s comprehensive state spending plan after vetoing budget bills in 2017, 2018 and 2019. The budget alters the second year of the two-year budget bill Cooper signed last November. It also lifts the state of emergency in place since the coronavirus

The Republican Party made historic gains with minority communities in the 2016 and 2020 elections. Black, Asian, and especially Hispanic American voters compelled by the bold leadership of President Trump and our inclusive Republican message of opportunity and patriotism shifted towards the GOP. Today, the RNC, under the leadership of Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, remains committed to making the GOP a more diverse, big-tent party. And our diversity goes far beyond

The White House said the President presents medals to individuals who have had significant cultural impacts or made significant contributions to the country or the world. A reported bout with Covid kept actor Denzel Washington from attending the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony at the White House on Thursday, but 16 others, including Olympic Champion Simone Biles, U.S. soccer player Megan Rapinoe, and Khazir Khan, joined President Joe Biden to

BIXBY, Okla. (AP) — A Black business leader and community activist who joined Tulsa civic leaders in fighting then-President Donald Trump’s plan to hold a campaign rally on Juneteenth in a city known as the site of one of the nation’s deadliest white-on-Black mob attacks has been killed in what police describe as a domestic incident at her home. Investigators were trying Thursday to develop a timeline that led to