AI Is Quietly Becoming The Holiday Shopper’s Secret Weapon

BUSINESS INSIDER - You may have artificial intelligence to thank for your Christmas gift this year. From tech to retail, companies are going all in on AI this year, and it looks like consumers are following suit. This holiday season, shoppers are embracing AI to help find and purchase gifts. New data from Salesforce, which creates AI agents through its Agentforce platform, found that AI agents drove 17% of the

New Wake County Park Will Bring Walking Trails To Raleigh-Knightdale Border

WUNC - Wake County broke ground at Kellam-Wyatt County Park recently in its latest effort to expand green spaces in the area. The 59-acre property located near the border of Raleigh and Knightdale will have community and demonstration gardens, nature trails, a renovated farmhouse and educational and recreational programs, among other features. According to Wake County Parks, Recreation and Open Space director Chris Snow, the main thing community members wanted

HUD Sued To Block Changes To Federal Homeless Housing Program

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Driftwood Apartments, a 15-unit permanent supportive housing apartment complex in Wilmington, recently reopened after being closed for renovations. (Photo: Greg Childress/NC Newsline)[/caption] By Greg Childress NC Newsline A coalition of municipal and nonprofit organizations has taken legal action to thwart the Trump administration's move to restrict the amount of federal grant money nonprofits can spend on permanent housing and subsidized rents for formerly homeless people. The

When Formal Systems Stop Working, Neighbors Turn To Each Other In An Older Concept Called ‘Mutual Aid’

NEW YORK (AP) - "Times are tough. We take care of us." In early November, Kashish Ali posted those words to her Instagram story as part of a yearslong practice she's had to fundraise for food and drop it off at community fridges in Atlanta, where she's from, and now in New York, where she lives. Ali, who is 32 and a first generation Pakistani immigrant, estimated that her friends

Brockman Blames Alleged Victim For His “Ruined” Life In Handwritten  Letter

By Cash Michaels Contributing Writer In an extremely emotional five-paragraph handwritten letter addressing charges that he allegedly sexually abused a 15-year-old male teenager last summer, Cecil Brockman, former six-term Democratic NC House member from High Point wrote, "My life has already been ruined. The career and legacy that I have work (sic) so hard for, always trying to do the right thing taken in a instant because someone lied to

Fate Of J.W. Ligon Middle School Building Still In Question

By Karl Cameron Special To The Carolinian (More Photo's Available on Facebook and Instagram) The J.W. Ligon Middle School Building Listening Session held Monday, Nov. 24th at the Southeast Raleigh YMCA on Rock Quarry Road in Raleigh, left attendees with more questions about what would the fate of the building be. District 4 Representative Toshiba Rice laid out the agenda for the evening, asking for one representative from the tables

$1 Billion Plan To Overhaul NC’s Rural Health System

NC Health News - North Carolina is seeking $1 billion from the federal government for a wide-ranging plan that could reshape rural health care across the state. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services hopes to secure the funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program, an initiative created under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Donald Trump in July. The program allows states to compete for

‘Tis the season for filing. NC midterm election cycle gets underway Dec. 1

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="880"] Peyton Sickles / For WUNC[/caption] WUNC - Barring any last-minute legal snafus, North Carolina is a week away from the official start of the 2026 elections - the candidate filing period. From Dec. 1 to Dec. 19, candidates running for a spot in Congress, the state legislature, courts and various local offices must file documentation with election boards in order to appear on the ballot. Here's

A Community Collaboration Of Farm, Food And Faith

Conetoe, N.C.- On Friday November 21st, representatives from Word Tabernacle in Rocky Mount, NC Department of Agriculture and local farmers throughout eastern North Carolina came together for the community. The Faith, Food and Farm Collective is spearheaded by Pastor James Gailliard of Word Tabernacle Church. "We had a lot of people coming in that were low income and some that had health issues," Trishonda Robinson explains.  "They had issues such