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By Eli Chen WUNC On a blistering late July morning, about a dozen elementary and middle school-aged kids were busy washing and chopping vegetables at a farm southwest of Chapel Hill. As they rinsed water spinach and chopped shallots, squashes and a large water gourd, an adult supervising them, Hsar Ree Ree Wei, loudly directed volunteers to stir fry the vegetables and cook fried rice. The group is cooking meals

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina legislators gave final approval Wednesday to a stopgap spending measure to boost state government spending to prepare for fall classes, cover Medicaid expenses and continue construction projects while a Republican agreement on a comprehensive budget still remains distant. The GOP-controlled General Assembly took a break five weeks ago with House and Senate negotiators far apart on working out a two-year, $66 billion budget for

By Elvis Menayese WFAE A recent Mecklenburg County survey found that more people are living on the streets now than at any time since 2010. In a story last week, we spoke to some of those people and covered the death of a man who was living on the streets until he was found dead in uptown. Here, WFAE looks at how the county and shelter programs are responding to

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer In 1978, a team of young women from Garner, North Carolina, accomplished what no one in their school had ever done before. Under the quiet but powerful leadership of Coach Lawrence L. Dunn, the Garner High School Women's Varsity Basketball Team went undefeated in the regular season, dominated the conference tournament, and captured the first state championship in the school's history-in any sport, men's or

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="880"] Courtesy of Amanda McGrosky A 2021 field team in Illeret, Kenya. From left: Srishti Sadhir, Ephraim Achau, Amanda McGrosky, David Nyasaga, Tom Otube, Koriye Koriye, Asher Rosinger, and Samuel Esho.[/caption] By Bianca Garcia, WUNC That Americans are sedentary at work and at home has long been a part of the explanation for the obesity epidemic. For Britt Creech, this has meant getting creative with how she

BY TARA SUTER (THE HILL) President Trump on Sunday weighed in on actor Sydney Sweeney and her recent controversial ad campaign with American Eagle. "You'd be surprised at how many people are Republicans," the president said after a reporter stated that the "White Lotus" and "Euphoria" star is a registered Republican. "That's what I wouldn't have known, but I'm glad you told me that. If Sydney Sweeney is a registered Republican, I think her

(AP NEWS) Since the 1980s, the Lumbee Tribe has lobbied Congress to acknowledge it as a sovereign nation. There was renewed hope last year when both major party candidates in the presidential election promised to intervene on behalf of the Lumbee. In his first week in office, President Donald Trump appeared to be making good on his endorsement. He issued an executive order directing the Interior Department to create a

  [caption id="attachment_13085" align="alignnone" width="800"] Evan Milligan, center, plaintiff in Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case, speaks with reporters following oral arguments at the Supreme Court in Washington, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)[/caption] BY  DAVID A. LIEB (AP) When Democratic lawmakers fled Texas to try to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from redrawing the state's congressional districts, it marked the latest episode in a long national history of gerrymandering. The word "gerrymander"

[caption id="attachment_13061" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Mayor Christopher Neal and Louisburg Town residents speak out aginst HB 183 (Photo by Ahmed Jallow)[/caption] BY: AHMED JALLOW NC Newsline - Officials and residents from the town of Louisburg gathered Tuesday outside of the North Carolina Legislative Building to protest a surprise change to the town's mayoral election process, which they say was made without their knowledge or any public input. The provision was inserted into House

By: Callum Jones in New York and Michael Sainato The Guardian - Donald Trump fired the federal government official in charge of labor statistics, hours after data revealed jobs growth stalled this summer, prompting accusations that he is "firing the messenger". The US president claimed that Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of labor statistics, had "faked" employment figures in the run-up to last year's election, in an effort to boost Kamala Harris's chances of victory. Trump later claimed: