Author: The Carolinian

[caption id="attachment_13685" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Associate Justice Anita Earls speaks at an event on July 26, 2025. (File Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)[/caption] NC Newsline-With North Carolina lawmakers still negotiating the state budget, a public forum on Thursday highlighted the state's long-running Leandro case, a nearly three-decade legal battle over equitable education funding. Speaking at the forum organized by the advocacy group Public Schools First NC, state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls

By: Lynn Bonner And Brandon Kingdollar NC Newsline Justin Fraser, an honors student at NC A&T State University and an aspiring doctor, gained research experience at Duke University, working in a laboratory investigating a therapy for Parkinson's Disease.  Fraser was also connected to a neurologist at Duke, kindling his interest in neuroscience.  The Summer Scholars Program in Genomic Science and Medicine at Duke University that gave Fraser those opportunities lost

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Cognizant announced on Monday a strategic partnership with the North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) to develop and implement a next-generation tolling back-office system. With the first stage under way, this multi-stage engagement aims to deliver a scalable, API-driven architecture that integrates seamlessly with partners including Mastercard and Volvo Car USA. With Cognizant leading the technology orchestration across all systems, this initiative marks a significant step in NCTA's journey

By Eli Chen WUNC The YMCA of the Triangle plans to acquire land next to the American Tobacco Campus to build a new downtown Durham facility. On a 0.79-acre property at the corner of Blackwell and W. Pettigrew Streets, the YMCA plans to build a 65,000-square-foot facility that will feature rooftop terraces with outdoor fitness areas, an indoor pool, a basketball court, an indoor track, group fitness studios, and spaces

[caption id="attachment_13675" align="alignnone" width="980"] Charlie Kirk hands out hats before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)[/caption] By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA It wasn't someone from "the radical left." It wasn't an "illegal immigrant," and it wasn't a person of color. The suspect in the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk is 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, a white

By Karl Cameron, Contributor I recently reviewed, "The Library In The Woods" by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. It is a children's book for ages 7-1, but also a journey back for many adults to a segregation time when libraries for African-Americans were a window to a world of opportunity. I distinctly remember the many times I walked from Davie Street to the Richard B. Harrison Library,

[caption id="attachment_13599" align="alignnone" width="1760"] Xavier Arellano and Bryant Davis. (Photo: Logan Cyrus)[/caption] By Julian Berger, Michael Graff  WFAE He arrives around 8:30 a.m., 65 years old, eight months sober and wearing a T-shirt that reads, "NOPE: Not going to happen." Xavier Arellano walks across Wendover Road in east Charlotte, dodging four lanes of traffic, and nodding good morning to his fellow day laborers who gather here each day, hoping for

BY  CLAUDIA LAUER (AP NEWS) After Decarlos Brown Jr. was arrested for the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee aboard a North Carolina commuter train, he was quickly sent to a state mental hospital for an evaluation. It was a sharp contrast from a January misdemeanor arrest, where it took more than six months for a court to order a mental evaluation after Brown told officers that he had been given

[caption id="attachment_13656" align="alignnone" width="980"] Members of the National Guard patrol Lafayette Park by the White House, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in Washington, while protester Will Roosien, of Grand Rapids, Mich., who says he hopes to inspire others of his generation to protest, holds up a sign about the MAGA movement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)[/caption] WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has portrayed his federal law enforcement surge in Washington as focused on tackling

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer  Last week, North Carolina Central University (NCCU) made history by hosting the IAIER × OpenAI Academy Summit: HBCUs Leading the Future-the first national AI summit ever held at a Historically Black College or University. Held on NCCU's campus, the event marked a groundbreaking collaboration between NCCU's Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Research (IAIER) and OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. The summit spotlighted the increasingly