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RALEIGH, N.C.  - Before you book your next flight, be aware of third party airline booking scams. The Better Business Bureau of Eastern Carolinas (BBB) has information to alert you of how these scams work and best ways to avoid them. How the Scam Works Fraudulent third party booking sites advertise as legitimate businesses to help you get the flight tickets you need. Most commonly, they are contacted after a

By: Kamya Cooper Campus Echo Online The five candidates for Durham mayor and the 13 candidates for three city council seats are in the last weeks of their campaign, pitching to voters their ideas on housing affordability, education, public safety and economic development improvements. Most candidates appeared before an audience of hundreds at Durham's Hayti Heritage Center for a forum co-hosted by The Democratic Women of Durham on Sept. 3.

By Dr. Kashi Bazemore & Kandaka Immanuel Sylvia Wiggins, Executive Director of Helping Hand Mission dedicated the hospitality and dining room at The New Bern House in Raleigh, North Carolina in honor of the late Dr. Eddie Bernard Corbett. Now known as 'The Corbett Room,' this space pays tribute to the extraordinary life and legacy of Pastor Eddie Bernard Corbett Sr.,of West Hempstead, NY. Pastor Corbett was a servant leader

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - With powerfully haunting eyes and an enigmatic expression, "Portrait of Frederick," an enslaved man painted circa 1840, stares out at visitors of the Mississippi Museum of Art. A little further into the museum is Delia, a Black woman dressed in red and wearing a headscarf who bears a similarly unknowable expression. The pair of portraits are the only known preemancipation paintings of enslaved people in Mississippi.

[caption id="attachment_13715" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Mobile clinics are expanding access to opioid use disorder medications across North Carolina, with the first units unveiled Aug. 19 in Raleigh and Sept. 10 in Greensboro. Credit: Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News and courtesy of New Season.[/caption] By Rachel Crumpler NC Health News In 2024, more than 3,000 North Carolinians are estimated to have died from opioid overdose. Since 2000, more than 41,500 people have died

Carolina Public Press-The depleted job market for new graduates of computer science has garnered national attention, with Federal Reserve Bank of New York data showing that computer science graduates are among the highest rates of unemployment at 6.1%. The New York Times reported that with major companies like Microsoft and Amazon laying off workers and instead opting to implement artificial intelligence for its coding properties could be the culprit of

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer North Carolina has long been at the center of national debates over gerrymandering. Despite regularly electing Democrats to statewide offices, Republicans have consistently secured a disproportionate share of congressional and legislative seats. The Cook Political Report, for example, projects Republicans will safely win 10 out of 14 House seats in 2026-a result many observers attribute not to voter preference but to the drawing of electoral

[caption id="attachment_13750" align="alignnone" width="1440"] Tramell Tillman accepts the award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for "Severance" during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)[/caption] JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - With powerfully haunting eyes and an enigmatic expression, "Portrait of Frederick," an enslaved man painted circa 1840, stares out at visitors of the Mississippi Museum of

EDITORS NOTE: In presenting Obituaries it is our policy to give our readers insight into the inspirational, as well as committed lives that those we write about have lived. When presented with Mrs. Johnson's 40-Page Funeral Program, we didn't quite know what to expect. However, it was soon made clear, through numerous testimonies by those who knew her, why the funeral program was so extensive.  Mrs. Nurry T. Johnson, a

[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