Firebirds Third Round Release

Raleigh Firebirds' Daequon Antoine (3) goes up for the layup against Tampa Bay Titans' Jadrian Flores (11) during the first half. The Raleigh Firebirds and the Tampa Bay Titans had their The Basketball League playoff series in Raleigh at St. Augustine's University from May 29-June 1st 2025. The Firebirds won the series 2-1 and move onto the next round. By: Cole Houck  Contributor The Firebirds are back! As excitement builds

Durham UNCF Mayor’s Scholarship Ball

RALEIGH, N.C. (June 1, 2025) - (Photos by Mathias Bishop) Shaw University brought together civic and business leaders from across the region on Saturday, May 31, for the first-ever Durham UNCF Mayor's Scholarship Ball, held at the Durham Convention Center. The elegant black-tie event was co-hosted by Durham Mayor Leonardo Williams and Shaw University President Paulette R. Dillard, Ph.D., and served as a major fundraiser supporting scholarships for students pursuing

Community Health & Wellness Fair Successfully Brings Vital Resources and Youth Empowerment 

[caption id="attachment_12105" align="alignnone" width="1309"] Photos by: Mathias Bishop[/caption] Durham, NC - The Community Health & Wellness Fair, led by Dr. Wanda Boone (CEO, Together for Resilient Youth), Kearston L. Ingraham, MPH (Executive Director, Holistic Health Empowerment), Lillie A. Hill, MSN, BSN, RN (Durham Technical Community College), and Latoria Dowdy (Heaven Sent Catering), successfully gathered community members for a transformative event dedicated to youth empowerment and public health. Hosted at Durham

24-year-old city council member wins SC House race, keeping seat blue

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1536"] The view of the state House chamber from the gallery on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. (File/Travis Bell/STATEHOUSE CAROLINA/Specia to the SC Daily Gazette)[/caption] A 24-year-old Bishopville City Council member will be the newest legislator at the Statehouse. Democrat Keishan Scott cruised to victory Tuesday over former Sumter County GOP chair Bill Oden. Scott received almost 71% of less than 3,700 votes cast in a special election for a

10 sources of emergency cash, ranked from best to worst

[caption id="attachment_12068" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Billie dollar. money background[/caption] If unanticipated expenses exceed your emergency fund, here's a look at where to go next. 1. Your own emergency fund/short-term securities Emergency funds should be held outside of tax-sheltered wrappers and include highly liquid investments like bank savings accounts, money market accounts, and so on. 2. Low-risk assets in taxable account Next, look at other taxable holdings: investments in brokerage accounts, outside the confines

NC DMV, now under new leadership, wants to ‘triage’ long lines and ID backlogs

By: Galen Bacharier | NC Newsline Every day at the east Raleigh DMV office, customers begin lining up at 7 a.m. Most of them wait around three and a half hours for service. For a few minutes on Friday, Gov. Josh Stein joined them. North Carolina's Department for Motor Vehicles is facing a months-long backlog of appointments - with a typically busy summer season ramped up further by demand for REAL

PBS suing Trump administration over defunding, three days after NPR filed similar case

(AP News) PBS filed suit Friday against President Donald Trump and other administration officials to block his order stripping federal funding from the 330-station public television system, three days after NPR did the same for its radio network. In its lawsuit, PBS relies on similar arguments, saying Trump was overstepping his authority and engaging in "viewpoint discrimination" because of his claim that PBS' news coverage is biased against conservatives. "PBS disputes those charged

After video shows state trooper lying about fatal police chase, victim’s family demands justice

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Attorney Ben Crump denounced the Wake County District Attorney for declining to prosecute the troopers. "Don't say no more, look at the video," he chanted. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)[/caption] By: Brandon Kingdollar | NC Newsline Following the release of a video showing a North Carolina state trooper and his supervisor agreeing to lie about the police chase that led to the death of Tyrone Mason, attorneys for the

Musk put a spotlight on federal spending, but cut less than he wanted

[caption id="attachment_12058" align="alignnone" width="1440"] (AP Photos / Evan Vucci)[/caption] (AP NEWS) Elon Musk's effort to dramatically cut government spending is expected to fall far short of his grand early pronouncements, and perhaps even his most modest goals. It didn't have to be that way. According to experts across the ideological spectrum, a major problem was a failure to deploy people who understood the inner workings of government to work alongside

Kennedy says COVID vaccines no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women. In a 58-second video posted on the social media site X, Kennedy said he removed COVID-19 shots from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations for those groups. No one from the CDC was in the video, and CDC officials referred questions about