Author: The Carolinian

By Judaea Ingram Special To The Carolinian RALEIGH, N.C. - Raleigh Water is implementing water-use restrictions beginning Monday, April 20, in response to ongoing severe drought conditions in central North Carolina that have reduced water levels in the watershed feeding Falls Lake, the region's primary reservoir. City officials say the decision comes as Falls Lake continues to decline under sustained dry conditions. According to data from the U.S. Army Corps

THE GUARDIAN - Christopher Newman remembers seeing campus police officers as he walked into a human resources office at Harvard University, but he didn't imagine that they were there for him. It was July 2024, and Newman had just turned in the results of a two-month-long internship with the Harvard University Archives: an annotated bibliography for the landmark 2022 Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery Initiative report, which detailed the

ROWAN COUNTY, NC - State officials yesterday unveiled a new highway marker in Rowan County to honor Piedmont Credit Union, the first African American credit union established in the United States. Founded in Rowan County in 1918 by local farmer Thomas B. Patterson and a handful of neighbors, Piedmont Credit Union gave Black farmers fair access to credit in an era defined by Jim Crow laws and economic exploitation. For

By Judaea Ingram Special To The Carolinian DURHAM, N.C. - Triangle Performance Ensemble, the same company behind Black Nativity Durham, brought its world premiere stage drama The Third Day to Hillside High School in Durham from April 17 through April 19, 2026. The Saturday, April 18 at 3:00 p.m. showing reached a sold-out crowd, setting the tone for a weekend of strong community turnout and emotional engagement. The production, hosted

WUNC - More than 70 years since its founding, the Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center is officially being recognized by North Carolina with a Highway Historical Marker as the state's first mosque. Cheers and yells of "Allahu akbar!", or "God is greater!" broke out when the marker was unveiled on Friday afternoon, commemorating state recognition of the historically Black mosque in Durham's West End. Established in 1956 by Imam Kenny Muhammad from

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Eddie Murphy took a moment to look out at the star-studded room at the American Film Institute ceremony - at his family, his peers, the people who have shared his journey - and let it all sink in. "Seeing all of my family, all my kids, my beautiful wife, and seeing all the different people I worked with, I'm just really filled up," said Murphy, who

By Jasmine Deloatch Special To The Carolinian An Analysis-Either you're in the dating pool, you've heard the horrors of the dating pool, or you've run away from the dating pool. Regardless of your stance, I'm sure that we can agree, whether you are a woman or a man, that feelings are controlling our dating world. Could this be the result of daters having different needs? Historically, dating has been seen

The Conversation - On a Saturday morning, you head to the hardware store. Your neighbors' Ring cameras film your walk to the car. Your car's sensors, cameras and microphones record your speed, how you drive, where you're going, who's with you, what you say, and biological metrics such as facial expression, weight and heart rate. Your car may also collect text messages and contacts from your connected smartphone. Meanwhile, your

NC Newsline - WASHINGTON - The U.S. Customs and Border Protection tariff refund system went live Monday, marking what small business advocates call a "complex" first step for entrepreneurs to recoup $166 billion in import taxes accrued under President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs, which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in February. Importers and brokers can now upload a detailed list of each tariff paid under Trump's now illegal order