Author: The Carolinian

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Mint stopped making pennies in 2025, but legislation passed by the Senate and headed to President Donald Trump's desk will formally end their production after 234 years. The bill, passed by voice vote late Monday, directs the government to not make pennies, giving a legal stamp of approval to the Trump administration's decision to stop producing the currency last year. The penny, among the first

Inc,-Federally-backed loans doled out by small-business lending companies have defaulted at a substantially higher rate compared to traditional lenders over the last decade, according to a new report from the Small Business Administration's Inspector General. The new report takes a look at $9.5 billion worth of SBA 7(a) loans-which are government-backed loans with favorable interest and repayment terms-that were disbursed by SBLCs between fiscal year 2016 to 2023. By the

AP NEWS - Five years after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, dozens of people arrested in connection with the killing in the troubled Caribbean nation are still awaiting trial in Miami. Haiti has not had a president since a squad of gunmen killed Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid at their home. U.S. prosecutors have charged more than 40 people with crimes related to the

On September 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced a significant, one-time investment of more than $174 million in additional funding to strengthen America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This funding commitment reflects the Trump Administration's ongoing pledge to support institutions that have played a foundational role in advancing opportunity and economic mobility for generations of American students. U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced this

NC NEWSLINE - Before there was Helene, there was Katrina. The destructive Category 5 hurricane that devastated New Orleans in 2005 convinced Alex Webber to move from Louisiana to the mountains of western North Carolina. Webber thought she'd found a climate-safe area in the picturesque town of Marshall until 2024, when Hurricane Helene brought catastrophic flooding and landslides to her backyard. This weekend marks the two-year anniversary of Helene, and

NEW YORK (AP) - Immanuel Wilkins was riding the Amtrak from New York to Philadelphia when he got a call from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. But he said he had to wait to deboard the train to find out if it was life-changing news or not. The Brooklyn-based saxophonist, bandleader and composer hesitated to believe they were calling to say he was part of their prestigious

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan bill on Monday that would regulate college sports, an attempt to end "chaos" in an industry that has been upended by skyrocketing athlete payments and near-unrestricted transfers between schools. The overwhelming 77-22 vote to pass the legislation is the strongest effort yet by Congress to set national regulations governing payments to college athletes for their name, image and likeness and how

Star Meat Delivery Inc., located in Lucama, N.C., is recalling approximately 167,639 pounds of raw pork, beef, and goat products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, bearing labels with a false USDA mark of inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. As more information becomes available, FSIS may update the product list and labels with additional items. Any product bearing

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer The Perilous Fight paints a vivid picture of Colin Kaepernick's rise to notoriety in American culture. The painting would appear to be American Gothic meets Strange Fruit, but on a field of perfectly manicured game-day grass from the very first page. Colin Kaepernick wastes no energy on pleasantries or political correctness; he delivers facts, dates, names, and hard-earned truths with surgical precision just like his

HONG KONG (AP) - The United States and China on Monday released reciprocal lists of nonsensitive products worth about $30 billion each that will see tariff cuts, from American hair products to Chinese toys, in a deal expected to help bolster bilateral trade. The details came days after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington in his first state visit to the U.S. since 2015.