Author: The Carolinian

NC NEWSLINE - Private equity firms own nearly 3 million apartment units, about 13% of the total apartments across the country, according to a new analysis from watchdog group Private Equity Stakeholder Project. And most have been fairly recent purchases. The companies acquired more than 1.7 million of those, or 57%, since 2018, and about 45% of them since 2021, the report found. More than two-thirds of those units are

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The purple glow sticks lit up the arena before tipoff Thursday night as fans wearing paper crowns filled the stands for the Charlotte Crown's historic home opener against the Jacksonville Waves. Outside the arena, families gathered around inflatable games, face painting stations, balloons, and photo areas decorated for the inaugural UPSHOT League season. By the time the game began, the energy inside the building was impossible to

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump has expanded the number of refugee places available for white South Africans, saying there have been "recent increases in the incitement of racially motivated violence" against them by their Black-led government and other political parties. It's not clear what incitement Trump was referring to when his administration made the announcement Tuesday of 10,000 additional places for white South Africans in

THE CONVERSATION - With the release of his encyclical letter Magnifica Humanitas on May 25, 2026, Pope Leo XIV has signaled that he wants the church to respond to artificial intelligence much as a predecessor, Pope Leo XIII, responded to upheavals during the Industrial Revolution over a century ago. Since the first act of his papacy - choosing his name - the current pope has repeatedly invoked the earlier Leo's

NC NEWSROOM - House Republicans have proposed a slate of rules governing development of data centers that use at least 100 megawatts of power in an effort they say is intended to protect electricity users from paying for development of the facilities and to protect against potential negative impacts. "Everybody in the world is concerned about data centers making their rates go up, so we're being proactive to protect the

Photos By Steve Worthy Cheers, celebration and the exclamation of "I'm a doctor, y'all!"  was part of the Shaw Commencement which took place in Downtown Raleigh on May 9th, 2026. One Hundred Fifty-Two grads, including those from the School of Divinity, before turning their tassels, listened to feature speaker Edwina Findley Dickerson; actress, author, and motivational speaker who inspired the audience. Mrs. Dickerson was given the Doctorate of Humane Letters,

The Conversation-A new modeling study by researchers at North Carolina State University and Carnegie Mellon University projects that the rapid expansion of data centers supporting artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency mining could raise wholesale electricity costs by as much as 57% in some U.S. regions by 2030. The study, published in Environmental Research Letters, also estimates that power-sector carbon dioxide emissions could be up to 28% higher compared to a future

By Karl Cameron Contributing Writer GREENSBORO-Bridget M. Long filed a timely response to Magistrate Judge L. Patrick Auld's Memorandum and Recommendation, dated April 3, 2026 to dismiss the pending lawsuit against United States Federal District Court Judge William L. Osteen, Jr. for his committing the crime of Obstruction of Justice in Employment Civil Rights Case No. 1:13-CV-315, by means of a Court Order to remove her case from a pending

By Judaea Ingram Special To The Carolinian CHARLOTTE, N.C - Charlotte's newest professional sports franchise officially stepped into the spotlight this week as the Charlotte Crown hosted its media day ahead of its inaugural season in the newly formed Upshot League, marking the return of professional women's basketball to the Queen City for the first time in nearly two decades. Held ahead of the team's May 21 season opener, the

NC NEWSLINE - The State Employees Association of North Carolina has a simple explanation for the raft of vacant positions in state government: poor pay. A dashboard released by SEANC on Wednesday compiles findings from State Auditor Dave Boliek's January report on long-term vacancies in state government, arguing that the auditor's inquiry vindicates their assertion that inadequate salaries are the primary reason many of North Carolina's government positions go unfilled.