Author: The Carolinian

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has extended its foreclosure moratoriums for FHA-insured single family home mortgages and home equity mortgages in federally declared major disaster areas to April 11, 2025. The extension is intended to give borrowers affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton additional time to access federal, state or local housing resources or to consult with HUD-approve housing counselors or to rebuild their homes. "When

Diane Winston, The Conversation Tinseled trees and snowy landscapes are not the only signs of the upcoming holiday season. Red kettles, staffed by men and women in street clothes, Santa suits and Salvation Army uniforms, also telegraph Christmastime. William Booth, an English evangelist, founded the Salvation Army in 1878 as a religious outreach to London's poor. How a British evangelical church became an American icon is an ongoing interest of

The Guardian - If you want to witness the last vestiges of human intellect swirling down the drain, hold your nose and type the words "skibidi toilet" into YouTube. The 11-second video features an animated human head protruding from a toilet bowl while singing the nonsensical lyrics "skibidi dop dop dop yes yes". The clip has been viewed more than 215m times, and spawned hundreds of millions of references on

(AP) The history of the justice department's civil rights division is the product of lynchings, aged patients dying of neglect, and police officers murdering people in the street. It is the legacy of Matthew Shepard and Breonna Taylor and Emmett Till. When local authorities would not investigate civil rights violations - or were violating rights themselves - communities have had to rely on federal investigators to fill the gap in

[caption id="attachment_10142" align="aligncenter" width="576"] Winta Zesu has made a business out of rage-baiting[/caption] BBC-"I get a lot of hate". The words of content creator Winta Zesu, who last year made $150,000 from posting on social media. What separates Winta from other influencers? The people commenting on her posts and driving traffic to her videos are often doing so out of anger. "Every single video of mine that has gained millions

NNPA NEWSWIRE - President Joe Biden's commitment to diversifying the federal judiciary has culminated in a historic achievement: appointing 40 Black women to lifetime judgeships, the most of any president in U.S. history. Biden has appointed 62 Black judges, cementing his presidency as one focused on promoting equity and representation on the federal bench. His record surpasses previous efforts by his predecessors. President Jimmy Carter appointed 37 Black judges, including

NC Health News - Marian Spicer, 72, was treated for a kidney stone at Duke Health in late October. During the procedure, the doctor accidentally tore her bladder, and she didn't get out of the hospital until early November.  The pain of the experience was compounded by stress over the possibility of losing her insurance coverage. Spicer was on a Medicare Advantage plan from UnitedHealthcare, a Medicare-approved insurance plan from

The Guardian - Ketanji Brown Jackson is set to fulfill a long-held dream this Saturday, stepping on to Broadway in a one-night performance of the musical & Juliet. The 54-year-old liberal supreme court justice will take on an ensemble role in the show, realising a goal she first articulated in her Harvard University application essay. Jackson will appear in the 8pm ET performance and participate in a post-show talkback with

NC Newsline - The town of Carrboro filed a lawsuit against Duke Energy on Wednesday, accusing the energy and utility giant of harmfully contributing to climate change and deceiving customers. Mayor Barbara Foushee and city council members from the town of 21,000 located immediately west of Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina's flagship campus pointed fingers at Duke Energy for knowing about the dangers associated with climate change

(AP NEWS) A federal appeals court on Friday left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the United States, rejecting a request made by the company to halt enforcement until the Supreme Court reviews its challenge of the statute. Attorneys for TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court. It's unclear if