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NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market, costing consumers and businesses billions of dollars. The complaint filed Tuesday says San Francisco-based Visa penalizes merchants and banks who don't use Visa's own payment processing technology to process debit transactions, even though alternatives exist. Visa

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday overturned a former county sheriff's fraud and obstruction convictions, declaring allegations related to falsifying his firearms training requirements didn't meet the necessary elements for those crimes. A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals vacated the convictions against Brindell Wilkins on six counts of obstruction of justice and also reversed a trial judge's decision refusing to dismiss six counts

RALEIGH - The N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund recently awarded $18.2 million to protect working farms and forests, support county farmland preservation efforts and promote agricultural enterprises. Over $8.8 million was awarded for 20 agricultural conservation easements on 1,392 acres of farm and forestland across the state. Five counties were awarded grants under the new Agricultural Growth Zones program, an initiative to combine state and local funding

Ms Jheri Worldwide Staff Writer On September 5th at Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School Ms. Toshiba Rice, District four Board of Education and Ms. Tara Waters, District five County Board of Commissioners hosted an impactful workshop for parents, community leaders, and changemakers. The event goals were to engage with elected officials, learn about ways to navigate the Wake County Public School System with specific strategies for supporting students and families,

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Born in 1827 in Davidson County, North Carolina, Benjamin Hedrick's journey from a rural upbringing to a controversial academic career reflects the intense regional and ideological conflicts of his time. Hedrick's early years were shaped by his family's modest prosperity. With limited formal education available after his mother's death in 1842, young Benjamin was tutored at home before attending the Lexington Classical School. His academic

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson said Tuesday his campaign has hired a law firm to help investigate a CNN report stating he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website's message board. The lawyers will look at how what Robinson calls "false smears" originated. The announcement comes as more North Carolina Republicans disturbed by last week's report said that if Robinson can't

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Mae Carol Jemison's storied career began with a solid academic foundation. She graduated from Stanford University with degrees in chemical engineering and in African and African-American studies before earning her medical degree from Cornell University in 1981. Jemison traveled to Cuba for a study funded by the American Medical Student Association and to Thailand, where she provided medical care at a Cambodian refugee camp. Additionally,

By Daniel Mollenkamp EdSurge Sometimes, it takes an unlikely friendship to change the world. For American education, one of those alliances started in the early 20th century. That's when a ludicrously successful retailer-turned-philanthropist, Julius Rosenwald, met the prominent educator Booker T. Washington. The pair decided to work together, hoping to improve education for Black students in the segregated South. Their collaboration created nearly 5,000 "Rosenwald Schools" - across 15 Southern

[caption id="attachment_8989" align="alignnone" width="1440"] Joseph Amrine, who was exonerated two decades ago after spending years on death row, speaks at a rally to support Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams on Aug. 21, 2024, in Clayton, MO (AP Photo/Jim Salter)[/caption] BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman's home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim's family and

Ms. Jheri Worldwide, Staff Writer [caption id="attachment_8984" align="alignright" width="476"] Rendering provided exclusively to The Carolinian by The Peebles Corp[/caption] The City of Durham has chosen The Peebles Corp., a Florida-based real estate firm, to redevelop its former police headquarters property downtown. This decision marks a significant step forward for the four-acre site, which has been vacant since 2018. This news comes fresh off of Don Peebles masterclass in real estate