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WASHINGTON (AP) - Lonnie Bunch is stepping down from the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution following a tumultuous year in which President Donald Trump tried to remake the portrayal of U.S. history by the Smithsonian museums and other cultural entities. Bunch said in a news release Tuesday that he was departing the position he had held since 2019 "with very mixed emotions and heartfelt gratitude." The Smithsonian said he would

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Crime fell across all four major categories tracked by the NC Department of Public Safety during the first six months of 2026, compared with the same period in 2025, according to a new report presented at the Governor's Crime Commission meeting on Thursday morning in Raleigh. The DPS report found property crime fell 11.9%, the steepest decline of the four categories tracked, followed by violent

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Raleigh voters are heading into a mayoral election that will look different from previous city elections, with a two-candidate contest, longer terms for city leaders and a new staggered election system reshaping how City Hall will operate for years to come. Incumbent Mayor Janet Cowell is seeking another term, facing Ashleigh Heath Armstrong in the general election. Because only two candidates filed for mayor, the

NC HEALTH NEWS - It would have been an ordinary Saturday for many families: playing board games, making crafts, taking silly pictures and eating lunch together. But for these families, it was a rare opportunity. Eight fathers and one grandfather at Sampson Correctional Institution, a medium- and minimum-custody prison in Clinton, spent four hours with their 19 children and grandchildren during Parent Day, enjoying the kind of ordinary family time

NC NEWSLINE - On a steamy September morning, all of North Carolina's agricultural bounty is on display at the State Farmers Market in Raleigh. The boxes and crates of neatly stacked fruits and vegetables stand in stark contrast to new data that reveals a worsening hunger crisis in North Carolina. According to Feeding America's annual Map the Meal Gap analysis, 1 in 7 North Carolinians are unsure where their next

THE CONVERSATION - Lactose intolerance makes drinking milk or eating ice cream a literal pain. For some people, eating a dairy treat can lead to bloating, nausea and diarrhea. You might've experienced its effects yourself. If so, you may think of lactose intolerance as a defect rather than the norm. But did you know that most people in the world today are lactose intolerant - and that the condition itself

NC NEWSLINE - Just over two months from midterm elections and four months removed from a U.S. Supreme Court decision that gutted Voting Rights Act protections for majority Black U.S. House districts, and 63 years after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech there, thousands gathered again at the Lincoln Memorial Friday. Organizers focused the anniversary march around a "Defend the Vote" message. The event, co-chaired

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Army announced Wednesday that it plans to add nuclear microreactors at five military bases from New York to Texas as a reliable source of energy independent of the commercial electric grid. The announcement comes as the Trump administration pushes hard to develop the next generation of nuclear power, including billions in loans for large nuclear reactors to meet skyrocketing power demand from data centers and

NC NEWSLINE - Ronald Hayes was cautious when he talked to a reporter this week about the political TV advertisement he appears in, talking about the death of his son Shemar, a college football player who was murdered in Charlotte in March 2024 at age 23. "I have already been swindled into an ad that was about politics, which I don't want to be about," Hayes told NC Newsline on

By  Judaea Ingram Special To The Carolinian JACKSONVILLE, FL - The Charlotte Crown closed out the inaugural UPSHOT League season with a championship, overcoming a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the Jacksonville Waves 81-76 on Aug. 29. The championship game at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, was played in front of a large and energetic crowd as the league crowned its first champion. The atmosphere remained loud throughout