NC Elections Board settles lawsuit over digital photo ID’

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Sydney Meeks, NextGen regional organizing director, and Logan Parke, Chapel Hill field organizer, talk to a UNC-CH student during a National Voter Registration Day campus visit. (Photo by Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline)[/caption] NC Newsline-Digital IDs cannot be used to vote in North Carolina until the legislature explicitly allows it, under a settlement between the state Board of Elections and the Republican National Committee. The RNC and the

Capital One $425 Million Class Action Settlement 

NEW YORK (WPIX) - Capital One has agreed to a $425 million settlement to resolve claims that it failed to raise interest rates for 360 Savings accounts. The settlement includes customers who maintained a Capital One 360 Savings account between Sept. 18, 2019, and June 16, 2025. What is the class action settlement about? Earlier this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Capital One over its savings accounts, accusing

More Than 1 In 4 People Released From NC Prisons Faced Homelessness In 2024

  By Rachel Crumpler NC Health News More than one in four people leaving North Carolina prisons in 2024 were released to homelessness, according to a reentry housing assessment presented at the July meeting of the Joint Reentry Council. The assessment identified someone as homeless if they had no verified home plan, self-reported as homeless, provided an intersection address or went to a shelter or temporary housing placement. Of the

Carolinian Citizen Spotlight: Chris And The Doggy Barbers of Apex

By Ms Jheri Worldwide Staff Writer For the past decade, Chris of The Doggy Barbers has been a beloved fixture in the Apex community, building a thriving business one haircut and one trusting relationship at a time. His journey into the world of dog grooming began with an interesting parallel. "I worked with children and started working with dogs at PetSmart and noticed how similar it is," he says, a

Tips To Help You Manage Your Buy Now, Pay Later Loans

NEW YORK (AP) - Between rising prices and dwindling job growth, using "buy now, pay later" on everything from concert tickets to fast food deliveries is becoming increasingly appealing. But greater use could also mean greater trouble, as more people fall behind on repaying these loans. Buy now, pay later loans gained popularity during the pandemic, especially among young people. While these loans can help you make large purchases without

Duke Energy Reports $1B Profit, Plans Utility Merger

By Zachary Turner WFAE Duke Energy made $985 million in profits last quarter, up 7.6% from last year. Rate hikes and economic development drove profits for the utility. That includes new commercial customers and new power-hungry data centers, such as the $10 billion Amazon data center investment in North Carolina that the utility actively courted. The quarterly results come on the heels of new legislation that increases the ability to

Interactive Theatre Experience at Mordecai Park To Portray The Life Of The Enslaved

Ms Jheri Worldwide  Staff Writer MOJOAA Performing Arts Company is a family-owned, Black theatre company based in Raleigh, NC. Existing to support Southern Black playwrights and the worlds they create with their words. This September, MOJOAA Performing Arts Company is teaming up with Mordecai Historic Park to offer a powerful and immersive look into the past with "Escape to Freedom," an interactive theatre experience. The event is designed to guide

The Woman Who Brought Black Girls Into the Girl Scouts

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Josephine Amanda Groves Holloway, born on March 10, 1898, in Cowpens, South Carolina, was a determined pioneer who worked to ensure African-American girls had a place in the Girl Scouts. The seventh of ten children born to Emma Gray Groves and Methodist minister John Wesley Groves, she was raised in a household that deeply valued education. After completing Brewer Normal School in Beaufort, she followed

Nonprofit ‘Books Among Friends’ resells donated books for cheap, gives proceeds to Durham Public Library

[caption id="attachment_13074" align="alignnone" width="1760"] (Max Tendler / WUNC ) Stacks of donated books ready to be sorted inside nonprofit bookstore Books Among Friends at the Shoppes of Hope Valley strip mall in Durham, Saturday, July 12th, 2025.[/caption] Books Among Friends offers Durhamites a unique deal: Get used books for cheap and simultaneously support the local library. The online bookstore is run entirely by the volunteers at Friends of the Durham Library, a nonprofit

Obesity Comes From Diet, Not A Lack Of Exercise, Says Duke Anthropology

By Bianca Garcia WUNC That Americans are sedentary at work and at home has long been a part of the explanation for the obesity epidemic. For Britt Creech, this has meant getting creative with how she fits movement in her day. In college, she played rugby for NC State. And in her early career as an engineer, she was also on her feet working with technicians on the manufacturing floor.