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By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Owen Lun West Smith was born into slavery on May 18, 1851, in Giddensville, Sampson County, North Carolina. At the age of at most 14 he initially followed the Confederate Army as a personal servant. As the war drew to a close, Smith's path changed dramatically when he left his mother and joined General William T. Sherman's Union forces on their return north. He was

Carolina Public Press - When Southeast Middle School social studies teacher Eric Shock's eighth-graders walked into class one day last semester, they noticed a piece of paper on the board. It was a bill being considered by the North Carolina General Assembly that would ban cellphones in schools. His students weren't happy. "Of course, all the kids are like, 'No, we need to have cellphones,'" Shock recalled. So, he gave them

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer There are more than 67 million people in the U.S. who speak a language other than English at home, and at least 38% report speaking English less than very well. With over 500 languages tracked by the U.S. Census Bureau, public agencies face growing pressure to serve diverse populations efficiently. Advances in bilingual and real-time translation technologies are rapidly reshaping how governments, schools, police departments,

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration's criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appeared on Monday to be emboldening defenders of the U.S. central bank against the efforts of President Donald Trump to control the Fed. The backlash reflected the bigger stakes of a contest about the fate of the Fed's independence, the balance of power within the federal government, and the path of the U.S. economy. Trump has

(AP NEWS) After a frenetic few months of congressional redistricting efforts, President Donald Trump's plan to reshape voting districts for partisan advantage ahead of this year's midterm elections stands at an important juncture. Will Republican- and Democratic-led states ramp up their remapping of U.S. House districts as new legislative sessions get underway? Or will the mid-decade redistricting frenzy fade away following Indiana's resounding rejection of Trump's pressure-packaged campaign? "We're at a crossroads to

Hundreds of people marched through Durham, North Carolina Saturday as part of nationwide protests against the Trump Administration.

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Raleigh, NC - A peaceful Saturday morning in downtown Raleigh at the City of Raleigh Museum was the perfect venue for a powerful Emancipation Day celebration. In addition to the usual historical reverence, the atmosphere was charged with a reimagining of the American narrative. Guest speaker Antwain K. Hunter, UNC Chapel Hill Assistant Professor in the Department of History, delivered a prolific and challenging lecture

[caption id="attachment_15592" align="alignnone" width="1440"] Protesters gather during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer earlier in the week, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)[/caption] MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Thousands of people marched in Minneapolis on Saturday to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer there and the shooting of two people in Portland, Oregon. Minnesota leaders urged demonstrators to remain peaceful.

NNPA - The losses came steadily in 2025, not as a single rupture but as a quiet procession. Voices that once filled sanctuaries, arenas, studios, television screens, and living rooms went still. The year closed with Black America taking inventory not only of who died, but of what each life carried into the culture and what now remains behind. From gospel and soul to film, television, activism, and sport, the

NC HEALTH NEWS - More than 13 years have passed since a group of prominent state retirees filed a lawsuit challenging what was then a new state law that required them to start paying for health care benefits they had received free of charge for years as part of their benefits package. Now, attorneys for the state agencies that oversee the state health plan are asking the state Supreme Court