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RALEIGH, N.C. -- A student was hospitalized after reports of a shooting at a residence hall at North Carolina Central University, a university spokesperson said. Police were called to Lawson Street Residence Complex at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from the university in Durham. The school was placed on lockdown, and a campus alert was issued warning those in the area of an "armed and dangerous person." Officers

Public News Services Marylanders shopping for fresh produce may want to consider a new report that finds chemical residues in much of the crop. In its 2024 "Shoppers Guide to Pesticides in Produce," the nonprofit Environmental Working Group found residue of potentially harmful pesticides on 75% of all conventionally grown produce tested. The group relied on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration, which

(NC NEWSLINE)- In less than two weeks, the Class of 2024 will collect their diplomas at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and head into the real world. But last week, UNC faculty members attending the Spring Faculty Council meeting expressed their concerns about the real world unfolding on their own campus. As on other college campuses, a pro-Palestinian tent encampment has popped up in Chapel Hill in

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S. surfing the internet through its Chrome web browser. The records purge comes as part of a settlement in a lawsuit accusing the search giant of illegal surveillance. The details of the deal emerged in a court filing Monday, more than three months after Google and the attorneys

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small said Monday that a search of his home last week by prosecutors involved "a private family issue," not a crime. The Democratic mayor held a news conference at City Hall to respond to the execution last Thursday of five search warrants by the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office naming the mayor and his wife, LaQuetta Small, the city's superintendent of schools.

NC NEWSLINE Firearms are the leading cause of death when it comes to kids. And a brand-new WRAL documentary looks at why kids are dying from guns in North Carolina. It's called "Unsafe: North Carolina kids dying from gun violence" and WRAL-TV investigative documentary reporter Cristin Severance produced and hosts the doc. The documentary highlights the tragic death of 8-year-old Jenesis Dockery, who died four days shy of her 9th

RALEIGH, NC – Global superstar J. Cole and Dreamville, the globally recognized entertainment brand and multi-platinum record label for which he cofounded, have announced today that over 50 restaurants, food trucks, chefs, and other food vendors have been invited to participate in this year’s music festival returning to Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina on Saturday, April 6, and Sunday, April 7.  Taking the crown last year as the world’s

RALEIGH - Efforts are continuing to bring high-speed internet access to communities across North Carolina. The N.C. Department of Information Technology's (NCDIT) Division of Broadband and Digital Equity today posted Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) program scopes of work to expand high-speed internet access to unserved and underserved homes and businesses in the following counties: •Haywood County (approximately 2,000 eligible locations) •McDowell County (approximately 2,600 eligible locations) •Pitt County (approximately

RALEIGH, N.C. - The N.C. Governor's Highway Safety Program wants drivers from Murphy to Manteo to slow down and is reinforcing that message with its "Speed A Little, Lose A Lot" campaign through the end of March.  Law enforcement agencies across the state will increase patrols this week to catch speeders. "Speeding was the leading factor in deadly car crashes in 2022," said NCGHSP Director Mark Ezzell. "Though a simple

BALTIMORE (AP) - A container ship rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to snap and plunge into the river below. Several vehicles fell into the chilly waters, and rescuers searched for survivors. It was also not clear what caused the cargo ship to crash into the Francis Scott Key Bridge long before the busy morning commute in what one official called a "developing mass casualty