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By Stacy M. Brown NNPA A groundbreaking study led by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Duke University sheds light on the significant health risks posed by the V142I transthyretin variant within the US Black population. Published in the […]

(AP News) Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of national survey data over four decades. Alcohol is still more widely used, but 2022 was the first […]

By Ahmed Jallow NC Newsline The North Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee approved an amended version of House Bill 237 on Tuesday morning that would prohibit the wearing of masks in public.  The controversial bill, which would also increase criminal penalties […]

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The North Carolina Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved a bill that will provide hundreds of millions of dollars to the state’s private school voucher program. The move sparked heated debates between Democrats and Republicans, highlighting […]

  By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer In the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in April 1968, the small town of Riceville, Iowa, found itself grappling with confusion and grief. Among those affected were Jane Elliott’s third-grade students, who […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Security video aired by CNN appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs physically assaulting singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. The video aired Friday appears to show Combs, wearing only a white towel, punching and kicking […]

(AP) On the afternoon of May 3, Roger Fortson opened the door of his Florida apartment with a gun in his hand and was immediately shot six times by a sheriff’s deputy responding to a complaint about an argument. Fortson’s […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Makers of medical tests that have long escaped government oversight will have about four years to show that their new offerings deliver accurate results, under a government rule vigorously opposed by the testing industry. The regulation finalized […]

  Raleigh, NC – Youth leaders from the Poe Center’s Youth Empowerment team led a community forum Thursday to address the vaping epidemic in Wake County. Joined by partners, officials, and professionals, youth leaders spoke about their work to curb […]