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Why are gas prices rising? Experts point to extreme heat and oil production cuts

August 4, 2023

BY WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS NEW YORK (AP) – Drivers are in for another headache at the pump as U.S. gas prices continue to rise. The national average for gas prices stood at about $3.78 a gallon on Tuesday – about 25 cents […]

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It’s Kamala Harris vs. Ron DeSantis in the fight over Florida’s new teachings on slavery

August 4, 2023

BY SEUNG MIN KIM, WILL WEISSERT, AND STEVE PEOPLES WASHINGTON (AP) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, facing heavy criticism for defending “anti-woke” teaching in Florida, this week teed up an unusual proposal to the nation’s first Black vice president: Come debate […]

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Thursday August 3, 2023 Edition of The Carolinian

August 3, 2023
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Burnout, low pay and politics are driving away teachers. Turnover is soaring for educators of color

August 3, 2023

BY MARC LEVY Rhonda Hicks could have kept working into her 60s. She loved teaching and her students in Philadelphia’s public schools. As a Black woman, she took pride in being a role model for many children of color. However other […]

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Fitch downgrades US credit rating, citing mounting debt and political divisions

August 2, 2023

BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) – Fitch Ratings has downgraded the United States government’s credit rating, citing rising debt at the federal, state, and local levels and a “steady deterioration in standards of governance” over the past two decades. The rating […]

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Trump indicted for efforts to overturn 2020 election and block transfer of power

August 2, 2023

BY ERIC TUCKER AND MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump was indicted on felony charges Tuesday for working to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the run-up to the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol, […]

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Folwell lends his governor’s campaign $1 million; Stein, Robinson still on top with money

August 1, 2023

Most of what North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate and State Treasurer Dale Folwell raised during the first half of the year for his campaign committee has come from $1 million that he loaned it, according to a new campaign finance report. […]

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The first generation of solar panels will wear out. A recycling industry is taking shape

August 1, 2023

BY ISABELLA O’MALLEY Sunlight beats down on a graveyard for dead solar panels in Yuma, Arizona, hundreds stacked in neat piles, waiting for their next life. The great majority of worn and damaged panels are still dumped in landfills. But with […]

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3 North Carolina residents killed by Vibrio bacteria that can be found in brackish water

August 1, 2023

Three North Carolina residents died this month from infections from bacteria naturally found in warm seawater and brackish water, state health officials said Friday. Cases of Vibrio are rare in North Carolina. While healthy people typically develop a mild illness, […]

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Bed Bath & Beyond is back, this time as an online retailer

August 1, 2023

BY ANNE D’INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) – Overstock has officially relaunched the Bed Bath & Beyond domain online Tuesday in the U.S., after acquiring the bankrupt retail chain’s intellectual property assets for $21.5 million last month. The online retailer Overstock.com said […]

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