Angela Bassett to receive honorary Oscars at starry, untelevised event
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Mel Brooks received his second Oscar Tuesday night at a private dinner in the heart of Hollywood. The event, the 14th Governors Awards, was untelevised but the crowd was as starry as they come with the […]
Read MoreKing’s daughter says wars, gun violence, racism have pushed humanity to the brink
ATLANTA (AP) – Citing gun violence in the U.S., the deaths of families in Ukraine and Gaza from war, and threats from artificial intelligence, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter said Thursday the world urgently needs to study and […]
Read MoreNC Elections Board debates using race as a criterion in signature verification pilot
Durham is the most populous county that will take part in the ballot signature-matching pilot program for the upcoming primary elections. The State Board of Elections on Tuesday approved the 10 counties that will participate in the mailed ballot signature-matching […]
Read MoreCivil rights leader removed from movie theater for using his own chair
AP NEWS – Civil rights leader, Rev. William Barber II, was escorted by police out of a North Carolina movie theater after he insisted on using his own chair for medical reasons, prompting an apology from the nation’s largest movie […]
Read MoreGeorgia agency awards contract to raise Savannah bridge to accommodate bigger cargo ships
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – The Georgia Department of Transportation said Wednesday it has chosen a general contractor to oversee a $189 million project to raise Savannah’s towering suspension bridge so that larger cargo ships can pass underneath and reach one of the […]
Read MoreBiden to speak at SC Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston on Monday
The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston was the site of a racist mass shooting that killed nine Black churchgoers on June 17, 2015. Dylann Roof was convicted in the murders and sentenced to the death penalty. (Photo by […]
Read MoreHomelessness Soars Amid Housing Crisis in N.C.
By: JORDAN MEADOWS, STAFF WRITER Approximately 1 in every 1,250 individuals in North Carolina are homeless, ranking the state 18th worst in the nation and the 5th worst among southern states in total numbers. The COVID-19 pandemic initially led to […]
Read MoreWhat to know about changes to this year’s FAFSA application for college students
NEW YORK (AP) – A new version of the federal student aid application known as the FAFSA is available for the 2024-2025 school year, but only on a limited basis as the U.S. Department of Education works on a redesign […]
Read MoreBomb threats lead to brief lockdowns and the evacuation of multiple state capitols
Multiple state capitols received bomb threats Wednesday morning that led to brief evacuations or lockdowns as police investigated, but no evidence of explosives was found. The warnings came after a spate of false reports of shootings at the homes of public officials […]
Read MoreAn interview with acclaimed civil rights attorney and historian Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson learned early on about the rule of law. As a young African American boy growing up in a mostly white county in rural Delaware, he started out attending “colored” schools. That changed after the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board […]
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