Category Archives: Triangle/Local
Citizen journalists, citizen sleuths helping to unravel the tangle of Epstein documents
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer When sifting through the seemingly endless collection of documents in the Epstein files gets to be too much and Ellie Leonard needs a break, she takes a walk outside. T...
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US House campaigns are underway. Yet a redistricting battle triggered by Trump rages in some states
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Candidates are campaigning and voting is underway in some primaries. Yet a national battle to redraw U.S. House districts for partisan advantage is still raging in so...
Feb 20, 2026
No clear path to ending the partial government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise Sunday in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers that h...
Feb 15, 2026
Judge sentences teen to life without parole for North Carolina mass shooting that killed 5
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A judge sentenced an 18-year-old who acknowledged killing five people in a North Carolina mass shooting to life in prison without parole Frid...
Feb 13, 2026
At Fort Bragg, Trump says Maduro raid showed 'full military might' of US and means 'we are feared'
By WILL WEISSERT and ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump celebrated the special forces members who ousted Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro, saying last mon...
Feb 13, 2026
Studies test whether gene-editing can fix high cholesterol. For now, take your medicine
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: a gene-editing treatment that might offer a one-time fix for high cholesterol...
Feb 11, 2026
Judge rejects Democrats' plea for early voting sites at 3 North Carolina universities
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - A federal judge refused Sunday to help in attempts to open early voting sites at three public North Carolina universities, declining requests to overrule decisions by Republica...
Feb 08, 2026
School closures in the Southeast stretch into 2nd week after latest winter storm
By MAKIYA SEMINERA AP Education Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - School systems across the Southeast are dealing with weather-related school closures for the second week in a row, leading some to try remot...
Feb 02, 2026
Snow hits the Carolinas as low temps compound power outage woes elsewhere from last weekend's ice
By TRN NGUYN Associated Press Blizzardlike conditions stemming from a " bomb cyclone " hammered parts of the Carolinas on Saturday and ushered in frigid temperatures to much of the East Coast, and ten...
Feb 01, 2026
This unusual cherry tree thrives in North Carolina yards
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener I have always been fascinated by unusual plants, trees, shrubs and flowers that I rarely see, especially those growing in North Carolina. Autumn-blooming cherry, Hi...
Feb 01, 2026