Category Archives: Triangle/Local
North Carolina justices decide family can sue over unwanted COVID-19 shot
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina mother and son can sue a public school system and a doctors' group on allegations they gave the boy a COVID-19 vaccine witho...
Mar 21, 2025
North Carolina’s largest public university NC State names new chancellor
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has chosen the next person to lead the state’s largest public university by enrollment...
Mar 18, 2025
North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated PressASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Before answering an attendee’s question about President Donald Trump’s "destructive and disastrous trade war," U.S. Rep. Chuck Edw...
Mar 14, 2025
Tens of billions in Hurricane Helene aid to start by March 21
By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated PressATLANTA (AP) - Tens of billions in aid for victims of Hurricane Helene should start flowing later this month, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins pledg...
Mar 12, 2025
Tens of billions in Hurricane Helene aid to start by March 21
By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Tens of billions in aid for victims of Hurricane Helene should start flowing later this month, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins pled...
Mar 12, 2025
Schools use AI to monitor kids, hoping to prevent violence. Our investigation found security risks
By CLAIRE BRYAN of The Seattle Times and SHARON LURYE of The Associated PressOne student asked a search engine, "Why does my boyfriend hit me?" Another threatened suicide in an email to an unrequited ...
Mar 12, 2025
Schools use AI to monitor kids, hoping to prevent violence. Our investigation found security risks
By CLAIRE BRYAN of The Seattle Times and SHARON LURYE of The Associated Press One student asked a search engine, "Why does my boyfriend hit me?" Another threatened suicide in an email to an unrequited...
Mar 12, 2025
Bragg to Liberty and back again: Ceremony to rechristen Army post once named for a Confederate
By ALLEN BREED and MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty came to an end Friday when the nation's largest Army installation officially retur...
Mar 07, 2025
World's oldest llama enjoys comforting chronically ill children in North Carolina
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press A bucktoothed llama that spends his days comforting chronically ill children at a North Carolina camp founded by NASCAR royalty has been crowned the world's oldest ll...
Mar 05, 2025
Lighter winds help crews fighting wildfires in South and North Carolina
By ERIK VERDUZCO Associated PressMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Lighter winds Monday helped crews in South Carolina and North Carolina battle wildfires that caused evacuations and threatened hund...
Mar 03, 2025