Category Archives: Triangle/Local
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
Tens of thousands face another arctic blast without power as East Coast preps for a new storm
By SOPHIE BATES, SUDHIN THANAWALA and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BELZONI, Miss. (AP) - As tens of thousands of people endured nearly a week with no electricity, another storm loomed on the East Coast...
Jan 30, 2026
Worries deepen in US South after days of grappling with snow, ice and widespread outages
By SOPHIE BATES, JEFF MARTIN and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Conditions were growing more dire in parts of the South still reeling from subfreezing temperatures and widespread po...
Jan 28, 2026
It's one storm after another for much of the US, but the next one's path is uncertain
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer HOUSTON (AP) - Winter's brutal grip on the U.S. East is not letting up, with coming days bringing subfreezing temperatures that will plunge deep into what had been...
Jan 28, 2026
Bitter cold grips the eastern US as winter storm deaths rise and power outages linger
By RUSS BYNUM and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press Three Texas siblings who perished in an icy pond were among several dozen deaths in U.S. states gripped by frigid cold Tuesday as crews scrambled to ...
Jan 27, 2026
More arctic air is expected for Southern states hit by ice and riddled with power outages
By RUSS BYNUM and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press When a massive winter storm descended on the Northeast and parts of the South over the weekend, Lisa Patterson planned to stick it out at her family'...
Jan 27, 2026