Local search for North Carolina

40+ min ago   (189+ words) Beer Co. bartender Seth Pacileo and bargoer Savannah Deir share their accounts of a shooting on McGee Street Sunday which ended in a police standoff at the railroad tracks. Police protect the scene of a shooting at S. Elm and W. McGee…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (575+ words) Highway 12, Highway 35, Highway 35/115, Highway 401, Highway 48, Highway 7, Highway 7/12 and Highway 7A are affected... These highway closures are scheduled for short-term or emergency repairs and maintenance Plan your trip before you’re in your car — 40 closures are scheduled for roadwork on provincial…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (151+ words) Frederick Hess ponders recent efforts to counter left-wing bias in American universities. Conservatives’ trust in higher education has plummeted since 2015, and for good reason. A deluge of canceled speakers, tent encampments, DEI depravity, grade inflation, and out-of-control borrowing has marked…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (319+ words) Milli Sands writes for the American Thinker about a common trait of communism and Islamism. Classical Islamic law treats leaving the faith as a capital offense with no statute of limitations. The doctrine rests on a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari,…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago   (225+ words) Matthew Continetti explores significant shifts in the Democratic Party’s coalition since Barack Obama roamed the White House. At first glance, it seems as if the same groups that powered Mr. Obama’s rise—young people, minorities and white voters with college…...

1+ hour, 46+ min ago   (420+ words) Chris Miller assesses the potential impact of the Trump administration’s approach toward science. The Trump administration has a contentious relationship with America’s scientists, strong-arming universities and appointing vaccine skeptics to senior roles. A recently released White House report aims to…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (414+ words) Matt Weidinger explains the significance of recent federal government unemployment data. Federal lawmakers created major temporary unemployment benefit programs during the pandemic, which collectively distributed a record $700 billion to unemployed individuals nationwide. Little attention has been paid to wildly divergent…...

13+ hour, 20+ min ago   (358+ words) Good morning! It’s Danielle Battaglia with the latest edition of Under the Dome focused on the Trump administration. Over the weekend, finance leaders from around the world were to travel to Asheville for the G20 Finance Track meeting. They’ll also be…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1619+ words) A lake this big should probably be harder to miss. Instead, most people drive right past it. That’s part of the charm of this quiet corner of eastern North Carolina, where the horizon opens up, the roads get quieter, and…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1744+ words) Every critical snap in the fourth quarter became a street fight that UNC seemed prepared to win. This was vintage Belichick football without the glamour: control the line of scrimmage, eliminate easy answers and force the opponent to execute under…...