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UNC basketball legend Lennie Rosenbluth dies at 89

Lennie Rosenbluth played an integral part in establishing the famed New York to North Carolina pipeline started by former coach Frank McGuire and continued under Dean Smith that helped UNC basketball cement itself as a national brand.

Tribune News Service

NC’s senators vote no on bill that helps Camp Lejeune vets exposed to toxic water

WASHINGTON — Sens. Thom Tillis and Richard Burr voted Thursday against the bill they helped craft that would benefit veterans from Camp Lejeune who were exposed to toxic chemicals in the base’s water for nearly three decades.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Five-year-old and father killed in tragic crash after driver veered into wrong lane and slammed golf cart

A father and his young son were tragically killed in North Carolina after their golf cart was struck by a suspected impaired driver, authorities said.

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North Carolina charter school’s skirt requirement violated female students’ rights, court rules

The school’s founder said the skirt requirement was part of the school’s ‘chivalry’ policy, which described females as being a ‘fragile vessel’

The Independent UK

Monro Completes Sale Of Tires Now Assets To American Tire Distributors

Monro Inc (NASDAQ:MNRO) has completed the previously-announced sale of its wholesale tire and distribution assets to American Tire Distributors (ATD). The company sold its Tires Now distribution assets for $105 million in cash. Monro's wholesale tire locations included seven facilities in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee which serviced more than 3,500 wholesale customer…

Benzinga

Freedom riders' 1947 convictions vacated in North Carolina

Legendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men will have their sentences vacated posthumously

The Independent UK

NC House may not vote on bill banning LGBTQ instruction in K-3 classrooms anytime soon

A controversial bill restricting LGBTQ instruction in elementary schools might not be taken up by the North Carolina House in the remaining few weeks of the legislative session, Speaker Tim Moore said Wednesday.

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This company wants to pay you $2,000 to infest your home with cockroaches

A North Carolina-based company is looking for a few study participants who are willing to welcome roughly 100 cockroaches into their homes. It got more than 2,500 applications in less than a week.

WEKU

Large, ‘unusual’ visitor photographed on NC’s Outer Banks — and it has a quirky name

A biologist along the coast of the Outer Banks in North Carolina snapped a shot of a peculiar visitor hovering over the water.

Tribune News Service

PAC that posted Madison Cawthorn video now aims to ‘fire’ Lauren Boebert

The activists who helped submarine far-right wing representative Madison Cawthorn’s reelection efforts in North Carolina are setting their sites on performative Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert.

Tribune News Service

Kevin VandenBerg, Steve Maddalena, others take advantage of moving day at Golfweek Senior National Championship

The 2022 Golfweek Senior National Championship leaderboard looks like it could be a preview of what's to come at Brookline this weekend. The East Course at Grandover Resort in Greensboro, North Carolina, is playing tough for some of the best senior ...

USA Today Sports Media Group

Can a State-Funded Charter School Require Female Students to Wear Skirts?

Perhaps the real question is whether such a school is a state actor for purposes of Section 1983. The en banc Fourth Circuit says it is, so that a skirt requirement for girls is unlawful.

Reason

North Carolina could lose up to 40% of its wetlands to sea level rise by 2070, new study shows

RALEIGH, N.C. — Sea level rise poses a grave threat to salt marshes and other coastal wetlands along the North Carolina coast, according to a newly published study.

Tribune News Service

2 dead, 4 critically hurt when intoxicated driver crashes into golf cart, NC cops say

Two people — including a 5-year-old — were killed and four others were critically injured when an intoxicated driver collided with a golf cart near Statesville, North Carolina, according to the N.C. State Highway Patrol.

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Ballotpedia

North Carolina Republican candidates have raised $4.5 million more than Democrats

In North Carolina, candidates who have filed state campaign finance reports have raised $43.2 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and Apr. 30, 2022. State-level Democratic candidates have raised $12.8 million and Republican candidates have raised $17.3 million.

USA Today Sports Media Group

First-ever Golfweek Senior National has attracted top amateurs to North Carolina

The Golfweek Senior National will be a pivotal tournament towards crowning the 2022 champion.

Tribune News Service

North Carolina can’t deny gender-affirming care to state employees under state health plan, federal judge rules

North Carolina can’t deny gender-affirming services to state employees who receive health insurance through the state’s health care plan, a federal judge ruled Friday in a major victory for transgender rights advocates.

The Independent UK

Shooting inside North Carolina shopping mall leaves three people injured

Two persons of interest were taken into custody following the shooting at the Eastbridge mall in Gastonia

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The Conversation

What is chronic wasting disease? A wildlife scientist explains the fatal prion infection killing deer and elk across North America

Chronic wasting disease, a deadly neurological infectious disease that affects deer, elk and moose, is spreading across North America. Most recently detected in North Carolina in March 2022, CWD has been confirmed in 30 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces, as well as Norway, Finland, Sweden and South Korea. Dr.…

Benzinga

North Carolina House Says Yes To Bill Allowing FDA-Approved THC Drugs, Will This Kill Full Medical Marijuana Legalization?

The North Carolina House passed Senate Bill 448, legalizing FDA-approved THC medications in a 92-9 vote, reported The Carolina Journal.

Daily Mirror

Cruel lawyer leaves job after 'crazy' suggestion to cut out dog's vocal cords

An unnamed law enforcement official who worked for Graham County in North Carolina has left his job after he suggested that Michael Eddings get his dog Leo's vocal cords surgically removed to stop noise complaints

The Independent UK

Dems confront criticism on crime after San Francisco defeat

Democrats are defending their record on crime a day after an election for district attorney in California exposed lingering vulnerabilities

Reason

Following USDA Guidance, State Clinics Destroyed Thousands of Cans of Usable Baby Formula

The government worsens the baby formula shortage, again.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

North Carolina’s Sen. Thom Tillis works to change gun laws following mass shootings

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is one of four senators leading the charge on examining the country’s gun laws following two high-profile mass shootings last month that left 31 people dead.

LiveScience

Hurricane season 2024: How long it lasts and what to expect

This guide to the Atlantic hurricane season of 2024, includes predictions, tropical storm science, naming conventions and storm safety tips.

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