On the surface, it seemed like a victorythe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday that it was not abandoning the decades-old Red Wolf Recovery Program; the roughly forty red wolves living in eastern North Carolina could stay there. But after the dust settled, advocates who have been fighting to protect the endangered species from […]
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With Carroll’s Kitchen, a Raleigh Restauranteur Hopes to Empower the Disadvantaged
A West Point graduate leading a platoon of twenty-two young men finds himself in post-9/11 Iraq, seeking a solution to the violence unfolding around him. Jim Freeze has no idea that a meeting with a group of tribal elders will teach him a lesson he’ll someday put to use back home. “So I went into […]
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Church on Monday: The Reverend William Barber’s Moral Day of Action Marches on the Capitol
Malaki Spencer squeezes his fingers into his palm and throws a fist into the air, nodding his head as a young woman opens up about the struggles facing those, like her, who are trying to put themselves through college on a minimum wage salary. “How are we supposed to live? Tell me,” Spencer says. “How […]
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UNC Sophomore Alleges She Was Raped By Football Player
A UNC-Chapel Hill sophomore is expected to detail this afternoon a Valentine’s Day rape she says she endured at Ram’s Village, an on-campus apartment complex. The alleged perpetrator? A UNC football player. According to statements released by the woman’s attorney, Denise Branch—statements that the victim, Delaney Robinson, her father, Stacey Robinson, and Branch will read […]
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The Morning Roundup: Chelsea Avoids Plague, NCAA Avoids McCrory’s North Carolina
Good morning, folks. And for those of you who consider the opportunity to laugh at lunacy a gift, this isn’t just any morning. This is Christmas morning. So let’s dive toward that tree and start ripping through some wrapping paper … so to speak.1) NCAA pulls tournament games from North Carolina because of HB 2. […]
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Breaking: Red Wolf Recovery Program Spared by Feds
Despite an aggressive lobbying effort by some North Carolina officials—an effort confirmed by a legislative source a few weeks ago—the roughly forty red wolves living in the eastern part of the state will live on. Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this afternoon that the federal government would not be abandoning the […]
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The Morning Roundup: Delusional McCrory Blames Obama, Cooper for Forcing His Hand on HB2 … For Real
Good morning … or for those of you recovering from Hopscotch, good afternoon. Let’s get going.1) McCrory blames Cooper, Obama for forcing him into HB 2. No, we didn’t make that up. It seems the governor isn’t taking his current plight well—you know, that whole getting his ass handed to him in the polls thing. […]
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Duke Divinity Students Offer Death Row Inmates a Chance to Tell Their Stories
They say it’s not about redemptionthat providing North Carolina’s 150 death row inmates with a voice is an opportunity to both restore a sense of humanity among the condemned and give those outside the walls of Central Prison a chance to “look within” and, perhaps, contribute to the national debate over the death penalty. But […]
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We’re Coming to You Live from the Raleigh City Council’s Evening Session
The Raleigh City Council is meeting tonight, and we’re here to give you the play-by-play. But we’re not the only ones in the house. A bunch of Raleigh firefighters are here, too … and they are pretty angry that the city keeps disregarding their push for a raise. Here’s a little bit of background on […]
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Is the Raleigh City Council About to Spike the Long-Planned Falls Whitewater Park?
In a measure included as part of the Raleigh City Council’s consent agenda this evening, the long-planned Falls Whitewater Park would lose the $150,000 earmarked for the project in 2005 as part of a plan that allocates funds from the city and county’s occupancy and food and beverage taxes. And while one city official seems […]