When the phone started ringing, at about ten thirty on February 22, more than 150 students inside the Sandra E. Lerner Jewish Community Day School were well into their morning routines. A staff member answered. “In a short time,” the unidentified voice on the other end of the line said, “a large number of Jews […]
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After Fifteen Years, the Michael Peterson Case Concludes But Provides Little Closure
It’s nearly eighty degrees, unusually warm for a late-February day. The sun is shining, so Michael Peterson walks into the Durham County Courthouse wearing a pair of dark aviator sunglasses. He makes his way to the seventh floor and enters a courtroom surrounded by members of his legal team. He takes a seat and begins […]
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Fourteen Years Ago, Michael Peterson Was Convicted of Killing Her Mother. Now, Caitlin Atwater Breaks Her Silence in an Exclusive Interview.
While Durham is a very different place than it was during her youth, Caitlin Atwater still feels the “watchful eye of the town” when she stops through for a meal at Nana’s or to visit her mother’s grave.
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Updated: Jewish Day School Evacuated Amid Bomb Threat. Police Clear Scene.
A concerned parent who received an automated message from Lerner Community Jewish Day School told the INDY moments ago that the Durham school was being evacuated amid a bomb threat. The auto-call went out at 10:58 this morning. The incident comes amid a wave of similar threats made against American Jews since Donald Trump was […]
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Donald Trump Promised Big Bucks for Infrastructure. Could That Save Light Rail?
Candidate Donald Trump said he wanted to be the leader who spearheaded an effort to rebuild the nation’s “crumbling” infrastructure. In his election night victory speech, he promised to “fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals. We’re going to rebuild our infrastructure, which will become, by the way, second […]
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Cooper Offers HB 2 Compromise. It’s a Bad Deal.
We supported Roy Cooper during his gubernatorial run. Sure, the INDY endorsing Pat McCrory was never a viable option, but we believed as much in the man running against him as we did in the notion that even one more day of McCrory in the Executive Mansion would spell more disaster for our state. With […]
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Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions Takes Aim at Transgender Rights
On the second day of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s tenure, the Justice Department filed a legal brief Friday that represents a beginning to the rollback of protections granted by the Obama administration to the transgender community. The Washington Postpublished the brief, which seeks to strip people of the right to use the bathroom that aligns […]
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Will the NCAA’s Threat Force the Legislature to Reconsider HB 2?
Senate Democrats last week filed a bill to fully repeal HB 2, a move cosponsor Jeff Jackson called “obvious” and “the biggest economic development deal of the year.” If the claims made in a letter sent to the General Assembly by Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance executive director Scott Dupree are accurate, Jackson might just be […]
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Two HRC Members Blast Commission’s Jail Recommendations
Apparently, two members of Durham’s Human Relations Committee are none too pleased with their fellow commissioners—and have no interest in being associated with the HRC’s call for reform inside the Durham County Detention Facility. Commissioners Richard Ford and Ricky Hart penned this “minority report,” which was obtained by the INDY, in which they argue the […]