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April 25, 2024

Hurricanes’ Jesper Fast could be out ‘whole playoffs’

April 25, 2024

ELMONT, N.Y. — It looks like last year’s leading playoff goal scorer may not play for the Hurricanes this postseason. Forward Jesper Fast, who was hurt in the regular season finale in Columbus after crashing […]

Planned Parenthood announces $10M voter campaign in NC

April 25, 2024

RALEIGH — Abortion continues to be a key part of Democrats’ election playbook in North Carolina, which for 2024 will include what abortion-rights advocates call an unprecedented investment in get-out-the-vote efforts. Planned Parenthood affiliated groups […]

Category 5: Familiar situation for Hurricanes, Islanders in Game 3

April 25, 2024

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — The Carolina Hurricanes will look to put a stranglehold on the New York Islanders when the teams play in Game 3 of their first round series Thursday at UBS Arena on […]

Case of teen vaccinated without permission appealed to NC Supreme Court

April 25, 2024

RALEIGH — A case involving a Guilford County teen who was vaccinated against their will and without parental permission may be heading to the N.C. Supreme Court based on an appeal filed on April 4. […]

Asheville Ideas Fest offers ‘intellectual vacation’

April 25, 2024

You might be able to tell from the name, but Asheville Ideas Fest is not your average summer conference. It’s a gathering of some big names — and some names you may not know but […]

Panthers draft: Lots to do

April 25, 2024

The Carolina Panthers are not on the clock, yet. The NFL Draft starts on Thursday night. After finishing last season with the worst record in the NFL, the Panthers earned the right to choose first [...]
The opinion stated the governor applied different reopening standards to similar businesses during the pandemic NC Court of Appeals: Cooper violated state constitution with bar closures

April 25, 2024

RALEIGH — A recent opinion by the North Carolina Court of Appeals says Gov. Roy Cooper’s pandemic orders related to bar closures violated the state’s “equal protection” rights under Article I of the North Carolina [...]
Franklin was the 15th of 17 children of a Boston candlemaker who was apprenticed to an older brother who was a printer BARONE: Maybe larger families will produce better leaders, as in the early US

April 25, 2024

Why was America in the Revolutionary War era, with 3 million people, able to generate leaders of the quality of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, while today’s America, with 333 million people, generates the likes [...]
General Assembly short session started Wednesday

April 24, 2024

RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly returned for the short session on Wednesday with a handful of items on its agenda. Lawmakers will take up adjustments to the latest budget, including the possibility of [...]
The full Board of Governors will consider the change in May UNC BOG takes step toward repealing DEI policy

April 24, 2024

RALEIGH — During its April 17 meeting, the UNC Board of Governors Committee on Governance unanimously voted to repeal its diversity, equity and inclusion policies for the entire UNC System. The new superseding policy emphasizes the [...]

NC legislative committee holds first America 250 meeting

April 25, 2024

RALEIGH — The General Assembly’s committee tasked with planning celebrations and commemorations of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026, held its inaugural meeting on April […]

Biden and the ‘blame America first’ Democrats

April 25, 2024

When President Joe Biden warned Iran not to attack Israel with the single word “don’t,” he was setting himself up to look foolish and weak. The Iranian theocratic dictatorship pays no heed to Biden. Iran’s […]

Panthers draft: Lots to do

April 25, 2024

The Carolina Panthers are not on the clock, yet. The NFL Draft starts on Thursday night. After finishing last season with the worst record in the NFL, the Panthers earned the right to choose first […]

Hurricanes score twice in 9 seconds, stun Islanders for 2-0 series lead

April 22, 2024

RALEIGH — Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour often talks about moments, players making memories together that will last a lifetime. Brind’Amour has been a part of most of those Hurricanes’ memories, and what happened Monday at […]

Hurricanes overcome ‘unacceptable’ start, rally past Islanders for Game 1 win

April 20, 2024

RALEIGH — For 40 minutes, the Carolina Hurricanes hardly looked like the Stanley Cup favorite. The Islanders — who needed a late-season push to make the playoffs — had outshot the host team two-to-one in […]

Questions loom for Hornets

April 20, 2024

CHARLOTTE — With a final record of 21-61, the Charlotte Hornets’ 2023-24 season came to a close last Sunday afternoon. Concluding a dismal campaign where the franchise finished with its fewest wins in 11 years, […]

Writers select Sebastian Aho as Hurricanes’ MVP; Seth Jarvis wins Josef Vasicek Award

April 19, 2024

RALEIGH — The Carolina chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association handed out its two annual awards Thursday. Sebastian Aho received the team’s Most Valuable Player award for the sixth time in seven seasons, and […]

Hurricanes rest stars for playoffs, lose finale in Columbus

April 16, 2024

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Zach Werenski had two goals and two assists, Jet Greaves made 38 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat a diminished version of the playoff-bound Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Tuesday night. The […]

Jarvis’ 2 PPGs leads Hurricanes past Blackhawks

April 14, 2024

CHICAGO — The Carolina Hurricanes have one game left on their schedule, and their playoff position is still undecided. In the meantime, they are closing strong. Seth Jarvis collected two goals and an assist in […]

THE WORD: The Eighth Commandment

March 9, 2024

This series explores the Ten Commandments through the words and admonishments of Arthur Pink. “Thou shalt not steal” (Exodus 20:15). The root from which theft proceeds is discontent with the portion God has allotted, and […]

THE WORD: The seventh Commandment

March 2, 2024

This series explores the Ten Commandments through the words and admonishments of Arthur Pink. “Thou shalt not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14). The virtues of purity are the basis of the domestic relations, and as the […]

Asheville’s Holler Choir

March 1, 2024

We owe a debt of gratitude to those who shattered Clint Roberts’ heart and to those who stitched back together the broken pieces left on the dusty floor of his memories. Without the trials of […]

The 411: How a 50-year old Head Start nonprofit has helped migrant farmworker children

March 1, 2024

RALEIGH — A 50-year-old Head Start program has had a multi-generational impact on migrant farmworker families and their children. Maria Garza, the CEO of the East Coast Migrant Head Start Project (ECMHSP), shared with North […]

What would happen without a Leap Day? More than you might think

February 28, 2024

NEW YORK — Leap year. It’s a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why? Have a look at some of the numbers, history and lore […]

THE WORD: The sixth Commandment

February 24, 2024

This series explores the Ten Commandments through the words and admonishments of Arthur Pink. “Thou shalt not kill.” — Exodus 20:13 The first five Commandments showed how God safeguards His glory; in the second five […]

SHAPIRO: America is now in the business of losing wars

April 19, 2024

On Oct. 7, thousands of members of the terrorist group Hamas and its “civilian” friends broke through the barrier between the Gaza Strip and Israel and proceeded to torture, rape and slaughter at least 1,200 […]

BARONE: A fail-safe society is sure to fail

April 18, 2024

When are we going to trust our fellow Americans again? When are we going to allow qualified individuals with responsibility to make decisions without consulting detailed rulebooks and formal procedures? Those are questions New York […]

MATTHEWS: Thoughts on the Angie Harmon/Instacart driver dog-shooting incident

April 17, 2024

On the Monday after Easter weekend, actress Angie Harmon revealed on Instagram that one of her dogs had been shot and killed by an Instacart delivery driver. Harmon said she’d had groceries delivered to her […]

HILL: Defund NPR, PBS and ‘Sesame Street’

April 17, 2024

Uri Berliner, a senior business editor who has worked at National Public Radio (NPR) since 1999 publicly came out last week and said what everyone knew to be true about NPR for the past four […]

SHAPIRO: The cut flowers civilization

April 12, 2024

Last week, famed atheist Richard Dawkins explained that he was a “cultural Christian.” Praising his civilization, Dawkins stated, “I do think that we are culturally a Christian country. I call myself a cultural Christian. I’m […]

GINGRICH: Destroying the rule of law to destroy President Trump

April 11, 2024

The desperate effort by New York Democrats to destroy President Donald Trump is the clearest example of the collapse of the rule of law happening today. Arrogant and corrupt New York officials from the state’s […]

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