The North State Journal

October 15, 2024

Robinson files $50M defamation lawsuit against CNN

October 15, 2024

RALEIGH — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor, has filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN and a former adult video store employee. The lawsuit includes two counts of defamation and […]

Google must open Android app store to competition, Federal judge orders

October 14, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge last Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company’s […]

What it was, was football: Week 6

October 14, 2024

The state broke even last week, going 15-15. That’s two straight weeks without a losing record for North Carolina’s 33 college football teams. Schedule havoc: A week after the storm, Helene continued to impact college […]

NC State, Wake Forest both looking to claim first conference win

October 14, 2024

The NC State Wolfpack (3-2, 0-1 ACC) and Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1-3, 0-1 ACC) will kick off the latest in the longest running rivalry in ACC history – the two teams have played annually […]

Mirren tells story of evil, hope during WWII in ‘White Bird’

October 13, 2024

It’s never a bad time for stories celebrating acts of kindness, but the current news cycle makes it ever so more appreciated. In the new film “White Bird,” in theaters now, the act is quite […]

Key ACC matchups for Tobacco Road college basketball teams this season

October 13, 2024

For North Carolina’s ACC sports fans, with the exception of the Duke faithful, the light at the end of what seems to be a long, dark tunnel of a football season is quickly approaching. The [...]
What residents in red states like Montana and South Carolina object to is New Yorkers telling them how to live their lives MOORE: Can we all get along? Yes, by letting the states decide

October 13, 2024

At the time of this writing, the outcome of the presidential race is pretty close to being a coin flip. So what I write is not in any way influenced by who will win in [...]
Things are just continuing to get worse for the NC State Wolfpack who lost a third consecutive conference game, falling 24-17 to the Syracuse Orange Saturday night at Carter-Finley Stadium. Wasted opportunities haunt Pack in third-straight conference loss

October 13, 2024

Things are just continuing to get worse for the NC State Wolfpack who lost a third consecutive conference game, falling 24-17 to the Syracuse Orange Saturday night at Carter-Finley Stadium. Turnovers, penalties, dropped passes, missed [...]
Harris pack aid boxes for hurricane victims during weekend visit to NC

October 12, 2024

RALEIGH — Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday helped pack diapers into boxes of personal care products destined for North Carolina hurricane victims, agreeing with one helper who said “it takes a village.” “You’re exactly [...]
Last month’s gain was far more than economists had expected US adds 254K jobs, unemployment dips to 4.1%

October 12, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — America’s employers added a surprisingly strong 254,000 jobs in September, easing concerns about a weakening labor market and suggesting the pace of hiring is still solid enough to support a growing economy. [...]

No danger of a “trap” for UNC from Georgia Tech this year.

October 13, 2024

Throughout UNC football coach Mack Brown’s second stint in Chapel Hill, there’s typically something on the line in the Georgia Tech game. For the past three seasons in which UNC boasted star quarterbacks Sam Howell […]

What it was, was football: Week 5

October 13, 2024

What it was, was football: Week Five A weekly look at North Carolina college football 6: Games postponed or cancelled last week due to Tropical Storm Helene. By Shawn Krest North Carolina football teams posted […]

Key ACC matchups for Tobacco Road college basketball teams this season

October 13, 2024

For North Carolina’s ACC sports fans, with the exception of the Duke faithful, the light at the end of what seems to be a long, dark tunnel of a football season is quickly approaching. The […]

What it was, was football: Week 5

October 13, 2024

Key ACC matchups for Tobacco Road college basketball teams this season

October 13, 2024

For North Carolina’s ACC sports fans, with the exception of the Duke faithful, the light at the end of what seems to be a long, dark tunnel of a football season is quickly approaching. The […]

Wasted opportunities haunt Pack in third-straight conference loss

October 13, 2024

Things are just continuing to get worse for the NC State Wolfpack who lost a third consecutive conference game, falling 24-17 to the Syracuse Orange Saturday night at Carter-Finley Stadium. Turnovers, penalties, dropped passes, missed […]

Kucherov third-period goals spoil Hurricanes’ opener in 4-1 Lightning win

October 11, 2024

RALEIGH — The Tampa Bay Lightning aren’t what they once were, but they can still score on the power play. The Hurricanes learned that the hard way in Saturday’s season opener at Lenovo Center. Carolina […]

Category 5: Hurricanes open season with Guentzel Cup

October 11, 2024

Five days short of five months since the Hurricanes’ 2023-24 campaign ended, hope springs anew with the team’s start to the new NHL season Friday with their opener against the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning at […]

Expectations lowered for Hurricanes

October 11, 2024

RALEIGH — For many, the Carolina Hurricanes have been underachievers. Although many have picked them as Stanley Cup favorites the past few years, the team has been unable to reach those heights, losing in the […]

The Word: The shot that missed

October 5, 2024

An archery contest was in progress. One after another the contestants stepped up to the line, took careful aim, and let their arrows fly at the target. Arrow after arrow embedded its point in the […]

Book review: HED: Louise Erdrich writes about love, loss in North Dakota in ‘The Mighty Red’

October 4, 2024

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Louise Erdrich (“The Night Watchman,” 2021) returns with a story close to her heart, “The Mighty Red.” Set in the author’s native North Dakota, the title refers to the river that serves […]

Famous birthdays this week: Oct. 3-9

October 4, 2024

Oct. 3 Composer Steve Reich is 88. Rock ’n’ roll star Chubby Checker is 83. Musician Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) is 75. Golf Hall of Famer Fred Couples is 65. Drummer Tommy Lee is 62. […]

This week in history: Oct. 3-9

October 3, 2024

Oct. 3 1990: West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a reunified country. 1993: Eighteen U.S. service members and hundreds of Somalis were killed in the Battle […]

The Stream: Coldplay drops 10th record, ‘Salem’s Lot’ reboot lands on Netflix

October 3, 2024

Coldplay’s 10th studio album and the American Music Awards celebrating their 50th anniversary are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth […]

Happy 50th, ‘SNL’!

September 28, 2024

NEW YORK — Live from New York! It’s 50 seasons later for “SNL.” The landmark NBC sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” premiered Oct. 11, 1975, with George Carlin as host and not one but […]

MCCAUGHEY: The left’s word games can’t conceal ‘third world’ impact of open borders

October 11, 2024

Politically incorrect words don’t kill, but Venezuelan gangs do. On Saturday, former President Donald Trump warned rallygoers in a small Wisconsin town that if Vice President Kamala Harris “is reelected, your town and every town […]

GINGRICH: Vance’s triumph: President Trump’s vindication

October 11, 2024

The vice-presidential debate was staggeringly one-sided. Sen. JD Vance was poised, calm, friendly, likable and in control of the facts and himself. By contrast, Gov. Tim Walz began the debate so nervously that it was […]

MATTHEWS: Hope shines through after NC Helene devastation

October 10, 2024

As things go with any hurricane, you pray the paths that are projected aren’t accurate, that they’ll fizzle out at sea with no harm done to life and land, and that at the end of […]

HILL: The idea of America

October 10, 2024

What are we voting for anyway? The most important race is, of course, for president. Presidents set the tone by what they say and which policies they endorse. In 1980, President Ronald Reagan turned the […]

MCMAHON: Putting North Carolina first

October 9, 2024

As a native of New Bern, North Carolina, I know firsthand that my fellow North Carolinians are some of the most hard-working, tough, and innovative people in the country. As communities across the state recover […]

PRAGER: Israel derangement syndrome

October 6, 2024

Julie Hartman, a 24-year-old woman with whom I do a weekly podcast (“Dennis & Julie”), described the anti-Israel world perfectly: A vast number of people suffer from Israel Derangement Syndrome. The description is, of course, […]

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