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May 14, 2026

Rededicate 250: National Prayer event to be held May 17 on National Mall

May 13, 2026

RALEIGH — The National Mall in Washington, D.C. will host “Rededicate 250 — A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise, and Thanksgiving” on Sunday, a daylong gathering of scripture, testimony, prayer and worship as the nation’s […]

MATTHEWS: Virginia Democrats running out of options in redistricting wars

May 13, 2026

To say the last two weeks have not been good for Democrats in the redistricting wars would be an understatement. The biggie, of course, was the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Louisiana v. Callais […]

Hurricanes making hard look easy

May 13, 2026

RALEIGH — Things have gone about as well as they can for the Hurricanes through two rounds of the NHL playoffs. Carolina is unbeaten through eight games — the first team in NHL history to […]

GOP leaders come to budget agreement

May 12, 2026

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s top Republican legislative leaders said Tuesday they have reached a framework agreement to break a nearly yearlong budget impasse, announcing plans for the largest average teacher pay raise in nearly two […]

Hornets’ Diabate wins Hustle Award, Knueppel misses rookie honor

May 11, 2026

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Hornets came away from NBA awards season with both a leaguewide honor and a near miss. Last week, Hornets center Moussa Diabate was named the winner of the 2025-26 NBA Hustle [...]
Hurricanes re-sign Jankowski to 2-year extension

May 11, 2026

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes have some time off to see who they will face in the Eastern Conference final. It was enough time to take care of some off-the-ice business. Carolina announced Monday it has [...]
Baby animals who seem abandoned are often right where their parents left them
Stay away, be curious with neighborhood wildlife during breeding season

May 11, 2026

For four years, a mallard has nested behind a bush near the front door of Caitlin Deal’s home in a Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb, offering an up-close glimpse of nature for her young son and lessons [...]
All spring game: Top standouts entering summer

May 11, 2026

All around the college football world, spring practices have come to a close and now everyone’s focus shifts ahead to the start of the 2026 season in the fall. But who are some of those [...]
The humpback had been stranded off Germany for weeks
Whale ‘Timmy’ released in North Sea

May 11, 2026

BERLIN — A rescue team last week released from a barge in the North Sea a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March, witnesses said. Nicknamed Timmy by German [...]

Former law enforcement reveal Cooper evacuated during May 2020 rioting

May 12, 2026 Comments Off

RALEIGH — Protesting, chanting and marching. Property damage, arson and rioting. This was the oscillating pattern in downtown Raleigh over the weekend of May 30 to June 1 in 2020 following the death of George Floyd. Each […]

Trump: US will reduce troops in Germany beyond initial withdrawal

May 12, 2026 Comments Off

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump said last week that the U.S. will significantly reduce its troop presence in Germany, escalating a dispute with Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he seeks to scale back […]

Suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise kills 3 people

May 12, 2026 Comments Off

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at least three others, […]

Hansbrough, Hamilton and Isner headline NC Sports HOF 2026 class

May 11, 2026

A new set of local sports icons now have their memories and impact forever enshrined. The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame inducted 10 new members in its 2026 class in Greensboro on May 1. […]

College baseball enters the home stretch

May 11, 2026

Call it “come what May”. It may not have the same poetry as March Madness, but the start of May means crunch time for college baseball. We are two weeks out from the ACC baseball […]

Golden Tempo takes the Kentucky Derby

May 11, 2026

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After being asked all week about the possibility of becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner, Cherie DeVaux was nearly speechless when Golden Tempo charged from the back of […]

Blake’s OT winner sends Hurricanes back to Eastern Conference final

May 10, 2026

PHILADELPHIA — The Hurricanes are perfect through eight games of the Stanley Cup playoffs. They’re also off to their third Eastern Conference final in four seasons. Jackson Blake’s overtime goal handed the Flyers a 3-2 […]

Category 5: Hurricanes eye chance to return to conference final

May 9, 2026

PHILADELPHIA — The Hurricanes will look to close out their second round series with the Flyers and become the fifth team to win their first eight playoff games. Carolina has outshot its opponent in all […]

Hurricanes win again, move to 1 win away from conference final

May 8, 2026

PHILADELPHIA — The Hurricanes have spent most of the postseason suffocating the opposition. In Thursday’s Game 3, they let their special teams do the work. Jalen Chatfield scored the go-ahead shorthanded goal late in the […]

The stream: ‘The Drama,’ MUNA, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens, ‘The Other Bennet Sister’

May 8, 2026

“The Drama,” a rom-com that goes bad starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, and the synth-pop group MUNA releasing their fourth studio album, “Dancing on the Wall,” are some of the new television, films, music and […]

This week in history: May 7 to May 13

May 7, 2026

May 7 1915: A German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner RMS Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans, out of the nearly 2,000 on board. 1945: Nazi […]

Famous birthdays this week: May 7 to May 13

May 7, 2026

These celebrities have birthdays this week: May 7 Rock musician Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead) is 80. Actor/former boxer Randall “Tex” Cobb is 76. Actor Breckin Meyer is 52. Reggaeton musician J Balvin is 41. Actor-comedian […]

Garden estates to industrial settings, spring weddings bloom across NC

May 7, 2026

Spring in North Carolina is peak wedding season for a reason — blooming landscapes, mild weather and a range of venues that stretch from pastoral farmland to modern city spaces. For couples planning 2026 ceremonies, […]

The Word: Escaping Sodom

May 3, 2026

“Run for your lives! Do not stop anywhere in the plain. Do not look back! Escape to the mountain, or you will die!” Genesis 19:17 This is still the gospel message. We are in danger […]

Virginia Evans, Susan Choi among 6 Women’s Prize for Fiction finalists

May 2, 2026

LONDON — Four debut novelists are among six books on a U.S.-dominated list of finalists for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction, which is open to female English-language writers from any country. American authors take […]

SHAPIRO: When does speech become dangerous?

May 8, 2026

Americans love arguing about free speech. We invoke the First Amendment as a kind of political force field: You can say whatever you want, whenever you want, without consequence. But the First Amendment only restricts […]

BARONE: The young, violent political left

May 8, 2026

You have to be awfully smart to believe something this stupid. In a Manhattan Institute survey of Democratic voters, 46% said they believed it was definitely or probably true that “the assassination attempt against Donald […]

MATTHEWS: Happy Mother’s Day, Mom

May 7, 2026

There’s a quote from the 1998 movie “Stepmom” that has stuck with me throughout the years as pretty much the perfect quote about moms. Actress Julia Roberts’ character, Isabel, is talking to Jackie, played by […]

HILL: The gift Thomas Jefferson gave us from a former slave

May 7, 2026

I have been struck by any number of conversations I have had over the years about Thomas Jefferson. There is near universal agreement he was a brilliant man, and his writing and influence were crucial […]

STACK: If China restricts these products at home, why are they flooding our communities?

May 3, 2026

As President Donald Trump prepares to meet with President Xi, much of the conversation will center on tariffs, trade deficits and global competition. But there is another issue, one far closer to home for millions […]

ELDER: On CNN, Democrat ‘election deniers’ get a pass

May 2, 2026

CNN’s Jake Tapper recently denounced Trump administration judicial nominees because, at their confirmation hearing, they refused to say “yes” when asked, “Did Biden win the 2020 election?” Instead, the nominees replied, “Biden was CERTIFIED as […]

Baby animals who seem abandoned are often right where their parents left them

The humpback had been stranded off Germany for weeks

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