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June 16, 2025

Movie review: “Final Destination: Bloodlines”

June 16, 2025

It’s hard to believe that we went over a decade without a new “Final Destination” movie. Fans love this series and its “slasher-movie-without-a-slasher” gimmick. The “killer” here is the concept of Death itself, which takes […]

Marc Maron to end ‘WTF’ podcast after 15 years

June 16, 2025

LOS ANGELES — Comic and actor Marc Maron announced that he’s ending his popular and influential podcast “WTF with Marc Maron” after nearly 16 years. Maron said on a newly released episode that the last […]

Wake Democrat criticized over image depicting beheaded Trump

June 15, 2025

RALEIGH — Rep. Julie von Haefen (D-Wake) drew criticism for a post she made to social media that included a photo showing a depiction of a beheaded President Donald Trump with imagery of a guillotine. […]

The Word: Is God our friend?

June 15, 2025

I suppose more songs have been written on the subject of God being our friend than on any other topic. We sing the old song, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” and we do […]

House adopts resolution supporting Jews, Israel following Colo. attack

June 15, 2025

RALEIGH — The North Carolina House adopted a resolution urging Congress to support Jewish citizens and Israel. “The United States Congress is urged to take any and all necessary steps to criminalize and prohibit acts […]

I want the aliens who come after us to find my skeleton with a book in its hand, preferably a book of poetry DION: Six things I did before the apocalypse

June 14, 2025

Old guys like me always believe the world is getting worse. You’re young and strong and you’re hell in a fistfight, and you figure if you lose your white-collar job, you can just go tend [...]
Participation nationwide leveled off in 2002 Nonprofit founded by George H.W. Bush aims to double U.S. volunteerism by 2035

June 14, 2025

NEW ORLEANS — Points of Light, the nonprofit founded by former President George H.W. Bush, will lead an effort to double the number of people who volunteer with U.S. charitable organizations from 75 million annually [...]
Economic data so far shows no significant damage from President Donald Trump’s tariffs Employers add 139K jobs in May; hiring slows

June 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. employers slowed hiring last month but still added a solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s trade wars. Hiring fell from a revised 147,000 in April, the Department of [...]
The Feds hint at pulling billions from the long-delayed project as costs soar Trump administration signals cuts to California high-speed rail funding

June 14, 2025

LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration signaled last Wednesday that it intends to cut off federal funding for a long-delayed California high-speed rail project plagued by multibillion-dollar cost overruns following the release of a scathing [...]
Kidwell: This is a great day for law-abiding gun owners across North Carolina. Permitless concealed carry bill sent to Stein

June 14, 2025

RALEIGH — A North Carolina Senate bill that would allow for permitless concealed carry of a firearm has been sent to Gov. Josh Stein. Senate Bill 50 would allow permitless concealed carry for U.S. citizens [...]

Study finds digital shelf labels don’t cause price surges, despite shopper concerns

June 15, 2025

Digital price labels, which are rapidly replacing paper shelf tags at U.S. supermarkets, haven’t led to demand-based pricing surges, according to a new study that examined five years’ worth of prices at one grocery chain. […]

Book Review: In ‘The Listeners,’ Maggie Stiefvater approaches WWII with distinct voice

June 14, 2025

Maggie Stiefvater has brought her magical prose with her to her first adult novel. “The Listeners” takes place at a luxury hotel in West Virginia as World War II begins. In need of a place […]

DION: Six things I did before the apocalypse

June 14, 2025

Old guys like me always believe the world is getting worse. You’re young and strong and you’re hell in a fistfight, and you figure if you lose your white-collar job, you can just go tend […]

Hope fades for Hurricanes after third period collapse

May 25, 2025

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Carolina Hurricanes seemed to have a glimmer of hope. They entered the third period of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final tied, having won their first period of the series. […]

Category 5: Hurricanes make changes for Game 3

May 24, 2025

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s not an absolute must-win for the Hurricanes on Saturday in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final, but it sure feels like one after the Panthers pummeled Carolina in the […]

Hurricanes listless in 5-0 Game 2 loss to Panthers

May 22, 2025

RALEIGH — A disastrous opening 20 minutes sank the Hurricanes in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference final. The question is whether they can recover after losing the opening two games at home to the […]

Category 5: Hurricanes look for answers before Game 2

May 22, 2025

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes find themselves down 1-0 in the Eastern Conference final after dropping Tuesday’s Game 1 at home to the Florida Panthers, 5-2. Carolina will need to bounce back in Thursday’s Game 2 […]

Panthers use power play to blitz Hurricanes in Game 1

May 21, 2025

RALEIGH — For the first time this postseason, the Hurricanes trail in a series. The Florida Panthers scored twice on the power play — the same amount Carolina allowed in the first 10 of its […]

Final four: Hurricanes to face Panthers in Eastern Conference final

May 19, 2025

RALEIGH — What’s old is new again. In this case, it’s another rematch for the Hurricanes, this time against the defending Stanley Cup champions, who swept Carolina in the Eastern Conference final two seasons ago. […]

Book Review: In ‘The Listeners,’ Maggie Stiefvater approaches WWII with distinct voice

June 14, 2025

Maggie Stiefvater has brought her magical prose with her to her first adult novel. “The Listeners” takes place at a luxury hotel in West Virginia as World War II begins. In need of a place […]

The stream: Sweeney fights addiction in ‘Echo Valley”, ‘Deep Cover,’ OceanGate doc

June 13, 2025

NEW YORK — Country superstar Dierks Bentley returning with the album “Broken Branches” and Sydney Sweeney in the dark, dramatic thriller “Echo Valley” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to […]

This week in history: June 12-18

June 12, 2025

June 12 1942: Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl living in Amsterdam, received a diary for her 13th birthday, less than a month before she and her family went into hiding from the Nazis. 1963: […]

Famous birthdays this week: June 12-18

June 12, 2025

These celebrities have birthdays this week: June 12 Actor Sonia Manzano is 75. Actor-director Timothy Busfield is 68. Olympic track gold medalist Gwen Torrence is 60. Actor Rick Hoffman is 55. Actor-comedian Finesse Mitchell is […]

Challenging NC’s statute of limitations: A detransitioner’s story

June 12, 2025

RALEIGH — Prisha Mosley, a detransitioned individual, is urging the North Carolina General Assembly to pass a bill that would extend the statute of limitations on filing related malpractice lawsuits. Mosley spoke to North State […]

Film festival showcases AI capabilities on big screen

June 12, 2025

NEW YORK — Artificial intelligence’s use in movie making is exploding, and a young film festival — now in its junior year — is showcasing what this technology can do on screen today. The annual […]

MATTHEWS: Happy Father’s Day in heaven, Dad-o

June 12, 2025

Three years ago this month, I lost my dad. It was on June 11, eight days before Father’s Day. Losing a loved one is never easy, but to have it happen so close to that […]

ROBBINS: Preserving the blessings of liberty

June 12, 2025

“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” Those words from “Tyranny of the Status Quo” by Milton and Rose Friedman were true before they were memorialized in 1984. The capacity of government to […]

GINGRICH: Do we really want waste and fraud in Medicaid?

June 8, 2025

When I watch politicians and interest groups rail against Medicaid reform, I wonder if they have any idea what they are saying. Medicaid is an enormous program. It costs $914 billion a year — and […]

DION: Abe Lincoln and the penny

June 7, 2025

The penny, which costs more to make than it’s worth, will be going away. That’s a shocking reversal of government policy. Usually, the government doesn’t stop producing anything that’s overpriced or just plain worthless. I’m […]

HARSANYI: We have no constitutional or moral duty to subsidize Harvard

June 6, 2025

Do taxpayers have a constitutional duty to bankroll Harvard University? On MSNBC, David French argued that the Trump administration’s defunding of Harvard is little more than “political retaliation.” In the United States, we don’t sentence […]

CALLAHAN: Intervention is key to criminal justice reforms

June 6, 2025

Consensus seems like a relic of the past in today’s deeply divided political climate. In this reality, new 2025 polling from the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce offers refreshing points of agreement. When it comes […]

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