April 2026 Archives

The stream: Sydney Sweeney, ‘Malcolm in the Middle,’ Jonah Hill, ‘Hacks’ finale, Ella Langley

April 10, 2026 The Associated Press

Sydney Sweeney starring as real-life boxing legend Christy Martin in the movie “Christy” and “Hacks” launching its fifth and final season on HBO are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to […]

HARSANYI: Everyone knows what the Democrats’ AIPAC obsession is really about

April 10, 2026 David Harsanyi

California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer says that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, “is a dark money organization that should have no place in our politics.” In other words, Steyer believes supporters of […]

Chapel Hill Carrboro Schools, George Griffin, Rodney Trice, NC House Oversight, Parents' Bill of Rights

House Committee calls school superintendent back for hearing

April 10, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The House Oversight Committee is calling Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Superintendent Rodney Trice back to testify on April 23 to explain why certain books are in the district’s elementary libraries in violation of the […]

BRINER: Fungibility

April 10, 2026 Brad Briner

As a child of the 1980s, I have always been a fan of video games. The release of the Nintendo when I was about 9 years old led to months of begging my parents for […]

This week in history: April 9 to April 15

April 9, 2026 The Associated Press

April 9 1865: Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, effectively ending the Civil War. Remaining Confederate forces […]

Famous birthdays this week: April 9 to April 15

April 9, 2026 The Associated Press

These celebrities have birthdays this week: April 9 Satirist-musician Tom Lehrer is 98. Actor Michael Learned is 87. Drummer Steve Gadd is 81. Actor Dennis Quaid is 72. Fashion designer Marc Jacobs is 63. Model-actor […]

NCSBE head reflects on first year, modernization

April 9, 2026 A.P. Dillon

This is Part 1 of a two-part interview. RALEIGH — Sam Hayes, executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, reflected on his first 10 months in the role during a March interview […]

MATTHEWS: There should be nothing offensive about Iryna Zarutska murals

April 9, 2026 Stacey Matthews

When 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was murdered in Charlotte in August 2025, no one had any idea that outrage over her senseless death would go national and international. Many were sickened not just over […]

IFB Solutions builds jobs for blind, visually impaired workers

April 9, 2026 Dan Reeves

WINSTON-SALEM — For nearly nine decades, a Winston-Salem nonprofit has quietly built a business model around a simple idea: Blindness should not prevent someone from having a job. IFB Solutions — with manufacturing operations in […]

Legislators hear Helene recovery progress, struggles