These transformational events in history happened this week. Dec. 12 1870: Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina became the first black lawmaker sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives. 2000: George W. Bush became president-elect […]
These celebrities have birthdays this week. Dec.12 Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Pettit is 92. Singer Connie Francis is 87. Singer Dionne Warwick is 84. Hall of Fame race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi is 78. […]
GREENSBORO — Billed as “The Showplace of the Carolinas,” the Carolina Theater opened its doors on Halloween night, 1927. In cultured metropolitan cities around the country, theaters of opulent design were commonplace. It was the […]
LOS ANGELES — The Super Bowl pregame will have some Louisiana flavor: Multi-talented performer Jon Batiste will hit the stage to sing the national anthem, while Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle are slated to perform […]
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin public worker and teachers unions scored a major legal victory Monday with a ruling that restores collective bargaining rights they lost under a 2011 state law that sparked weeks of protests […]
North Carolina’s roster of famous people spans the gamut. From musicians to actors, artists, politicians and business leaders, to some of the most legendary sports figures and college coaches of all time, North Carolina is […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Closing arguments began on Monday in the trial of a tech consultant in the 2023 stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco, an event that shocked the broader […]
Naomi Wood, an English author not yet well known in the U.S., has written three historical novels, including the well-regarded “Mrs. Hemingway,” about the four wives of Ernest Hemingway. During the COVID lockdowns when her […]
The U.S. Navy is transforming a costly flub into a potent weapon with the first shipborne hypersonic weapon, which is being retrofitted aboard the first of its three stealthy destroyers. The USS Zumwalt is at […]
BOSTON — A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state the first to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco […]
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