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August 2, 2024

CASTELLANOS: The Kamala Harris we will soon know

August 2, 2024

Today, many cigars, many thoughts… And I’ll start with this: These may be Kamala Harris’s “salad days,” a phrase coined long ago in a star-crossed, Shakespearean tragedy. These are her moments of innocence, idealism and […]

Sisters christen US warship bearing name of brother

August 1, 2024

BATH, Maine — With an Irish flag overhead and bagpipes playing, three sisters of an Irish-born recipient of the Navy Cross christened a warship bearing his name on Saturday — and secured a promise that […]

This week in history: MTV, World Wide Web, American Bandstand premiere

August 1, 2024

“This Week” looks back at the key events from this week in history. Aug. 1 1936: The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler. 1966: Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, went […]

The Stream: Zendaya hits aces, Orville Peck duets, Elizabeth Taylor sparkles

August 1, 2024

Streaming this week, director Luca Guadagnino’s sweaty, synthy “Challengers” makes its streaming debut on MGM, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” lands on Hulu, and the new 30-minute talk show “Influenced” comes to Prime. […]

Opportunity Scholarship families want lawmakers to ‘Keep Your Promise’ on funding

August 1, 2024

RALEIGH — Families on waitlists for the expanded Opportunity Scholarship program descended on Halifax Mall on July 31 demanding lawmakers “Keep Your Promise” of fully funding all tiers of the program. Families at the rally […]

Marvel’s struggles took a back seat with the third film in the Ryan Reynolds-led series ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ rakes in $205M, smashes R-rated record

August 1, 2024

Marvel is back on top with “Deadpool & Wolverine.” According to studio estimates, the comic-book movie made a staggering $205 million in its first weekend in North American theaters. It shattered the opening record for [...]
The state’s largest district could face a legal challenge Wake’s school board adopts Biden’s Title IX changes

August 1, 2024

RALEIGH — The Wake County Public Schools Board of Education approved changes to its discrimination and bullying policy at its meeting on July 16 in order to align with the Biden administration’s alteration of Title IX that redefines sex to include [...]
It is not their fault they were indoctrinated in the tenets of communism at a young age. HILL: Marxist college professor dinner table talk

August 1, 2024

Kamala Harris’ father, Donald Harris, was a tenured self-professed Marxist economist at Stanford University. Joseph Anthony Buttigieg II, father of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, was an openly admitted tenured Marxist professor of literature at Notre [...]
Alan Hirsch and Karen Brinson Bell remotely attended a North Carolina House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing NCSBE officials questioned on party certifications

August 1, 2024

RALEIGH — The decision by the North Carolina State Board of Elections to keep certain parties off the state’s November General Election ballot was the subject of legislative hearing held on July 23. The House [...]
Less than 4% of the registered lobbyists and liaisons made the list. 2024 Top Lobbyists

July 31, 2024

RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly convened in late April for its short session with more than 300 votes on legislation. The primary work of the short session closed at the end of June [...]

Things to know about the largest US-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history

August 1, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. and Russia on Thursday completed their largest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, a deal involving 24 people, many months of negotiations and concessions from other European countries who released Russians […]

MATTHEWS: Olympics opening ceremony a woke festival of fail

August 1, 2024

It’s not uncommon to see statements of political and social expression made at the Olympic Games. However, the performance during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics was a bridge too far for many […]

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ rakes in $205M, smashes R-rated record

August 1, 2024

Marvel is back on top with “Deadpool & Wolverine.” According to studio estimates, the comic-book movie made a staggering $205 million in its first weekend in North American theaters. It shattered the opening record for […]

Holly Springs native to compete in second Olympics

July 12, 2024

Holly Springs native Andrew Capobianco will be in international waters once again for another chance at an Olympic gold medal this month. Capobianco, the Holly Springs High School and Indiana University alum, qualified for his […]

Local athletes compete for Olympic bids in track and field

July 12, 2024

North Carolina had its footprints all over the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon last week. From June 21 to Sunday, numerous athletes from the state of North […]

Local swimmers qualify for Olympics

July 12, 2024

With the 2024 Summer Olympics just one month away, North Carolina natives and local athletes from the state’s college programs have been giving their all to consider themselves an Olympian. The U.S. Olympic Team Trials […]

Duke grad competes for PGA Tour exemption

July 6, 2024

RALEIGH — Now two years into his professional career, Duke graduate and Raleigh-based golfer Quinn Riley is on the hunt to land his fourth PGA Tour start. The 24-year-old competed at the Detroit Golf Club […]

Hurricanes reshape defense, extend Jaccob Slavin

July 2, 2024

RALEIGH — Free agency opened for the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday at noon. It seems like it opened for the rest of the NHL days earlier. Rumored interest from other teams for two of Carolina’s […]

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Hurricanes take 6 Russians among 10 second-day picks at NHL Draft

June 29, 2024

LAS VEGAS — It was a weekend of trades for the Carolina Hurricanes — just not the big, splashy ones many expected. The Hurricanes and new GM Eric Tulsky jumped around the draft board throughout […]

Grateful Dead, Francis Ford Coppola, among Kennedy Center Honors recipients

July 25, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An iconoclastic filmmaking legend and one of the world’s most enduring musical acts headline this year’s crop of Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Director Francis Ford Coppola and the Grateful Dead will be […]

The Stream: ‘Ghostbusters’ is back, Bob Marley doc hits Prime, ‘Futurama’ returns

July 25, 2024

The long-awaited debut album from Ice Spice and the movie “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” with new and old franchise stars, are some new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among […]

‘Twisters’ whips up $80.5 million, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ looms

July 24, 2024

Moviegoers ran toward the tornadoes this weekend, propelling “Twisters” to a blockbuster opening. The standalone sequel to the 1996 hit made $80.5 million in ticket sales from 4,151 theaters in North America, according to studio […]

This Week in History: Man walks on the moon, Mormons arrive in Utah, women’s suffrage begins

July 20, 2024

“This Week” looks back at the key events from this week in history. July 18 1536: The English Parliament passed an act that declared the pope’s authority void in England. 1918: South African anti-apartheid leader […]

The Stream: ‘Cobra Kai ‘ final season” kicks on Netflix, Childish Gambino drops sixth record

July 20, 2024

This week, Natalie Portman stars in her first TV series, “Lady in the Lake,” for Apple TV+, Roland Emmerich’s gladiator series “Those About to Die” streams on Peacock, and rapper Childish Gambino drops his sixth […]

Merge Records turns 35, Durham indie label celebrates

July 19, 2024

It all began when Mac McCaughan, a young musician who had moved to Durham as a teenager and spent his college years between Colombia University and Chapel Hill, started a band called Chunk with his […]

HARSANYI: Why would any legit Dem presidential prospect jump into this mess?

July 27, 2024

Why would any legitimate presidential prospect — outside Vice President Kamala Harris — consider jumping into the unprecedented chaos of 2024? Right now, Govs. Gretchen Whitmer or Josh Shapiro — or whoever — can sit […]

GINGRICH: The Republican National Convention speech

July 27, 2024

President Trump understands that the world is dangerous and that it takes an enormous effort to defeat anti-American and anti-freedom forces around the world. He also understands that when faced with multiple adversaries across the […]

KRAWIEC: Historic week in politics

July 26, 2024

This has been a truly exciting week in the realm of politics. You may be tired of hearing about it all, but I must weigh in. I can’t help myself. An assassination attempt on former […]

DANIEL: Democrat Ag Commissioner candidate Sarah Taber’s farm plans economically unsound

July 26, 2024

This November, North Carolinians will decide again who will lead the Department of Agriculture for the next four years: current Republican Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, who owns Guilford County’s Troxler Farms, or Democrat Sarah Taber, […]

BARONE: Echoes of history in this year’s campaign

July 26, 2024

For those of a certain age, or with more than a woke education, the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump brings back echoes of history. Not exactly the history of the abysmal political year […]

MATTHEWS: Democrats push conspiracy theories after Trump assassination attempt

July 25, 2024

In the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, you’d think Democrats could put aside their Trump Derangement Syndrome tendencies for a little bit and give thanks and say a prayer over […]

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