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The number of Asian grocery stores and supermarkets in the NC Triangle have grown significantly since the 1990s, reflecting the rapid growth of the Asian population in the area. The stores have also become gathering spaces for folks across the diaspora, looking for flavors that remind them of home.

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A federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to return a Maryland man who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison by mistake, setting up another high-stakes clash between the White House and the courts.
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On his first day in office, President Trump used an executive order to hit pause on the TikTok ban for 75 days. Now he's pushing back that deadline.
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Leoneda Inge chats with Barbara Garrity-Blake, cultural anthropologist and president of NC Catch, and Captain John Mallette, co-owner of Southern Breeze Seafood Co., about their new exhibit called “Recognizing African American Participation in the North Carolina Seafood Industry."
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Leoneda Inge sits down with novelist Zelda Lockhart to discuss her life, career and her upcoming keynote address at the Durham County Library Fest.
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Leoneda Inge chats with Durham County Library development officer Sara Stephens about this year's Library Fest.
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N.C. A&T, N.C. Central, and Wake Tech are among other institutions around the state, giving AI a place on campus.
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The Drakeford Library Complex is named after Robert Drakeford, Carrboro's first Black mayor. It's located at 203 North Greensboro Street.
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North Carolina’s legislature passed more than $1 billion with two Helene recovery funding bills in October, but by mid-February, about two-thirds of that money still hadn’t been spent.
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A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb and posing before a Confederate battle flag when he was a member of a college fraternity that glorified the pre-Civil War South.
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State Budget Director Kristin Walker’s team of economists have run the numbers of various revenue scenarios – and she says all of them lead to a “fiscal cliff" where the state sees a major budget shortfall in the coming years.
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Due South's Jeff Tiberii and a panel of journalists discuss wildfires in the western reaches of our state, another North Carolina "bathroom bill," and NC State's new men's basketball coach.
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Senator Thom Tillis tells President Donald Trump that his tariffs could do irreparable harm to North Carolina farmers. Will his overtures make any difference in the ongoing trade wars?
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A podcaster shares her journey of getting to the bottom of her own medical mystery: why she experiences debilitating period cramps every few months.
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