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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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If a House bill becomes law, officers could issue $100 fines to drivers distracted by dogs or children.
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The state Senate is voting this week to require more transparency around the cost of health care services, part of legislative attempts to make health care in North Carolina more affordable.
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DAE has been advocating for more than a year for a formal "seat at the table" with district administrators. This week, three school board members voiced their support.
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Dollar Tree is selling Family Dollar for $1 billion a decade after it bought the North Carolina company for $8 billion.
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Jeff Tiberii and Leoneda Inge unpack actors Jason Isaacs' and Parker Posey's Southern accents in Season 3 of The White Lotus.
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Leoneda Inge sits down with two curators at the North Carolina Museum of Art to discuss the new exhibition, The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure.
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If you live in North Carolina, or anywhere else in the U.S., you’ve probably heard all about PFAS. These are human-made chemicals that are long lasting. Now, people in the eastern part of the state are trying to protect themselves from these chemicals with a high-tech water filtration system that filters out PFAS.
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A committee of the Wake County Public Schools Board of Education approved a draft policy on Tuesday that would limit student cellphone use during the school day. The discussion comes as lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly are working on a possible statewide ban.
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A top lieutenant to North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger is resigning from the chamber. A statement released Tuesday from Senate Majority Leader Paul Newton says he's retiring effective Wednesday evening "to pursue an opportunity outside of state government."
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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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