/tags/news news en-US Copyright Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:28:06 GMT /live-updates/unc-alert-armed-and-dangerous-person-on-near-chapel-hill-campus Police have charged a University of North Carolina graduate student with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a faculty member that caused a campus lockdown during the search for the gunman. Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:28:06 GMT /live-updates/unc-alert-armed-and-dangerous-person-on-near-chapel-hill-campus /news/2023-04-24/tucker-carlson-ousted-at-fox-news-following-networks-787-million-settlement Fox News announced in an abrupt statement it will "part ways" with longtime host Tucker Carlson, seen by many as the face of the network's brand. The star figured prominently in the Dominion lawsuit. Mon, 24 Apr 2023 16:02:30 GMT /news/2023-04-24/tucker-carlson-ousted-at-fox-news-following-networks-787-million-settlement David Folkenflik /news/2022-11-22/wbtv-meteorologist-pilot-die-in-helicopter-crash The station paid tribute to meteorologist Jason Myers and pilot Chip Tayag both in a written statement and on the air. Tue, 22 Nov 2022 22:26:11 GMT /news/2022-11-22/wbtv-meteorologist-pilot-die-in-helicopter-crash Associated Press /politics/2022-11-22/certifying-election-results-process-north-carolina-wayne-2022 ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Rusty Jacobs observes the county canvass, the painstaking process that results in the final tally of votes Tue, 22 Nov 2022 11:00:00 GMT /politics/2022-11-22/certifying-election-results-process-north-carolina-wayne-2022 Rusty Jacobs /education/2022-11-17/unc-system-approves-performance-based-metrics-to-fund-universities The new funding model will base state funding for public universities in part on their ability to meet certain goals. Those metrics prioritize graduating more in-state students on time with less debt. University officials say they will face funding losses due to falling enrollment. Thu, 17 Nov 2022 20:42:34 GMT /education/2022-11-17/unc-system-approves-performance-based-metrics-to-fund-universities Liz Schlemmer /health/2022-11-16/pushback-growing-against-north-carolina-covid-liability-law North Carolina enacted a law early in the coronavirus pandemic that gave medical providers near-absolute immunity from civil liability. Now, the nation's largest for-profit health care system could use that law to quash a medical malpractice claim that has nothing to do with COVID. Some legislators say they want to revisit the law. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:59:22 GMT /health/2022-11-16/pushback-growing-against-north-carolina-covid-liability-law Cory Vaillancourt /news/2022-11-14/wake-county-millions-firefighter-recruitment Wake County commissioners approved the efforts this year, using the county’s share of the American Rescue Plan Act. Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:28:50 GMT /news/2022-11-14/wake-county-millions-firefighter-recruitment Bradley George /news/2021-04-24/elizabeth-city-mayor-declares-state-of-emergency-body-cam-video-andrew-brown-jr The mayor of Elizabeth City has declared a state of emergency as the community braces for the potential release of body cam footage from the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. by sheriff's deputies last week. Sat, 24 Apr 2021 22:16:43 GMT /news/2021-04-24/elizabeth-city-mayor-declares-state-of-emergency-body-cam-video-andrew-brown-jr Laura Pellicer /show/the-state-of-things/2017-12-18/poking-fun-with-a-pen-40-plus-years-of-dwane-powells-political-cartoons There was nothing in Dwane Powell’s upbringing to suggest he would end up a political cartoonist. He was raised on a working farm in segregated McGehee,… Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:28:02 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-12-18/poking-fun-with-a-pen-40-plus-years-of-dwane-powells-political-cartoons Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2017-12-18/poking-fun-with-a-pen-40-plus-years-of-dwane-powells-political-cartoons There was nothing in Dwane Powell’s upbringing to suggest he would end up a political cartoonist. He was raised on a working farm in segregated McGehee,… Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:28:02 GMT /arts-culture/2017-12-18/poking-fun-with-a-pen-40-plus-years-of-dwane-powells-political-cartoons Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio