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July 19, 2022 at 10:58 am

Hannah-Jones: Settlement to support Black faculty, students

A settlement between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones in a tenure dispute includes concessions designed to help faculty...

July 15, 2022 at 11:07 am

Feds to investigate Maryland State Police hiring practices

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into the Maryland State Police to determine if the agency engaged in racially discriminatory hiring and promotion...

June 28, 2022 at 11:55 am

EEOC: 2 fired for not joining company Christian prayer

A lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims two employees with a North Carolina company say they were fired after refusing to participate...

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June 23, 2022 at 12:07 pm

Trans people can correct sex on North Carolina birth records

Transgender people born in North Carolina may now correct the sex designation on their birth certificate without undergoing surgery after a consent judgment issued by...

FILE – Bayard Rustin, deputy director of the planned march on Washington program, points to a map showing the line of march for the demonstration for civil rights during a news conference in New York on Aug. 24, 1963. (AP Photo, File) NY108 NY108

June 16, 2022 at 10:35 pm

Freedom riders’ 1947 convictions vacated in North Carolina VIEW

On Friday, convictions against civil-rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men arrested in that first "freedom ride" in 1947 were posthumously vacated.

June 7, 2022 at 3:13 pm

North Carolina patrol releases video of fatal shooting

A video released by the North Carolina State Highway Patrol shows a motorist had a gun in his hand when he stepped out of a...

June 6, 2022 at 3:00 pm

$3M settlement reached in lawsuit over Black man’s death

A North Carolina sheriff’s office has announced a $3 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed Black man shot and...

May 18, 2022 at 1:32 pm

Deep beach holes are dangerous, Outer Banks town warns

Officials in a North Carolina town on the Outer Banks are pleading with beachgoers to think twice before digging deep holes on the beach.

The Tar River flows under the bridge connecting Tarboro and Princeville, N.C., Thursday, March 10, 2022. The river has flooded twice in recent history due to hurricanes, leaving permanent scars on the town of Princeville. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) NYAG805 NYAG805

April 28, 2022 at 8:40 pm

Buffeted by weather, a historic Black town strives to endure VIEW

Historic Princeville, on the banks of the Tar River in eastern North Carolina, is one hurricane away from disaster.

April 28, 2022 at 7:03 am

Historic Black town lies one hurricane away from disaster VIEW

Historic Princeville, on the banks of the Tar River in eastern North Carolina, is one hurricane away from disaster.

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