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The Lejeune Justice Project is mobilizing to force federal policy to catch up with modern science. Founded by Marine spouse Lauren Merrell, the organization’s fight is born from the harrowing medical ordeal of her husband, Luis Martinez Junior. He was a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1984 to 1987. The base stands as one of the worst public drinking water contamination disasters in American history.
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Court documents show both sides agreed to dismiss the case, which stemmed from a December 2023 incident at a Greenville theater. During that confrontation, theater staff called the police to remove Barber after he refused to provide a doctor's note to use his own specialized chair for a severe spinal condition. -
Some veterans who served during earlier Middle East confrontations say they hope the current war doesn't turn into another yearslong entanglement. -
According to the survey by the Center for Rural Strategies, 55 percent of rural voters now name the rising cost of living as their single most important issue, with skyrocketing food prices topping the list of daily household concerns. -
As part of an initial budget agreement between the House and Senate announced Tuesday, Republicans want a constitutional amendment that prevents future legislatures from increasing the tax rate above 3.5%. -
The Swan Quarter Volunteer Fire Department responded to a pre-dawn emergency call around 4:00 a.m., discovering that the "Lewis Boys"—a seventy-five-foot commercial trawler—was heavily engulfed in flames while docked. -
This birth marks a huge win for the museum's ongoing red wolf conservation efforts. Red wolves remain one of the most critically endangered species on the planet. -
The "Real Tickets, Real Fans Act" would ban speculative ticket sales, where the website sells tickets it doesn't actually have. Musicians and event venues say they're seeing fans showing up with fake tickets they bought online from the sites. -
As pipes continue to break down in the French Broad Watershed, advocates and community members say the company is ignoring their requests for help.
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is launching NC BioMISSION, a bioindustrial manufacturing workforce training and research program, in January of 2027. -
The nonpartisan forecast shows that North Carolina collected about $1 billion more in tax revenue than anticipated in 2025-26, with more expected in 2026-27. -
In a statement Friday, the Republican congressman said he is “confident the investigation will expose the facts, not politically motivated fiction."
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Washington has sent $861 million to help western North Carolina counties rebuild their water infrastructure. But the money is far from enough, Stein said. -
Set in Russia in the years following the fall of communism, The Wizard of the Kremlin doesn't always work dramatically. But you leave with a better understanding of how Vladimir Putin came to power. -
Caputo, who died May 7, wrote the acclaimed 1977 memoir A Rumor of War, about leading a Marine platoon during the Vietnam war. He went on to a career in journalism. Originally broadcast in 2005.
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Attenborough began hosting and producing nature documentaries for the BBC in the 1950s. He spoke to Terry Gross in 1995 about about traveling the world to film Life on Earth.
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President Trump returns to the U.S. after wrapping up his whirlwind trip to China. -
Steve Inskeep speaks with Chinese economist Keyu Jin about what came out of the Trump-Xi summit.
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The UAE's drawn closer to Israel since the Iran war, but a squabble over a secret visit by Israel's leader to the Arab state lays bare how sensitive those ties are
