The Saturday event celebrates Parton's Imagination Library, a book-gifting initiative that provides free monthly books to millions of children from birth to age 5. Attendees will receive one free book to take home, enjoy banana pudding, and participate in themed crafts. Guests are also encouraged to wear their favorite Dolly-inspired outfits.

Mayor Kareem Moore requested the change to honor Parker's massive global legacy playing with icons like James Brown, George Clinton, and Prince.

A coalition of attorneys general were suing the social media giant, alleging that Facebook and Instagram officials built their apps to be addictive and still told parents they are safe for teens.

Administrators sought new memoranda of understanding to formally define how the non-profits operate alongside local branches. Both the Havelock Friends group and the Twin Rivers Friends—formerly supporting the New Bern library—declined the terms.

Psychedelics are a group of drugs that alter the mind — sometimes for the better. Clinical trials have focused on treating PTSD, depression and anxiety, with promising results.

What you need to know from the Aug. 25 Asheville City Council meeting

The moratorium Durham County commissioners approved Monday is the latest in a growing list of places in North Carolina that have adopted such measures to help prepare local officials for potential data center development proposals. Here's a rundown of where those moratoriums stand across the Triangle.

The free classes are split into two distinct tracks: a September program teaching financial literacy, AI basics, and career paths to young adults, followed by an October series focusing on adult health, nutrition, and wellness.

There have been 23 confirmed sightings here in North Carolina. Two of the confirmed sightings happened this year, in Emerald Isle.

The Greensboro Police Department responded to a call around 4:21 p.m. on Sunday of a man pulling a gun on a woman.

Demonstrators held a trio of events to protest what they say is the failure of the Trump administration and Congress to help the region fully rebuild.

NASA launched a telescope named after Nancy Grace Roman, the pioneering astronomer whose work helped make Hubble and generations of space telescopes possible.

A corn dog may look like lunch. But to an economist, the price is a bigger story about food prices and inflation.

The U.S. has pledged 3.5 million in flood aid for Tibet and Nepal, with the first $500,000 distributed by Catholic Relief Services. An aid worker with the group explains what flood survivors need now.

Insanity defenses are notoriously difficult to win. But Massachusetts law could give Lindsay Clancy a better chance.

For more than 50 years, Noel Godin went after famous and powerful people with cream pies. His targets included politicians, philosophers, filmmakers and, famously, Bill Gates.

Dolly Parton built a movie career on top of an already huge music career. Other singers have tried, with mixed results.

Researchers are looking at new ways to use psychedelics to treat depression. Science journalist Marcelo Leite says there's also a lot to learn from indigenous people who have used them for generations.

What happens when Russia arrests civilians in the Ukrainian territories it occupies? New Yorker writer Joshua Yaffa followed a group of women through the Russian prison system.