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Michele Morrow defeated incumbent Superintendent Catherine Truitt in last month's primary. She's a home school mom who made national headlines for Facebook posts calling for the public execution of former President Barack Obama and other Democrats.
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Tianeptine is marketed as a dietary supplement under brand names like Za-Za and Neptune's Fix. But it's also been referred to as "gas station heroin".
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The ruling guaranteed a woman’s right to an abortion. It was overturned by the court in 2022, leading to some Republican-controlled states restricting abortions.
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Michigan State University has called a special meeting for Friday, where its Board of Trustees is expected to hire UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz as its next president.
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Beginning in Fall 2026, North Carolina students will have to complete at least one computer science course to graduate high school.
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The recently approved state budget includes more than a million dollars for the Veterans Justice Initiative program.
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Eastern North Carolina Representatives Democrat Don Davis and Republic Greg Murphy have signed on to a resolution condemning the Hamas attack on Israel, but it cannot be voted on until a new house speaker is elected. North Carolina lawmakers passed a pro-Israel resolution in the state House and read a pro-Israel statement onto the Senate's official record as the country's conflict with Hamas intensified Tuesday.
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Dozens of children who have entered North Carolina's juvenile justice system are sleeping on the floors of state facilities due to overcrowding.
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The North Carolina School Superintendents Association recently surveyed public schools about the vacancies they had on their first day of school.
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Robin Sage is held in a fictional country dubbed Pineland. It spreads across more than a quarter of the state’s counties from Raleigh to Charlotte and south almost to the state border.