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Pitt And Onslow Counties Deal With Overcrowding In Schools

Overcrowding in public schools is a growing issue across our state, as school districts accept more children than they can reasonably handle. This…

A circus-themed streetcar approaches a pedestrian crosswalk in Guangzhou, China.

In D.C. And China, Two Approaches To A Streetcar Unconstrained By Wires

D.C. has struggled to roll out a streetcar line that uses both overheard wires and off-wire, battery power. In southern China, though, a new supercapacitor-powered tramline is already up and running.

So far, the tobacco industry has paid more than $100 billion to state governments as part of a settlement. While smoking is down among young people and even adults in some areas, it's still unclear where much of that money has gone.

15 Years Later, Where Did All The Cigarette Money Go?

So far, tobacco companies have paid more than $100 billion to state governments as part of a 25-year, $246 billion settlement. Though the money was meant to be spent on prevention and smoking-related programs, it didn't come with a mandate.

CPB Memos Indicate Level of Monitoring

Kenneth Tomlinson, chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, has sought to monitor shows on public television and radio to gauge their political leanings. Documents obtained by NPR show the extent of the monitoring, conducted by a consultant hired by Tomlinson.

Mourners gather in Littleton, Colo., on April 20, 2021, to remember the victims of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting.

How behavioral threat assessment can stop mass shootings before they occur

Journalist Mark Follman says that understanding the psychology of shooters and intervening where appropriate can help prevent massacres from happening. His new book is Trigger Points.

Many of Megan Miranda's thrillers make nature — the deep woods or a steep trail — a central and often menacing character.

How do you write a captivating thriller? This author found clues in the woods

Megan Miranda's latest summer thriller, The Last to Vanish, is set in a small hiking town in North Carolina, where 7 people have disappeared in the woods. Were they all accidents or was it something more sinister?

Sean Sherman is the co-founder of the Minneapolis restaurant, Owamni.

The Sioux Chef uses only native ingredients, but isn't 'cooking like it's 1491'

You won't find wheat, dairy or sugar at Sean Sherman's award-winning Minneapolis restaurant. The menu has been "decolonized," but that doesn't mean it feels antiquated.

Drew Gilpin Faust served as president of Harvard from 2007 until 2018. She is currently the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor.

Harvard's Drew Gilpin Faust says history should make us uncomfortable

Growing up in the South, Faust rejected the narrative she was fed about slavery and the Civil War. She writes about her journey to activism and becoming the president of Harvard in Necessary Trouble.

An American Israeli soldier reflects on nine months of the war in Gaza

He voluntarily moved to Israel and joined the military before the Oct. 7 attacks, but now this American-turned-Israeli soldier weighs how much more he can give.

Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on June 3.

Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last

Over the course of his decades-long career in public health, Fauci vowed he would never shy away from speaking the truth with the U.S. president— even when it was inconvenient. Fauci's memoir is On Call.

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