Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools have canceled in-person classes on Friday, Sept. 30, due to expected hazardous conditions from Hurricane Ian.
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Latinx Heritage Month runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, and local organizations members of the Latinx LGBTQ+ community in North Carolina and the Triangle are working to increase support, education and advocacy for each other. Of the more than 11.3 million LGBTQ+ adults that live in the United States, about 20 percent, or 2.3 million, also identify as Latinx, according to a report by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. “We try to empower people to get to know themselves,” Oscar Garcia, a community leader who works with LILA Latinx LGBTQI INC., said.
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On Wednesday, Gov. Roy Cooper declared a State of Emergency in anticipation of Hurricane Ian's impact on North Carolina.
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The University has been using Social Sentinel, an AI-based service, since 2016 to identify threatening or concerning public social media posts. The contract will end in October. Documents show that UNC used Social Sentinel to monitor campus protests through geofencing and pulled data from public posts on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and Reddit.
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This month, the Anti-Defamation League issued a report analyzing membership data on the Oath Keepers, a far-right group that was involved with the United States Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The report found that 1,180 North Carolinians have been members — three of them being elected officials. The Oath Keepers are one of the largest far-right anti-government groups in the United States, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Lead has been detected in drinking fountains in eight campus buildings this month, according to emails sent to building occupants and further confirmed by a University spokesperson. The affected buildings include Hamilton, Fordham, Manning, Phillips, Carrington and Issac M. Taylor Halls, South Building and Wilson Library. Drinking fountains in multiple buildings yielded over 25 times the detectable lead threshold set by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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As the game clock dwindled down in UNC’s 45-32 loss to Notre Dame on Saturday, the Tar Heels’ defense finally reached its breaking point. The North Carolina defense had trouble posing any type of threat, despite the Fighting Irish entering Chapel Hill with an uncharacteristic 1-2 record and an offense that ranked in the bottom 20 FBS teams in total yardage. “They just lined up and hit us right in the face,” head coach Mack Brown said. “They just kept running, kept running, and we couldn’t get them off the field.”
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A suspect has been identified in the homicide investigation of 14-year-old Lyric Woods and 18-year-old Devin Clark. The Sheriff's Office is seeking a juvenile petition against a 17-year-old for two counts of first-degree murder — according to a Tuesday statement from Sheriff Charles Blackwood.
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Democratic United States Senate candidate Cheri Beasley visited the N.C. Central University's campus on Tuesday to deliver a speech at the university's student center.
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With a 1-1 record in conference play, UNC will look to climb the ACC rankings with a quality win against Miami Friday night.
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On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Piedmont Feed & Garden Center held its annual Fall Festival. Community members could pick pumpkins from the pumpkin patch, enjoy store-wide sales and sip on local brews while they shopped at the garden center.
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The EPA selected UNC because of the application’s emphasis on reduced energy, the brewing industry’s impact on climate change, their partnership with the Brewers Association and the need for monetary resources to finance P2 upgrades.
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"It is reprehensible that the University ever partook in such an egregious violation of student trust, and did so to advance its own interests over that of the student body."
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In less than two months. Seats 8 and 9 on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, the second-highest court in the state, will be on the ballot in the 2022 midterm elections.
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"I grew up in an environment where the topic of mental health was virtually non-existent. Not because it didn't exist – my community’s shared history of forced migration and refugee status meant we were much more susceptible to mental health disorders – but because it was rarely acknowledged."
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For seat 10, the race is between incumbent Republican Judge John Marsh Tyson and his Democratic challenger Judge Gale Adams and for seat 11 the race includes Democratic incumbent appellate Judge Darren Jackson and his Republican opponent Judge Michael Stading.
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The second House Us Now rally was held this Sunday as community members gathered to march for affordable housing in the area. The event was sponsored by several organizations, including the Community Empowerment Fund and EmPOWERment, Inc.
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An eight-piece New Orleans brass ensemble called The Soul Rebels performed with special guest Big Freedia at Memorial Hall last Friday night to open up the Fall 2022 Carolina Performing Arts season.
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After two years of half-capacity shows due to the pandemic, the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is eager to re-engage the public with science, technology and health. This year, the center has introduced a 4k laser planetarium projection system.
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If a project proposed by NEXT is adopted, the Libba Cotten Bikeway will be extended from its current end at Roberson Street to the university's campus, with construction completed by summer 2023.
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