Early in the morning on Dec. 6, 2014, a Carrboro man overdosed on heroin. Police, firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians were deployed to the scene.
Read More »Some call David Horowitz a free thinker fighting the academic status quo; others call him offensive and incorrect.
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Despite considerable qualifications and more than 130 days of waiting, U.S. Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch is still unconfirmed by the U.S. Senate — and her supporters want an explanation.
Read More »The U.S. Department of Justice has accused the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, of systemic exploitation and discrimination against black Americans — bringing international attention to racial profiling by U.S. law enforcement.
Read More »The Federal Aviation Administration released new rules regulating how drones are allowed to operate in the United States.
Read More »The financial aid realm is notorious for its 100-plus-question form and the headaches it creates for students — but a new report offers proposals to simplify the financial aid and loan repayment process.
Read More »The state chapter of the NAACP is considering taking legal action against new rules that limit where protestors can gather within the capitol.
Read More »A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would have restricted all abortions to fewer than 20 weeks after fertilization was stopped Wednesday night by an unusual source — the Republican lawmakers who put it forth.
Read More »Online education is trickling down from universities to the K-12 level — and North Carolina will soon experiment with this unusual method of public education, in the form of two virtual charter schools.
Read More »Students who have recently entered college or will apply in the next couple of years are scrutinizing universities for the value of the education they offer — and most of them think that education should include internships, according to a new national survey.
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