4:02pm Dec 02, 2021
Politics & Government
Politics & Government Health & Safety
Biden's new winter COVID plan will reimburse you for at-home tests
Among his new steps to fight COVID surges this winter: requiring private health insurers to reimburse people for at-home tests. It also calls for more people to get vaccines and boosters.
4:56pm Dec 02, 2021
Courts
Courts
Forsyth courts move to expunge thousands of teen crime records
North Carolina’s law known as the Second Chance Act makes expungement of certain juvenile crimes automatic as of this month, but some much older adults from Forsyth County will also soon benefit fr
3:11pm Dec 02, 2021
Environment
Environment
Pilot Mountain fire caused by campfire
The cause of the fire that’s consumed more than 1,000 acres and continues to burn on Pilot Mountain has been discovered.
9:41am Dec 02, 2021
Education
Education
N.C. budget includes $54 million for Innovation District at Appalachian State
4:37pm Dec 01, 2021
Politics & Government
Politics & Government Business Economy
Economic incentives for PTI Airport could mean new manufacturers and jobs
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3:53pm Dec 01, 2021
Politics & Government
Politics & Government Crime
NC inmate safety, juvenile justice changes begin Wednesday
Some North Carolina laws that took effect on Wednesday are designed to protect expectant mothers behind bars, keep more elementary school-age children accused of misdeeds out of court and force pol
10:40am Dec 01, 2021
Business
Business Environment Health & Safety
Pilot Mountain fire: 'It's going to take a little while to come back from something like this'
10:35am Dec 01, 2021
Politics & Government
Politics & Government
New state program helps families pay water bills
North Carolina has announced a new program offering financial assistance to help families pay water bills.
6:18am Dec 01, 2021
Youth
Youth Education
Dispatches From Within: It becomes an equity issue
For many teachers and students, the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year was a surreal moment.
5:32pm Dec 02, 2021
National
National Health & Safety
A 3rd U.S. case of the omicron variant is reported in Colorado
Colorado health officials say the case was identified in a resident who tested positive after traveling to southern Africa. Another case of the variant was reported in Minnesota earlier Thursday.
5:30pm Dec 02, 2021
National
National
The final, anguished years of a warrior-scholar who exposed torture by U.S. troops
Ian Fishback was a Green Beret who exposed torture by U.S. troops in Iraq. After serving four combat tours and earning a Ph.D. in philosophy, Fishback died last month in a nursing home. He was 42.
4:50pm Dec 02, 2021
National
National Arts
Suspect identified in shooting death of Jacqueline Avant, L.A. philanthropist
Police have identified a suspect, Aariel Maynor, in the shooting death of Jacqueline Avant, after he was apprehended nearby.
4:47pm Dec 02, 2021
National
National
Infrastructure law set to boost Colorado's work tackling poverty and climate change
Colorado is trying to fight both poverty and climate change by retrofitting low-income homes. Now the state set to get a big boost from the new federal infrastructure law.
4:50pm Dec 02, 2021
National
National Arts
Suspect identified in shooting death of Jacqueline Avant, L.A. philanthropist
Police have identified a suspect, Aariel Maynor, in the shooting death of Jacqueline Avant, after he was apprehended nearby.
4:34pm Dec 02, 2021
Arts
Arts
Dave Draper, iconic American bodybuilder, dies at 79
The bodybuilder won the Mr. America and Mr. Universe pageants in the 1960s and inspired one fan who went on to become the governor of California.
4:24pm Dec 02, 2021
National
National Arts
A prolific art thief got an incredible sentence
The only thing more incredible than Thomas Gavin's career as an art thief was the punishment he received for his crimes.
1:45pm Dec 02, 2021
Arts
Arts
'Fresh Air' remembers Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim (Part 2)
We continue our tribute to Sondheim by listening back to a 2010 interview in which he shared the stories behind some of his most famous songs and gave his take on other great lyricists.
1:35pm Dec 02, 2021
Arts
Arts
Alec Baldwin says he didn't pull the trigger in the fatal shooting on the 'Rust' set
In his first interview since the shooting, the actor breaks down as he remembers the victim Halyna Hutchins.
12:10pm Dec 02, 2021
Books
Books Arts Music & Culture
These NYC kids have written the history of an overlooked Black female composer
A group of sixth, seventh and eighth grade students realized there was no children's book about the composer Florence Price. So they wrote, illustrated and published their own.