11:36am Sep 23, 2020
Health & Safety
Health & Safety
Live Updates: Coronavirus In North Carolina
Stay up to date with everything COVID-19 related on our Coronavirus Central.
WFDD reporters will update this page with the latest news of the coronavirus in North Carolina. Scroll down for older updates. Para versión en Español, haga click aquí.
3:10pm Sep 22, 2020
Education
Education
Watauga County Schools To Reopen With Hybrid Plan
The Watauga County Board of Education has voted unanimously to return students to in-person schooling using a hybrid plan.
10:46am Sep 22, 2020
Education
Education Health & Safety
Elon University Faces Surge In COVID-19 Cases, Raises Alert Level For Second Time
A surge in COVID-19 cases among students at Elon University has prompted school officials to increase its on-campus alert level for the second time in five days, following a sharp
9:29am Sep 22, 2020
News
News
Juneteenth To Become Paid Holiday For Winston-Salem City Employees
Juneteenth will soon become a holiday for the city of Winston-Salem employees.
4:38pm Sep 21, 2020
Politics & Government
Politics & Government
NC Voter Guide: Everything You Need To Know About Early Voting, Mail-In Ballots
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12:10pm Sep 22, 2020
Health & Safety
Health & Safety
Últimas Novedades: Coronavirus En Carolina Del Norte
WFDD actualizará esta página con las últimas novedades acerca del Coronavirus en Carolina del Norte. Podrás encontrar noticias más antiguas al final de la página.
4:34pm Sep 21, 2020
Politics & Government
Politics & Government
Absentee Ballots From Black Voters Rejected At Higher Rate Than White Voters
As requested absentee ballots are now being delivered, the North Carolina State Board of Elections has data
10:38am Sep 21, 2020
Politics & Government
Politics & Government Business
N.C. Small Business Loan Program Seeks More Applicants
Officials in charge of allocating small business relief loans in North Carolina say that more than half of the available state funding remains unused.
8:40am Sep 21, 2020
Politics & Government
Politics & Government
NC Flags Lowered In Honor Of Justice Ginsburg
Gov. Roy Cooper marked the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with words commemorating her history of legal accomplishments.
11:25am Sep 23, 2020
National
National
Pandemic Fizzle: Sizzler Steakhouse Chain Files For Bankruptcy Protection
The restaurant chain, which first opened 62 years ago, says it wants to keep all of its locations open. There are more than 100 Sizzler restaurants in the U.S.
10:58am Sep 23, 2020
National
National
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Be Honored At The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a private ceremony and then a public viewing today. Ginsburg died on Friday. She was 87,
10:53am Sep 23, 2020
National
National
Swastika, New York, Is Keeping Its Name
When an outsider suggested the tiny northern hamlet of Swastika should change its name, town supervisors quickly rejected a change.
8:31am Sep 23, 2020
National
National Health & Safety
A Tech Powerhouse, U.S. Lags In Using Smartphones For Contact Tracing
Google and Apple teamed up on using smartphones to track coronavirus infections. But the systems are only available in a few states, where they're being used by a tiny percentage of the population.
11:14am Sep 23, 2020
World News
World News
As U.S. Views Of China Grow More Negative, Chinese Support For Their Government Rises
Recent trends in public sentiment run parallel to deteriorating U.S.-China relations. In China, the pandemic "increased people's satisfaction and support for their government," says a sociologist.
10:55am Sep 23, 2020
World News
World News
Belarus President Is Secretly Inaugurated Weeks After Disputed Election
Alexander Lukashenko declared a landslide victory in Aug. 9 polls widely seen as fraudulent. He was sworn in for a sixth term Wednesday in a secret ceremony in the capital, according to state media.
10:43am Sep 23, 2020
World News
World News
When You Spot A Stray, Who You Gonna Call? In Rabat, ADAN Is Likely The Answer
Even before the pandemic, it was relatively uncommon in Morocco to keep house pets. ADAN was founded 16 years ago by Ahmed Tazi and his sister Habiba, who also largely fund and run it, to help strays.
8:56am Sep 23, 2020
World News
World News Health & Safety
Coronavirus World Map: Tracking The Spread Of The Outbreak
A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed thousands of people.
8:21am Sep 23, 2020
World News
World News National Books Arts Religion
Americans Who Can't Enjoy Full Rights Deemed 'Conditional Citizens' In New Book
In her first non-fiction work, Laila Lalami says these Americans want the country to succeed, but can't avoid the gulf between purported values of equality and the realities of systematic oppression.
7:54am Sep 23, 2020
World News
World News
Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Discharged From Berlin Hospital
Navalny spent 32 days in Berlin's Charité Hospital, 24 of them in intensive care. Independent lab tests in three countries confirmed he had been poisoned by a Soviet-era nerve agent.
10:50am Sep 23, 2020
Arts
Arts
In The Lively 'Enola Holmes,' Sherlock's Little Sister Goes Sleuthing
This bright and breezy Netflix adaptation of a YA novel finds Millie Bobby Brown starring as the brilliant, fourth-wall-busting little sister of Sherlock Holmes.
8:21am Sep 23, 2020
World News
World News National Books Arts Religion
Americans Who Can't Enjoy Full Rights Deemed 'Conditional Citizens' In New Book
In her first non-fiction work, Laila Lalami says these Americans want the country to succeed, but can't avoid the gulf between purported values of equality and the realities of systematic oppression.
8:26pm Sep 22, 2020
Arts
Arts Music & Culture Politics & Government
'Hamilton' Cast Re-imagines Show's Lyrics To Promote Voter Registration Day
The performance was part of a virtual voter turnout event hosted by former first lady Michelle Obama and the nonprofit When We All Vote.
7:05pm Sep 22, 2020
National
National Books Arts
In 'Can't Even,' Burnout Is Seen As A Societal Problem — One We Can't Solve Alone
Burnout, Anne Helen Petersen argues, will end only with sweeping labor-policy changes — meaning it will end only when we "vote en masse to elect politicians who will agitate for [reform] tirelessly."
6:03pm Sep 22, 2020
Books
Books Arts
There's No 'Convenient Structure To Life,' Says Allie Brosh
Comic artist Allie Brosh has just published her long-awaited second book, Solutions and Other Problems. It's full of her trademark googly-eyed drawings and stories about life, pets and loss.
3:59pm Sep 22, 2020
Books
Books Arts
'Guess How Much I Love You' Author Sam McBratney Dies At 77
"I love you right up to the moon — and back," Big Nutbrown Hare tells Little Nutbrown Hare. Their affections were translated into 57 languages and sold millions of copies worldwide.