5:37pm Jun 19, 2018
National
National Politics & Government
What We Know: Family Separation And 'Zero Tolerance' At The Border
The Trump administration has a policy of separating families at the border, which means children are detained at Border Patrol facilities for up to three days and then moved to shelters.
2:36pm Jun 19, 2018
Music & Culture
Music & Culture
Birthplace Of Singer, Activist Nina Simone To Be Preserved
9:42am Jun 19, 2018
Courts
Courts
Ex-North Carolina DA Convicted Of Hiring Fellow DA's Wife
A former prosecutor in North Carolina has been convicted of providing a no-show job for a colleague's wife.
9:30am Jun 19, 2018
Health & Safety
Health & Safety
New Startup Makes Fertility Testing More Accessible
Wake Forest graduate Afton Vechery realized that she kept having the same conversation with many women she knew – many wanting to know more about their own fertility.
7:49am Jun 19, 2018
Environment
Environment
Report: Entire NC Communities Will Be Affected By Sea-Level Rise
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8:35am Jun 18, 2018
Politics & Government
Politics & Government
Judicial Filings Open In NC As Potential Changes Loom
Monday marks the opening of the filing period for statewide judicial races.
11:45pm Jun 17, 2018
News
News
State Prison Breaks Suicide Prevention Policy On Inmate With Mental Illness
A North Carolina prison is being accused of breaking its own policies after holding an inmate with mental illness in solitary confinement for long periods of time.
11:33pm Jun 17, 2018
Politics & Government
Politics & Government
Amid Busy Session, Cooper Vetoes Judicial District, Election Bills
4:00pm Jun 15, 2018
Music & Culture
Music & Culture
Across the Blue Ridge #130 - Blue Ridge Music Trails concert
This week we hear from singer, banjo player and luthier Rick Ward; old-time musician and songwriter Trevor McKenzie with Terri McMurray and Paul Brown; The Sheets Family Band, and Strictly Strings,
11:09pm Jun 19, 2018
National
National
Former Mexico President Fox Joins 'High Times' Board As Company Plans IPO
"There's never been a better time to join the fight" to decriminalize cannabis, Vicente Fox said as he joined the marijuana-focused magazine, which he said has been "building an empire in the dark."
9:37pm Jun 19, 2018
National
National
Migrant Children Heard Crying On Tape Are The Voices 'Left Out' Conversation
Children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border and held at a Border Patrol facility are heard wailing inconsolably in seven minutes of audio obtained by ProPublica.
9:07pm Jun 19, 2018
National
National Science
Nursery For Giant Manta Rays Discovered In Gulf Of Mexico
Sightings of baby mantas are rare, but the Flower Garden Banks Marine Sanctuary appears to be a safe playground for newborns to adolescents.
7:42pm Jun 19, 2018
World News
World News National
U.S. Announces Its Withdrawal From U.N. Human Rights Council
The Trump administration long has chafed at the dubious rights records of many council members and what it calls a "chronic bias against Israel." Now the U.S. is following through on threats to leave.
11:23pm Jun 19, 2018
World News
World News Economy
China Tells Farmers To Grow More Soybeans Amid Trade Fight With U.S.
After hitting U.S. soybeans with retaliatory tariffs, China is seeking alternatives to supply its important crop.
9:37pm Jun 19, 2018
World News
World News Economy
Global Markets Fall As U.S.-China Trade Tensions Rise
Economists have generally downplayed the impact on the U.S. and global economies, but many are reassessing now that trade tensions appear to be entering a new phase.
8:26pm Jun 19, 2018
World News
World News Health & Safety
Canada's Legislature Votes To Legalize Marijuana; Sales Will Begin In Weeks
"We've just witnessed a historic vote for Canada. The end of 90 years of prohibition," Sen. Tony Dean, one of the bill's sponsors, told the CBC.
7:42pm Jun 19, 2018
World News
World News National
U.S. Announces Its Withdrawal From U.N. Human Rights Council
The Trump administration long has chafed at the dubious rights records of many council members and what it calls a "chronic bias against Israel." Now the U.S. is following through on threats to leave.
7:12pm Jun 19, 2018
World News
World News
'Manu' On Fire: France's Macron Tears Into Teen Who Calls Him By Nickname
In a video posted to Twitter Monday, the president of France tore into a teenager who called him 'Manu,' is a common nickname for Emmanuel in French, during an event at a World War II memorial.
5:16pm Jun 19, 2018
World News
World News Economy Politics & Government
Stock Markets Drop Amid Escalating Tariff Threats
Global stock markets fell in response to President Trump's threats to add another layer of tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods. Trade tensions are leaving investors uncertain, analysts say.
1:45pm Jun 19, 2018
Books
Books Arts
'The Melody' Will Draw You In, Then Take You Somewhere Unexpected
Jim Crace's superb new novel is a trickster — it seems to be a bittersweet tale of late-life love, but then it becomes a meditation on gentrification and the toll poverty can take on human beings.
1:39pm Jun 19, 2018
World News
World News National Books Arts
Journalist Warns Cyber Attacks Present A 'Perfect Weapon' Against Global Order
New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger says U.S. officials worry that foreign powers have planted malware that could knock out critical infrastructure, including electric power.
2:20pm Jun 18, 2018
Arts
Arts Music & Culture
Finding The Rhythm With Otis Williams and PJ Morton
We've got sunshine on a cloudy day.
1:58pm Jun 18, 2018
Arts
Arts
Not My Job: We Quiz Comedian Louie Anderson On The Song 'Louie Louie'
Comedian and actor Louie Anderson won an Emmy for his performance on the FX show Baskets. His new book is titled Hey Mom: Stories for My Mother, But You Can Read Them Too.
1:28pm Jun 18, 2018
Books
Books Arts
Pithy And Pointed 'There There' Puts Native American Voices Front And Center
Critic Maureen Corrigan says Tommy Orange's novel, which centers on a cast of native and mixed-race characters whose lives intersect at a powwow, features "a literary authority rare in a debut."
7:00am Jun 18, 2018
Books
Books Arts
It'll Take More Than A Few Angry Villagers To Kill Off 'Frankenstein'
Mary Shelley's timeless novel gave us not only an enduring trope — the misunderstood monster — but an equally enduring way to talk about what happens when human knowledge outpaces responsibility.