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Julia Osborne and Nick Cartell in Triad Stage's production of My Fair Lady. Photograph by VanderVeen Photographers.

After 20 years, Triad Stage exits stage left

Triad Stage, which offered professional theater productions in the Piedmont for two decades, is shuttering its doors.

D Sellars, a nonbinary parent from Fuquay-Varina, N.C., stands outside the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Sellars was among dozens of LGBTQ+ people who showed up to speak in committee against a bill restricting gender-affirming care access but was not given time to testify. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

North Carolina legislature pushes limits on transgender youth rights in final days of session

Transgender rights are taking center stage Tuesday in North Carolina as the GOP-controlled General Assembly considers legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and trans participation in sports.

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Police say an officer fatally shot someone in North Carolina street displaying gun

Updated on June 23, 2023, at 10:39 a.m. A North Carolina police officer fatally shot a person who was walking down a street early Thursday displaying a…

This mural by Greensboro artist Jenna Rice Artist of Brenda the Drag Queen was defaced on Wednesday. Photograph courtesy of Jenna Rice Artist.

A mural of a celebrated Greensboro drag queen has been vandalized

An outdoor mural of Brenda the Drag Queen — a Greensboro celebrity and leader in the LGBTQ community — has been defaced. It’s located on the side of the…

Wake Forest's Marek Houston (7) fields a ground ball hit by LSU's Dylan Crews, foreground, during the first inning of a baseball game at the NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

LSU tops No. 1 Wake Forest 5-2 to set up a rematch for a spot in the College World Series finals

LSU staved off elimination from the College World Series for a second time. And now the Tigers are right where they expected to be all along. Cade Beloso…

Winston-Salem City Council approved a $607.8 million budget Tuesday that included additional pay for police to increase retention. WFDD FILE PHOTO.

Winston-Salem City Council passes $607 million budget with pay raise for police

Winston-Salem City Council passed a $607.8 million budget Tuesday that includes a 2.5 cent property tax rate increase and a pay raise for police. The…

North Carolina state Sen. Warren Daniel, R-Burke, speaks at a Legislative Building news conference on Monday, June 12, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina Senate approved on Wednesday, June 21, a pair of election and voting-related bills that include the latest attempts by Republicans to enact legislation that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed in past years and to remove his control over the State Board of Elections. “Requiring all ballots to be in on Election Day increases confidence and transparency in our elections,” said Daniel, a co-sponsor of both bills. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson, File)

Bills altering North Carolina voting rules, elections board makeup approved by the state Senate

The North Carolina Senate approved on Wednesday a pair of election and voting-related bills that include the latest attempts by Republicans to enact legislation that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed in past years and to remove his control over the State Board of Elections.

FILE - State Sen. Amy Galey, an Alamance County Republican, speaks to reporters at a news conference in the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Previously stalled legislation that would limit LGBTQ+ instruction in North Carolina public schools and require teachers to out transgender kids to their parents gained momentum Wednesday, June 21, 2023, after months of inaction as state legislators race to push policies across the finish line before the session ends. The bill sponsors, such as Galey, say it's needed to keep parents informed about what their children are being taught in school, LGBTQ+ youth and their supporters say it would destroy the trust between teachers and students, making schools unsafe spaces for them to explore their identities at their own pace. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File)

North Carolina House revives LGBTQ+ education limits in final days of session

Previously stalled legislation that would limit LGBTQ+ instruction in North Carolina public schools and require teachers to out transgender kids to their parents gained momentum Wednesday after months of inaction as state legislators race to push policies across the finish line before the session ends.

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