Dispatches From Within: I'm fat, I'm ugly, and I'm stupid
WFDD's Radio 101 has chosen to use only the first initial of the student in the following story due to the sensitive subject matter and to protect the students' privacy.
WFDD's Radio 101 has chosen to use only the first initial of the student in the following story due to the sensitive subject matter and to protect the students' privacy.
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to ban menthol cigarettes.
Sales of electronic cigarettes continue to slump, with new FDA restrictions playing a role in the decline.
Every year when school starts, students are given a copy of the parent and student handbook. This is a set of rules and guidelines aimed at creating a positive learning environment. It includes things like: what happens if you are caught smoking on school property, or if you violate the dress code, or if you are disrespectful to a teacher. But school administrators have a lot of leeway interpreting those rules and deciding on the appropriate punishment for any given violation.
On this second installment of our Radio 101 series, School, Interrupted, we delve into one of the most common, and yet very obscure disciplinary actions used: in-school suspension. It started as a promising alternative to students missing class time. But as youth reporters Alana Eddleman and James Barnwell find out, it has quickly become an ineffective way to deal with behavioral issues.
Jefri Samodal's behaviour in school was unacceptable.
When Aidan Kinser went to bed that night four years ago, he had no
R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company has issued a massive recall of one of its electronic cigarette brands in a move that affects more than two and a half million devices.
Emma Gordon is your typical teenager. She is a freshman at R.J.
The US Supreme Court will decide if the European Union can sue R.J. Reynolds. The EU says that Reynolds sponsored cigarette smuggling in Europe.
The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners decided Monday to set aside money for proposed economic development projects. One of them is at a former R.J. Reynolds tobacco plant.