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Trump used a prime-time address to outline his objectives for the war and discuss the military's progress to date. He also repeated an earlier claim that fighting could end in two to three weeks.
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There’s a new benchmark to assess how well North Carolina is faring economically. The state Commerce Department launched the County Economic Vitality Index tracking unemployment, wages, median household income and educational attainment. One of the big takeaways is that suburbs may be on the rise. -
North Carolina is working on a major overhaul of its math standards that state officials hope will better connect what students learn in the classroom to the real world. -
Time Out Youth says it will distribute $200,000 this year to help LGBTQ+ youth in Mecklenburg County pay for housing and other urgent needs. -
It’s time for a fact check of North Carolina politics. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley is facing questions after a report that he appointed a convicted sex offender to state party leadership positions. The outlet Asheville Watchdog reports that Whatley made the appointments while he was chair of the state GOP between 2019 and 2024. Paul Specht of WRAL joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for more. -
A Transylvania County science research and education center with roots in the Space Race is getting back to its original mission, helping NASA track astronauts as they head to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. -
The U.S. Department of Energy is offering $1.9 billion in funding for transmission upgrades, including replacing conductors, installing better technologies to monitor the grid and transmitting power across regions.
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The daughter of former Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. A federal grant could offset some of the cost of rising energy bills. Pollen levels may ease later this week before rising again this weekend. Queens University receives a $1.5 million gift to improve its lecture series.
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