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Outgoing North Carolina governor grants 2 pardons, 6 commutations

Outgoing North Carolina governor grants 2 pardons, 6 commutations

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted what have been lengthy sentences served by six criminal offenders in state prisons — five of whom were convicted of murder — and granted…

North Carolina offers schools $1 million to help take students on field trips

North Carolina offers schools $1 million to help take students on field trips

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina public schools can seek financial assistance from the state to take students on field trips to state museums, aquariums and historic sites through a $1 million pilot project unveiled…

Cruise ship rescues 4 from disabled catamaran hundreds of miles off Bermuda, officials say

Cruise ship rescues 4 from disabled catamaran hundreds of miles off Bermuda, officials say

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A cruise ship rescued four people from a disabled catamaran that was taking on water hundreds of miles (kilometers) off the coast of Bermuda on Sunday, officials said. The disabled…

24 more monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina lab are recovered unharmed

24 more monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina lab are recovered unharmed

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — More than half of the monkeys bred for medical research that escaped from a compound in South Carolina last week have now been recovered unharmed, officials said Sunday. Twenty-four monkeys were captured on…

1 monkey recovered safely, 42 others remain on the run from South Carolina lab

1 monkey recovered safely, 42 others remain on the run from South Carolina lab

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One of 43 monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina has been recovered unharmed, officials said Saturday. Many of the others are still located a few yards from…

‘I want you’: how the U.S. military reevaluates recruiting during periods of drought

Media HubNov 9, 2024
‘I want you’: how the U.S. military reevaluates recruiting during periods of drought

Story by Kellie Finch via UNC Media Hub Cover by Olivia Goodson CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Hidden in a business park, sandwiched between a dentist’s office and an Italian restaurant, two people sit in the U.S. Army Recruiting Center.…