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Philip Dail, a retired chemistry professor and counselor, has woven a web of connections across the globe in his travels over three decades. Now his nonprofit helps connect volunteers with…Click to Continue »

The NC Department of Health and Human Services is now paying for drug coverage for HIV-positive residents who have insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act. The agency has quietly…Click to Continue »

How Starbucks, Jon Stewart and handwashing thrust Thom Tillis into limelight.Click to Continue »

Already this year, nine students at ASU have died and the university is expanding counseling services…Click to Continue »

Wake Forest police are asking for the public's help finding the person responsible for an early morning stabbing of a convenience store clerk, ABC11 reports.Click to Continue »

Brian Williams’ false statements regarding his experience on a military helicopter during the 2003 invasion of Iraq have turned into a full-blown crisis.Click to Continue »

A group backed by Wake County's business community is suggesting a revision of the state's formula for calculating school performance grades that would still leave passing rates on exams and…Click to Continue »

The radical Islamic group ISIS remains a huge international security threat, but other radical groups are poised to become bigger problems, the nation's top military officer said Friday night in…Click to Continue »

In one of Jordan’s largest demonstrations in years, thousands of people Friday shouted support for airstrikes against the Islamic State as the country’s leaders rapidly escalated their offensive against the…Click to Continue »

While he puts in long hours at DOT, Tony Tata has resumed a side career – interrupted four years ago when he came to Raleigh – as a writer of…Click to Continue »