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As Ebola ebbs, life picks up in Africa

Life is edging back to normal after the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history. New cases in Liberia, where streets were littered with the Ebola dead just a few months ago,Click to Continue »

 

Dazzling ‘discovery’ turns to galactic dust

A new analysis has dynamited a much-hyped discovery of “gravitational waves” from the dawn of time. What had seemed to be a major breakthrough in cosmology, one that incited loose…Click to Continue »

 

Police charge 3 more suspects in robbery of twin sisters

Raleigh police charged three more suspects with robbing twin sisters of a cellphone after they got off a school bus Wednesday near Hardimont Road and Sarah Lawrence Court.Click to Continue »

 

Christensen: Raleigh needs buses, not rail

Before we sink huge bundles of money into a light-rail system, a stronger case needs to be made, given limited resources.Click to Continue »

 

Duke Energy’s coal ash leaks persist across NC

A year after a spectacular spill into the Dan River, Duke Energy’s North Carolina ash ponds are apparently still leaking more than 3 million gallons a day near rivers and…Click to Continue »

 

Blue Cross pricing tool could shake up medical industry

Blue Cross pricing tool provides average reimbursements paid to hundreds of doctors and hospitals across North Carolina.Click to Continue »

 

NC History Museum marks 86 years of State Highway Patrol

North Carolina's history museum is giving patrons an opportunity to look back at nearly 90 years of the state Highway Patrol.Click to Continue »

 

5 boaters rescued from sailboat 200 miles off NC coast

The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued five people from a sailboat after the boat's mast broke about 200 miles off the coast of North Carolina.Click to Continue »

 

Rising seas boost tidal flooding risks on NC coast

North Carolina's coast will see more frequent and more destructive floods at high tide over the next 30 years, several studies say - even on mild, sunny days - as…Click to Continue »

 

Thinking big to help veterans

T.J. Breeden was watching President Barack Obama talk about the country’s debt to veterans on television five years ago.Click to Continue »

 

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