Alzheimer’s Advocates from across North Carolina Travel to Raleigh to Advance State Policy Priorities
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Feb. 13, 2025 – Nearly 100 volunteer advocates from the Alzheimer’s Association – Western Carolina and Eastern North Carolina Chapters gathered in Raleigh on February 11 for North Carolina Alzheimer’s Advocacy Day. They urged lawmakers to support better access to early
Inspectors general watchdogs file suit over Pres. Trump’s decision to fire them
Eight U.S. inspectors general filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his administration on Wednesday, alleging their firings violated federal law. The inspectors general asked the U.S. District Court in Washington to declare they remained lawfully
Senate votes to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as National Intelligence Director
On Wednesday, Senate Republicans voted to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to become the nation’s director of National Intelligence. The director of national intelligence oversees the 18 agencies that make up the U.S. intelligence community, including the Central Intelligence
Detroit Tigers pitcher Alex Cobb to miss a month with hip injury
Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch told reporters Wednesday that right-handed pitcher Alex Cobb is expected to miss a month — including opening day — due to right hip inflammation. The righty, who has had hip surgery twice,
UNLV offensive lineman Ben Christman dies at age 21
UNLV announced in a statement that offensive lineman Ben Christman was found dead in an off-campus apartment Tuesday morning. Christman was 21-years-old. The university said it didn’t have other details and that a cause of death would
Eric Church to headline 2025 Highways Festival in the UK
Eric Church will return to the UK this year to headline Highways Festival 2025, taking place at the Royal Albert Hall in London across the weekend of May 16-17. On Friday, May 16, Molly Tuttle and
Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll to headline 2025 Railbird Music Festival
Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll will headline the 2025 Railbird Music Festival, set to take place on May 31 and June 1 at The Infield at Red Mile in Lexington. According to a press release, the 2-day
See the trailer for the NBC spinoff series ‘Suits: L.A.’
NBC is previewing Suits: L.A., a spinoff of the 2011 legal drama Suits that ran for nine seasons. The network has released the first trailer for “Suits: LA” introducing “the mighty” Ted Black (Stephen Amell), an East
Wednesday morning standoff in Morganton
On Wednesday morning Morganton Public Safety responding to reports of a shooting in the area of Causby Road. Initial reports said that one man had been stabbed and a female had been shot. Upon arrival officers heard
Armed felon sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for drug and gun charges
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jason Travis Shook, 42, of Conover, N.C., was sentenced Tuesday to 210 months in prison and five years of supervised release on drug and gun charges, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the