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Judge OKs settlement in North Carolina voter registration lawsuit by Justice Department

Judge OKs settlement in North Carolina voter registration lawsuit by Justice Department

BY GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday approved a plan to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department that demanded North Carolina election officials accumulate identification…

Bottlebrush blooms, fall color make Clethra a versatile shrub

WPTF StaffSep 7, 2025
Bottlebrush blooms, fall color make Clethra a versatile shrub

By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener I have many different species of plants in my landscape. However, I do not own a “Clethra alnifolia” or “sweet pepper bush” or “summersweet”. I bet if I were…

Duke University pilot project examining pros and cons of using artificial intelligence in college

Duke University pilot project examining pros and cons of using artificial intelligence in college

LUCAS LIN and ANANYA PINNAMENENI/The Chronicle The Chronicle DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — As generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT have become increasingly prevalent in academic settings, faculty and students have been forced to adapt. The…

Joseph McNeil, who helped spark a protest movement at a North Carolina lunch counter, dies at 83

Joseph McNeil, who helped spark a protest movement at a North Carolina lunch counter, dies at 83

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Joseph McNeil, one of four North Carolina college students whose occupation of a racially segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter 65 years ago helped spark nonviolent civil…

Fayetteville State University sets record enrollment, retention gains

WPTF StaffSep 3, 2025
Fayetteville State University sets record enrollment, retention gains

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WPTF) – Fayetteville State University is experiencing another year of record enrollment while also posting some of the strongest academic gains in its history, school leaders announced Tuesday. For the fourth straight year,…

Find zen in your garden with zinnias

WPTF StaffAug 24, 2025
Find zen in your garden with zinnias

By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener My mother-in-law, Jean Reeves, was smart, hard-working, industrious, caring and pretty. She loved gardening, and taught her equally pretty daughters about vegetables and flowers and how they co-exist in…