With funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gov. Cooper says the state's rooftop solar project could help lower energy costs and emissions.
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The Juvenile Reentry Employment Program serves Pitt, Pamlico, Craven and Carteret Counties and is a statewide model for reentry programs. Through vocational training and a network of nonprofits that provide housing and transportation, the goal is to reduce participants' likelihood of returning to the justice system.
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NC Disability Rights argue long waits violate the civil rights of those with mental illness, and that NCDHHS has run afoul of the Americans for Disability Act and the Rehabilitation Act.
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North Carolina will become the 39th state to offer access to medical marijuana with a dispensary run by the Eastern Band of Cherokee in Western N.C.
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Cybersecurity experts want more federal protections for good faith security researchers, or "good "hackers, arguing the government shouldn't prosecute good faith efforts to find vulnerabilities.
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The U.K. Parliament has approved Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's controversial plans to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda, regardless of where they're from originally.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks to Debbie Becher, associate professor at Barnard College, about a wave of protests on college campuses amid growing tensions on campuses over Israel's war in Gaza.
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The space probe contacted ground control for the first time in five months with status updates on its engineering systems. A month ago a NASA team discovered corrupted code caused a lapse in contact.
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It will run between Las Vegas and Southern California, reaching a top speed of 200 miles per hour. The company behind the project plans for it to be ready by 2028.
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Elections in the world’s largest democracy are underway. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s power is ascendant. But, like in other global democracies, so are concerns about religious nationalism and democratic decline.
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Israel has intensified its airstrikes on Gaza's southern city of Rafah. Palestinians say most of those killed are women and children.
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About 1,200 people die from extreme heat each year. As temperatures soar, the CDC is unveiling plans to help people deal with potentially record summer heat.
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Genetic researchers and historians say the DNA of 27 people who were enslaved in Frederick, Md., before the Civil War indicates they have about 42,000 living relatives.
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Democrats hope to regain control of a South Texas district but Republicans say the area is no longer blue. Both Democrats and Republicans have targeted that part of Texas.