People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Dec 31, 2018
Akira Satake: From handmade banjos to vases
by J.J. O'Donoghue
When the music industry became too stressful to bear in the U.S., Akira Satake found a new vocation in pottery.
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World / Politics Dec 7, 2018
North Carolina Republicans open to new U.S. House seat vote if fraud is found
North Carolina Republican Party leaders said on Thursday they would be open to holding a new congressional election in a district roiled by fraud allegations if a state investigation finds enough evidence that the outcome of the race was affected. Almost a month after Republican ...
World / Politics Dec 6, 2018
U.S. House Democrat seeks emergency hearing on alleged North Carolina election fraud
A Democratic U.S. congressman on Wednesday called for an emergency hearing into claims of fraud in a North Carolina election where the state is probing alleged improper handling of ballots by political operatives. Almost a month after Republican Mark Harris declared victory in his North ...
World / Crime & Legal Nov 29, 2018
Authorities tentatively ID body as that of kidnapped North Carolina girl
A body found in North Carolina has been preliminarily identified as a 13-year-old girl kidnapped outside her home, investigators said Wednesday, bringing a sad conclusion to a three-week search involving hundreds of investigators. Lumberton Police Chief Michael McNeill told reporters at a news conference that ...
World Sep 16, 2018
Floodwaters rise, leaving at least 11 dead as Tropical Storm Florence dumps epic rain on Carolinas
As the death toll from Florence mounted and hundreds of people were pulled from flooded homes, North Carolina is bracing for what could be the next stage of a still-unfolding disaster: widespread, catastrophic river flooding. After blowing ashore as a hurricane with winds of 90 ...
Basketball Mar 13, 2018
Senior leader Joe Berry II hoping Tar Heels are repeat champs
Joel Berry II is ready to take any big shot North Carolina needs in his final NCAA Tournament. The senior was last year's most outstanding player at the Final Four after helping the Tar Heels win the national championship that had painfully eluded them in ...
Basketball Mar 27, 2017
South Carolina added a missing piece to its rich basketball history. The school of Frank McGuire, Kevin Joyce, Brian Winters, Mike Dunleavy and Alex English is going to the Final Four for the first time. Add the names Sindarius Thornwell and Frank Martin to the top ...
World / Crime & Legal Mar 7, 2017
Top court drops plan to hear key transgender rights case as Trump camp ends 'bathroom bill' fight
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday scrapped plans to hear a major transgender rights case and threw out a lower court's ruling in favor of a transgender Virginia student after President Donald Trump rescinded a policy protecting such youths under federal law. The justices sent ...
World / Social Issues Feb 15, 2017
North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper proposed Tuesday what he called a compromise to repeal the state's so-called bathroom bill, saying a new measure is designed to allay fears by some over public bathroom safety. But a powerful leader in the Republican-controlled General Assembly dismissed ...
World Dec 29, 2016
Virginia search turns up woman, 71, great-granddaughter missing for days on road trip
A New Jersey woman and her 5-year-old great-granddaughter were found alive in Virginia on Wednesday, days after their disappearance during a holiday road trip prompted a multi-state search, authorities said. Barbara and La'Myra Briley were found inside their vehicle on private property in Dinwiddie County, ...
World Oct 12, 2016
Cop on rescue patrol kills armed man as North Carolina flood disaster worsens
A North Carolina state trooper shot and killed an armed man during a search and rescue operation, authorities said Tuesday, and thousands of people were told to get to higher ground as the flooding from Hurricane Matthew moved downstream. In Greenville, officials warned the Tar ...
World Oct 11, 2016
Hurricane-triggered floods strand, imperil hundreds in North Carolina
Hundreds of people were rescued by boat and helicopter as floodwaters inundated North Carolina towns on Monday in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, and officials warned that life-threatening flooding from swollen rivers would continue for days. Matthew, the most powerful Atlantic storm since 2007, was ...