Many small colleges are trying free tuition to get students in the door. Others want to remain accessible to lower-income applicants.

A Charlotte lawyer—and lifelong Republican—with decades of blue-chip legal experience got the axe at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

A traditionalist religious order is building a new home in the woods of Western N.C. Not everyone is happy to see them.

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Head of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says she’s going to “eliminate” FEMA. N.C. lawmakers say they're working to reform the ...

At Greensboro’s Next Chapter, Black stories are centered on and off the page. "We’re going to carry books that no one else is," says owner.

Federal leaders looked to Ralph Baric to end the pandemic. Their critics blamed it on him. Now, the White House wants to slash his funding.

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UNCW recently attracted criticism from pro-Palestinian activists. (Michael Spencer/UNCW) Earlier this month, the UNCW Department of History and the Hannah and Charles Block Fund for Jewish Studies ...