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A Durham man is facing serious felony charges after court records allege a 5-year-old in his care was severely malnourished and suffering from major developmental and cognitive delays. Authorities say medical records for the child also describe low bone density and chronic skin problems, and the suspect is being held in the county detention center while the case moves toward prosecution.

DURHAM, N.C. — A mid-morning shooting inside a Durham home sent a woman to the hospital and ended with a convicted felon in custody, after what police describe as a targeted incident between two people who knew each other. The case is now raising renewed concerns about illegal firearms and violence in residential neighborhoods just east of downtown.

a five-star caliber international prospect, has committed to North Carolina, a source confirmed to 247Sports. The news was first reported by Jonathan Givony of Draft Express. The seven-footer out of Barcelona (Spain) picked the Tar Heels over Duke, Kentucky, UConn and Kansas. Keita emerged last summer as an elite...

That’s the question Mayor Leonardo Williams said he keeps asking himself in his opening remarks at the 2026 State of the City Address. The April 21 public event took place at the Durham Performing Arts Center. A modest crowd of around 300 people attended, likely due to little promotion of the event through social media and the local press.

Rhiannon Giddens has announced the Biscuits & Banjos Foundation, a new nonprofit organization celebrating the African diaspora’s role in creating American identity and culture through music, literature, food, and community. The Foundation envisions a world where the full story of American music, literature, food, and culture is told — and where the communities that created it are resourced, visible, and thriving.

While the Raleigh metro area was one of the biggest winners for jobs last year, it was a completely different story in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro. Why it matters: Durham shed around 3,800 jobs in 2025, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The losses appear...

Imagine, for a moment, a small Southern town that for a night becomes a city-wide art gallery. Impossible, you say? Well, naysayers beware. For this is exactly what happens at Last Fridays in Hillsborough. It’s a party where everyone is intoxicated on beauty. If you live in Chapel Hill or Carrboro and it’s the last Friday of the month, do yourself a favor...

CARRBORO, N.C. — Not too long ago, conservatives were so concerned about their free speech being squashed at UNC-Chapel Hill that they established the School for Civic Life and Leadership to give themselves a safe space to express their views. Now, they’re trying to suppress the speech of the campus newspaper. What a bunch of hypocrites.

A Wake County-area student is being charged as an adult in a felony secret peeping case involving multiple teachers, according to the Raleigh Police Department.

The path leading to the track at a Durham middle school on Saturday was marked with signs bearing the names of Black women who died from pregnancy-related causes.  Walkers and runners participating in a fundraiser for MAAME, or a Durham nonprofit that offers doula care, walked past the signs, reminders of the tragedies that the […]