A Texas Town Was Helpless to Watch as the Largest Wildfire in State History Engulfed It Posted by Associated Press | Mar 1, 2024 | World Written by SEAN MURPHY and JIM VERTUNO As the largest wildfire in Texas history engulfed his town,... Read More
Uvalde Families Want Criminal Charges Filed After the Justice Department Issued a Scathing Report Posted by Associated Press | Jan 19, 2024 | World Written by ACACIA CORONADO and JAKE BLEIBERG Families of the children and teachers killed in the... Read More
Mexican Officials Clear Border Camp as US Pressure Mounts To Limit Migrant Crossings Posted by Associated Press | Dec 28, 2023 | World Written by VALERIE GONZALEZ A ragged migrant tent camp next to the Rio Grande is a long way from... Read More
North Carolina Legislature Cracks Down on Pornography Sites with New Age Verification Requirements Posted by Associated Press | Sep 25, 2023 | State Government Written by HANNAH SCHOENBAUM North Carolina’s legislature has passed a bill requiring age... Read More
Families Upended by School Shootings Share Trauma in Push for Gun Law Changes, but Get Mixed Results Posted by Associated Press | Sep 19, 2023 | World Written by KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE For nearly a week, families whose lives were... Read More
Does Texas A&M’s Botched Hire Spell Doom for Classroom Diversity? Some Say Yes Posted by Associated Press | Aug 1, 2023 | World Written by ACACIA CORONADO With pageantry that included balloons, a banner and an outdoor signing... Read More
The US Sets a Grim Milestone With a New Record for the Deadliest Six Months of Mass Killings Posted by Associated Press | Jul 14, 2023 | World Written by STEFANIE DAZIO AND LARRY FENN Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved... Read More
Transgender and Nonbinary People Are Often Sidelined at Pride. This Year Is Different Posted by Associated Press | Jun 13, 2023 | World Written by SUSAN HAIGH Kara Murphy, a transgender woman helping to organize the Union County Pride... Read More
Competing Abortion Pill Rulings Sow Broad Alarm, Confusion Posted by Associated Press | Apr 10, 2023 | World Written by BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and KEN MILLER Emma Hernandez is defiant even if she fears what may... Read More
Never Too Far: The MADness of March Posted by Deborah Stroman, Ph.D. | Apr 7, 2023 | Columns, Never Too Far, Town Square Carolina basketball fans survived a spring without winning another national title. It was awkward and dreary at times, but with some hope on the horizon! Read More