In today’s news: a Chapel Hill restaurant owner is arrested in Chatham County on charges of attempted first-degree murder. Also: Orange County Commissioners impose a one-year moratorium on new AI data centers; Chatham County Commissioners cancel their contract with Flock Safety for license-plate reader cameras; Chatham Commissioners postpone a final vote on a major housing development that drew pushback from neighbors; the Japanese candy company Morinaga cuts the ribbon on their second manufacturing plant in Mebane; Durham Tech starts building affordable apartments near its main campus; Durham schools cancel class on May 1, with teachers gathering in Raleigh for a pro-public education protest; Republicans agree to fund Medicaid for the rest of the fiscal year; and Chapel Hill-Carrboro school officials defend books with LGBTQ characters against attacks from GOP lawmakers.
And in sports: UNC baseball gets a midweek win; UNC women’s lacrosse gears up for the ACC tournament; Tar Heel men’s basketball lands three incoming transfers in a single day; and UNC football’s new offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino lays out his strategy.
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