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ICE returns to North Carolina?
Plus: 3 things happening in NC this week Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. It’s appropriate that “Giving Tuesday” falls a day after most of the “Black Friday” and holiday shopping deals ship out. The latter is a time of crass commercialism. The former is the opposite. It’s about finding a cause…
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5 affordable holiday trips in NC
Plus: Something to be grateful for. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Gratitude is a funny thing. If you try to force it, it just feels unearned and cheap. Separating the fake kind from the real kind is worth the extra mental flex. This week, as we take off for the Thanksgiving holiday,…
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Doing a ‘digital detox’ in NC
Plus: Holiday events abound, including a big Thanksgiving parade. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Ever heard of the term “popcorn brain?” “It’s the real, biological phenomenon of feeling your brain is popping because you’re being overstimulated online,” Harvard Medical School’s Dr. Aditi Nerurkar wrote in Harvard Health Publishing. “Then it’s hard…
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‘A hornet’s nest’: NC’s Border Patrol resistance
Plus: The need is great at the Salvation Army’s holiday drive. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. We begin this last week of November with the holidays. They are, impossibly, upon us. North Carolina’s capital city, Raleigh, held its annual holiday parade Saturday. Cardinal & Pine’s Michael McElroy was there, and he…
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Red wolves find new NC home
Plus: NC’s best choose-and-cut Christmas tree farms Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Who can argue with a little bit of good news? Cardinal & Pine’s recurring Friday series—”Good News Friday“—returns today with an animal that is very, very close to not existing anymore. We’ve reported before on the red wolf. Deforestation,…
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Border Patrol might be leaving, maybe
Plus: NC’s 9 most magical winter festivals Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. The federal shutdown is over. But as COURIER’s Jessica F. Simmons reports, we’re still untangling the impacts here in North Carolina. Head Start is a federally funded program that works with local organizations to provide early childhood education to…
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A major break in beating cancer?
Plus: The latest on Border Patrol raids in NC. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Today, we’ll begin with some good news. Researchers at Duke Health may have found something extraordinary among participants in a 20-year clinical trial. In that trial, a small group of women with advanced-stage breast cancer took a…
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Cops vs. Border Patrol: Know the difference
Plus: A fundraiser for a historic NC airfield Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Border Patrol operations in the Queen City have expanded into the Triangle. As in Charlotte, the federal immigration enforcement agency says they are pursuing dangerous criminals, but most of the people arrested so far are people without past…
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Fear, unrest in Charlotte as ICE moves in
Plus: 3 things happening in NC this week Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Today’s top story is Charlotte. The Queen City is in an uproar after a weekend of federal immigration operations. Border Patrol and ICE agents swept up 130 people, they said, including a church volunteer and street vendors. Cardinal…
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ICE, Border Patrol bound for Charlotte
Plus: How to stay informed as federal officials move in Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. After several days of rumors, North Carolina officials have confirmed that the Border Patrol and ICE are planning operations in Charlotte as soon as Saturday. These agencies are hard to predict. Their movements are kept secret.…
