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Entertainment Beyoncé performs onstage during the "RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR" at Rogers Centre on July 08, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood)
Entertainment Beyoncé Is Coming to North Carolina. You Have Questions. We Have Answers.

Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour is coming to the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, making it the artist’s first appearance in North Carolina since 2016.

Toni Ocloo Toni Ocloo August 3, 2023 7:33 pm EDT
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We asked staffers to share recommendations for books to read this summer. Here’s what we came up with.

Kimberly Lawson Kimberly Lawson June 29, 2023 10:58 am EDT
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Culture May the Fourth Be With You: The Ultimate Guide to Watching the Star Wars Saga

Immerse yourself in a galaxy far, far away by watching the Star Wars saga in chronological order. Here’s how.

Sam Cohen Sam Cohen May 4, 2023 12:00 pm EDT
Culture Bagpipers dressed as Highlanders promoting the STARZ original series "Outlander" are seen during San Diego Comic-Con in 2015. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision for STARZ/AP Images)
Culture ‘Outlander’ Gets It Wrong. Here Are 7 Misconceptions About NC’s Scottish Heritage.

The popular fantasy romance series has spurred a lot of interest in our state’s Scottish ancestry. But some of it is just plain wrong.

Emily Jaeger Emily Jaeger October 3, 2022 10:25 am EDT
Culture North Carolina-born actress, dancer, and singer Ariana DeBose arrives at the Oscars Sunday. She shattered boundaries with her Academy Award win for "Best Supporting Actress." (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Culture Beyond ‘The Slap’: NC’s Ariana DeBose Is the Real Story of This Year’s Oscars

The Wilmington-born actress, singer, and dancer became the first openly queer, Afro-Latino actress to win an Oscar.

Billy Ball Billy Ball March 28, 2022 3:30 pm EDT

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The proposed rule would require utility companies to locate and dig up roughly 370,000 lead pipes statewide within 10 years to ensure clean drinking water for North Carolinians and to protect children’s health. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Infrastructure Biden wants to replace all lead pipes in North Carolina within 10 years
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In this 2017 file photo, young hogs owned by Smithfield Foods gather around a water source. The Chinese-owned company, which is one of the largest employers in Sampson County, NC, has been the subject of multiple "hog nuisance" lawsuits because the smells, the noise, and health concerns. But hogs are just one of the environmental concerns in this rural NC county. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) Agriculture ‘You can’t win for losing’: Inside Sampson County, NC’s environmental nightmare
Entertainment NY Racing owner John Cohen, who played football at Grambling State University from 1993-1997, returned to the NASCAR Cup Series with a Chevrolet Camaro repping the GSU Tigers. Cohen was joined by three other Black owners, including Michael Jordan and his former NC State teammate, Brad Daugherty. (Photo provided by John Cohen)
Entertainment Daytona 500’s Historic Diversity Revved Up a Broader Audience

With a Black race director, grand marshal, a driver, four owners, and a car sporting HBCU colors, this year's Daytona 500 was the most diverse ever.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright February 22, 2022 5:25 pm EST
Entertainment Vogue editor Andre Leon Talley arriving at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala benefit in 2011. The 6'5 tastemaker favored authoritative robes and caftans in later years. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Entertainment How Andre Leon Talley’s Epic Style Was Informed By His Durham Grandmother

At the height of the fashion world, Talley credited his grandmother for teaching him to use style as a defense. 'Clothes were my armor of warfare...I had to represent.'

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright January 21, 2022 5:18 pm EST