Videos
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Billy Ball Explains NC: Controversial AI leaders visit Chapel Hill for G20 forum
Right now, some of the most powerful—and controversial—tech leaders in the world are in Chapel Hill at the G20 summit. Here’s what to know.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: The Trump administration’s awkward Asheville photo op
The Trump administration is hosting some of the world’s most powerful financial leaders in Asheville. Here’s why their pick of western North Carolina’s largest city is so controversial.
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Grieving father in anti-Roy Cooper ad was deceived by Republican PAC
The grieving father in the ad, Ronald Hayes, says he had no idea his testimony about his son Shemar’s 2024 murder would be used for political purposes to attack Roy Cooper.
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NC doctor blasts Republican politician for saying ‘abortion is never medically necessary’
Dr. Rachel Brown of Asheville spoke out against Republican congressional candidate Jennifer Balkcom’s vote for North Carolina’s 12-week abortion ban and past remark that “abortion is never medically necessary.”
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NC Democratic leader blasts Republicans for chipping away at voting rights
A top NC Democrat warned that the state’s democracy was being eroded as Republicans continued to chip away at voting rights.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: Fact-checking the GOP’s claims that Roy Cooper is a socialist
Is Roy Cooper—the Democrat running for one of NC’s two US Senate seats—a socialist? Nah. But here’s why Republicans are saying it.
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How NC Board of Elections early voting changes will affect Black voters, students
Several counties will not have early voting on Sunday, despite the tradition in the Black community of voting after church on Sunday, a practice known as “Souls to the Polls.”
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Environmentalist says Duke Energy is making billions while North Carolina pays high prices
The NC League of Conservation Voters’ Dan Crawford spoke out against Duke Energy’s proposed rate hike.
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NC A&T student says lack of campus voting sites a ‘modern-day poll tax’
A NC A&T student spoke out this week about a bill in the state legislature cutting early voting and allowing mass voter challenges.
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Gov. Josh Stein vetoes Republican election bill clearing early voting cuts, mass voter challenges
Gov. Josh Stein (D) has vetoed a bill passed by the General Assembly that would cut a week of early voting and would allow voters’ ballots to be challenged up to three days after Election Day.
