6 h. ago Slave descendants fight to protect their threatened island community at Georgia's highest court

Georgia’s highest court is weighing in on a fight over special protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black people descended from slaves

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31 h. ago Is Bill Belichick’s girlfriend on his coaching staff at UNC? Fans fume over her involvement

Belichick is the new head football coach for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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31 h. ago I can’t go everywhere my daughter goes – a wheelchair only works in accessible spaces

For disabled parents, the built environment can be inaccessible – but we are showing that there are countless ways to have bodies and mindsWe met K when she was a week old. We were foster parents and not expecting a call about a newborn. Despite becoming her mom with just 12 hours’ notice – we adopted her the next year – my early months with her felt so natural.I had been disabled for six years. While on a hike, I developed dysautonomia, which is secondary to a genetic connective tissue disorder called hEDS [hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome]. I experience a great deal of daily pain and can’t stand for more than a minute or sit upright unsupported for more than five.Her kindergarten classroom. In fact, the entirety of the school she attended for two years.Countless hikes.Multiple preschool tours – so many schools in California, North Carolina and Ontario are up or down stairs.Field trips.Nearly every shop and restaurant in Montreal while on a family vacation.Birthday and holiday pa...

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31 h. ago I can’t go everywhere my daughter goes – and it’s heartbreaking

For disabled parents, the built environment can be inaccessible – but we are showing that there are countless ways to have bodies and mindsWe met K when she was a week old. We were foster parents and not expecting a call about a newborn. Despite becoming her mom with just 12 hours’ notice – we adopted her the next year – my early months with her felt so natural.I had been disabled for six years. While on a hike, I developed dysautonomia, which is secondary to a genetic connective tissue disorder called hEDS [hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome]. I experience a great deal of daily pain and can’t stand for more than a minute or sit upright unsupported for more than five.Her kindergarten classroom. In fact, the entirety of the school she attended for two years.Countless hikes.Multiple preschool tours – so many schools in California, North Carolina and Ontario are up or down stairs.Field trips.Nearly every shop and restaurant in Montreal while on a family vacation.Birthday and holiday pa...

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32 h. ago My dad fell for our beauty queen nanny. I knew she was evil but nothing prepared me for the horrors to come... now I'm haunted by my lies

Whenever Sarah Corbett Lynch hears the whirring sirens of a police car or ambulance, it triggers a crippling panic attack. For it takes her back to August 2, 2015, when she was eight years old.

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34 h. ago US paedophile who flew to Wales to ‘marry’ schoolgirl jailed

Jacob Ewing, 44, of North Carolina, groomed a Welsh schoolgirl online, before attempting to enter the UK to marry her.

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5 d. ago North Carolina judges order ballot checks in tight race won by Democrat

Supreme court says overseas voters must prove eligibility or votes will be discarded – which could affect election’s resultThe North Carolina supreme court paved the way to throw out thousands of ballots in a race for a seat on the court that was decided by just over 700 votes.The staggering decision is the latest development in a race in which Democrat Allison Riggs defeated her Republican opponent, Judge Jefferson Griffin, by 734 votes. After multiple recounts confirmed Riggs’s win, Griffin challenged the eligibility of more than 60,000 votes and courts have blocked certification so far. Last week, the North Carolina court of appeals – the body Griffin sits on – gave the challenged voters 15 days to prove their eligibility. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Previous execution reveals how South Carolina will put 2nd inmate to death by firing squad

A few more details are known about South Carolina's firing squad as the state prepares to carry out its second execution by that method

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1 week ago North Carolina judges back Republican colleague in bid to toss votes and overturn election

Appeals court sides with Jefferson Griffin, who lost supreme court election and wants thousands of ballots thrown outMore than 65,000 people in North Carolina who believed they were eligible to vote could have their ballots thrown out nearly five months after election day, flipping the results of a supreme court election, a state appeals court ruled on Friday.The 2-1 ruling from the North Carolina court of appeals came in response to Republicans’ months-long effort to overturn the results of the state supreme court election in November. The Democrat Allison Riggs, who currently sits on the court, defeated appellate judge Jefferson Griffin, a Republican, by 734 votes. After the election, Griffin filed a protest seeking to get around 60,000 votes thrown out. Continue reading...

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1 week ago She’s a waitress raised on a farm – can Rebecca Cooke win a key Wisconsin seat?

Moderate Democrat believes she can unseat Republican Derrick Van Orden, who was at the Capitol on January 6Wisconsin’s third congressional district has voted for Donald Trump every time he’s been on the ballot, but the moderate Democrat Rebecca Cooke, a waitress who grew up on a dairy farm, thinks she can flip the state’s most competitive seat next year.Last year, Cooke outperformed other Democrats when she tried to unseat incumbent Derrick Van Orden, a retired US Navy Seal who attended the January 6 “Stop the Steal” rally at the Capitol and shouted “lies” during Joe Biden’s 2024 state of the union address. She lost the race by less than three points. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago I don’t want to die with a freezer full of seeds. It’s time to rethink biodiversity and preservation | Chris Smith

Hurricane Helene proved a hard truth: a freezer of seeds is the literal version of putting all your eggs in one basketAbout a month after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina last fall, Roger Wynn and I met in an Asheville, North Carolina, supermarket parking lot. He’d driven two hours from Little Mountain, South Carolina, where the passing storm had also left its destructive mark.“When the power finally came back on,” Wynn said, “two of my freezers didn’t work.” Wynn was worried not about spoiled food inside, but his seed collection. On that autumn day, in an act of forced downsizing and seed philanthropy, Wynn handed over two boxes filled with seeds. He wanted me, as founder of the non-profit Utopian Seed Project, to share the seeds with farmers across the region. The boxes contained a trove of Appalachian varieties: speckled field peas, white mountain half-runner beans, purple-podded bush beans and lots of butterbeans. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump live: Wisconsin result marks massive blow to president just hours before ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcement

Elon Musk-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court election candidate has been defeated at the ballot box by liberal judge Susan Crawford

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2 w. ago ‘We are so grateful’: how play therapy can help children after disaster

In North Carolina, kids affected by Hurricane Helene are putting this method, often inaccessible, to the testOn a winter afternoon at the old Methodist church in Swannanoa, North Carolina, a group of young children gathered around a special sandbox. The sand was silky and lavender-scented. The toys inside were carefully chosen: small sections of wooden fence, fist-sized plastic houses, tea lights with battery-operated flames, matchbox-sized police cars and construction machines.In the wake of Hurricane Helene last autumn, these objects took on new meaning in the town of 5,000 miles (8,000km) east of Asheville. The storm downed thousands of trees and knocked out power and water for weeks. Driving water, wind and mudslides swept away people, buildings and fences. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Drought, wind, and debris from recent hurricanes are stoking fires across the US

Some 14,800 wildfires have burned 1,105 square miles so far this year — well above the 10-year average

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2 w. ago South Carolina wildfire keeps growing as firefighters protect homes

A large wildfire in the South Carolina mountains has doubled in size on each of the last three days

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2 w. ago North Carolina judge challenging outcome of race wore Confederate uniform in college photo

A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb and posing before a Confederate battle flag when he was a member of a college fraternity that glorified the pre-Civil War South

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2 w. ago First rain and then fire chase people from their homes in North and South Carolina

At least a half-dozen large wildfires continue to burn in the Blue Ridge Mountains of South Carolina and North Carolina

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2 w. ago Wildfires rage on in North and South Carolina as more firefighters arrive

Hundreds of people asked to leave their homes amid states of emergency and out-of-state responders battling blazesWildfires continued to rage in North and South Carolina on Thursday, leading to states of emergency and evacuations as firefighters deployed from other parts of the US to help bring the blazes under control.In North Carolina, progress was being made in containing two of the largest wildfires burning in the mountains, but officials warned that fire danger remained from dry and windy conditions. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The White Lotus ‘goes too far’: Duke University unhappy over their prominence in show

Two characters in the troubled Ratliff family are Duke alumni, but the association has displeased the US universityThis article contains spoilers for the third season of The White LotusIn the aftermath of an incestuous threesome, many viewers of the latest season of The White Lotus may think the show has stepped over a line. But audiences have an unlikely ally in Duke University, which is unhappy that two characters happen to be Duke alumni.The third season of the popular TV show, which follows wealthy guests and workers at a luxury resort in Thailand, includes the Ratliff family, with the father, Timothy (played by Jason Isaacs) and one of his sons, Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) both having attended Duke, a prestigious institution located in Durham, North Carolina. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago More evacuations as wildfires burn in the Carolinas. Forecasts aren't encouraging for firefighters

More people have been asked to leave their homes in the North Carolina and South Carolina mountains as wildfires spread and the forecast for the rest of the week isn't encouraging

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