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May 10, 2025

Buffett will remain chairman at Berkshire Hathaway

May 10, 2025

OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett will remain with Berkshire Hathaway as chairman of the board when vice chairman Greg Abel takes over as CEO to begin 2026. The board of directors at the cash-rich […]

Employers added 177K jobs as market shows resilience

May 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American employers added a surprising 177,000 jobs in April as the job market showed resilience in the face of President Donald Trump’s trade wars. Hiring fell slightly from a revised 185,000 in […]

Difficult housing market continues with rising prices, high rates

May 10, 2025

LOS ANGELES — Homeownership is receding further out of reach for most Americans as elevated mortgage rates and rising prices stretch the limits of what buyers can afford. A homebuyer now needs to earn at […]

Stevens announces 2026 bid for NC Supreme Court

May 10, 2025

RALEIGH — North Carolina House Rep. Sarah Stevens (R-Surry) has announced she will challenge Associate Justice Anita Earls for her North Carolina Supreme Court seat in 2026. “I will be a conservative voice for justice […]

Court sides with Epic Games in App Store case

May 9, 2025

Apple plans to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the iPhone maker willfully violated a court injunction in an antitrust case filed by Cary-based Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite. Apple, which reported its quarterly […]

FBI and state cybersecurity authorities investigating 20 NC districts emailed by “threat actors” related to PowerSchool data breach

May 9, 2025

Emails from “threat actors” were received by 20 North Carolina school districts on May 7 per the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. The emails are linked to a data breach involving the statewide school information [...]
No, half of near-retirees don’t have zero retirement savings BIGGS: There’s no retirement crisis; why do so many people think there is?

May 9, 2025

The theme of my new book, “The Real Retirement Crisis,” is that when it comes to retirement, things are better than they seem. More Americans are saving more for retirement than ever before. Retirees’ incomes [...]
Washington won 3-1 in Game 2 Hurricanes drop Game 2 to Caps, head home with split

May 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The bounces didn’t cost the Hurricanes the first game of their second round series against the Washington Capitals. One did in Game 2. A dump-in attempt by Sean Walker early in the [...]
President Trump endorses NC GOP chair for reelection

May 8, 2025

RALEIGH — President Donald Trump has given his endorsement to North Carolina Republican Party Chair Jason Simmons in his reelection bid to retain his position. “Chairman Jason Simmons is doing a tremendous job leading the [...]
Nazi’s surrender, Bob Marley dies, Jamestown established, Donnor Party heads west This week in history: May 8-14

May 8, 2025

May 8 1541: Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River, the first recorded European to do so. 1846: U.S. forces led by Gen. Zachary Taylor defeated Mexican forces near modern-day Brownsville, Texas, in [...]

The stream: ‘Poker Face,’ spy thriller ‘Black Bag, ‘ Vince Vaughn in ‘Nonnas’

May 9, 2025

NEW YORK — The popular whodunit series “Poker Face” starring Natasha Lyonne returning for its second season and Steven Soderbergh’s sleek and lean spy thriller “Black Bag” are some of the new television, films, music […]

JOECKS: The process due to illegals is deportation

May 9, 2025

If you break a system, you can’t be upset when fixing that system requires a solution that’s outside the normal operation of the system. Congressional Democrats continue to demand the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia […]

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20 NC districts emailed by “threat actors” related to PowerSchool data breach

May 9, 2025

Emails from “threat actors” were received by 20 North Carolina school districts on May 7 per the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. The emails are linked to a data breach involving the statewide school information […]

Aho’s double-overtime goal sends Hurricanes into 2nd round

April 30, 2025

RALEIGH — Trailing by three goals before half of the first period was over, it looked like the Carolina Hurricanes were making a return trip to Newark. The Hurricanes, however, needed fewer than six minutes […]

Hurricanes’ Slavin reaffirms ‘he can do it all’

April 29, 2025

NEWARK, N.J. — Jaccob Slavin may not have won gold at the 4 Nations Face-Off in February, but he certainly made a claim to being the best defensive player in hockey. None of that came as […]

Svechnikov’s hat trick helps Hurricanes overcome injury to Andersen in Game 4 win

April 27, 2025

NEWARK, N.J. — The Hurricanes have faced some adversity despite being in control of their first round series against the New Jersey Devils since their few minutes of the opening game. But not even a Game […]

Category 5: Hurricanes shake off tough Game 3 loss

April 26, 2025

NEWARK, N.J. — The Hurricanes were licking their wounds Saturday after a deflating double-overtime loss to the Devils in Game 3 of their first round series, but Carolina seemed ready to reset ahead of Sunday’s matinee […]

Category 5: Hurricanes look for stranglehold on series in Game 3

April 25, 2025

NEWARK, N.J. — The Carolina Hurricanes took care of business at home with two wins in Raleigh, but now their series with the New Jersey Devils shifts to Newark, starting with Friday’s Game 3. 1. […]

Panthers may go defense in draft

April 24, 2025

The NFL Draft starts this Thursday night in Green Bay, and there’s a good chance the Carolina Panthers will break with recent tradition. Not since the team took Jaycee Horn in the first round in […]

Thunderbolts’ kicks off summer movie season with $76M

May 8, 2025

NEW YORK — Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts” opened with $76 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, kicking off the summer box office with a solid No. 1 debut that fell shy of […]

Music Review: Willie Nelson is ageless on ‘Oh What A Beautiful World’

May 5, 2025

It’s fun to hear Willie Nelson sing such words as “ninja,” “fishmonger” and “absinthe,” which are among the many pleasures found in the songbook of influential country songwriter Rodney Crowell. “Oh What A Beautiful World” […]

The Word: What worry does to us

May 4, 2025

This is the second week of a three-part series on worrying and the grace of God that will help us overcome it. Read Part 1. Here is what the lady from the “worry home” says: […]

Spielberg, De Niro praise Francis Ford Coppola for AFI Life Achievement Award

May 4, 2025

LOS ANGELES — Steven Spielberg proclaimed, “The Godfather” the “greatest American film ever made,” Robert De Niro teasingly bemoaned being cast in the sequel and not the original and Harrison Ford fought back tears reflecting […]

Book Review: Joan Didion therapy session notes published in “Notes to John”

May 3, 2025

Reading the newly released “Notes to John,” it’s hard not to of wonder how the late author Joan Didion would feel about having her personal notes from a series of painful therapy sessions converted into […]

Student gospel singers take stage at New Orleans festival

May 3, 2025

NEW ORLEANS — Each spring, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is known for hosting some of the world’s most famous jazz, funk and rock acts. Yet it’s also become a showcase for lesser-known […]

HILL: Buc-ee’s and the American Dream

May 8, 2025

My son and I were driving back from a fossil-hunting expedition in South Carolina when we came upon the Buc-ee’s in Florence. It is hard to explain what Buc-ee’s really is ― is it a […]

HARSANYI: Ketanji Brown Jackson makes a powerful argument for school choice

May 5, 2025

During oral arguments in the case of Mahmoud v. Taylor, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson unintentionally made a practical and convincing case for universal school choice. A few years back, the Montgomery County, Maryland, […]

MANESS: North Carolina’s elected officials must protect Medicare Advantage

May 5, 2025

Over 1 million North Carolina seniors are enrolled in Medicare Advantage because its plans are affordable, offer excellent care and provide diverse benefits. Unlike traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage lets seniors choose the plan that best […]

JOECKS: Musk half right about fertility crisis

May 4, 2025

The Wall Street Journal recently had a long piece on Elon Musk’s complicated personal life. He has at least 14 children with four different women. The “harem drama” — in the words of Musk’s ex-girlfriend […]

GINGRICH: California just isn’t working

May 3, 2025

Four months ago, the Palisades fire destroyed more than 6,800 homes in Los Angeles. Three months later, only four permits had been issued to rebuild the community. Clearly, California just isn’t working. The radical environmentalism, […]

KRAWIEC: Is violence justified?

May 2, 2025

Violence from the far left has become over the top, and it’s starting to get scary. These people have lost their marbles completely. They must stay up late at night cramming to reach double digits […]

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