Ryan J. Foley, Jim Mustian & Michael Biesecker/The Associated Press The airspace around Washington, D.C., is congested and complex — a combination aviation experts have long worried could lead to catastrophe. Those fears materialized Wednesday night when an American Airlines plane collided with a military helicopter, taking the lives of...

Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) (Mountaineer The telephone at McElroy Oil began ringing off the hook about three days before the cold snap that rocked much of the country last month. As overnight temperatures neared the zero mark and daytime temps didn’t rise much above 15 degrees Fahrenheit, the calls didn’t stop....

Brianna Atkinson/WUNC Radio The pressure is mounting for Saint Augustine’s University to balance its finances. The private HBCU has $32 million in debt, an ongoing battle with the IRS, and an impending accreditation appeal hearing scheduled for the end of February. Today marks a self-imposed deadline that university leaders said...

Andy Olsen/Christianity Today When federal agents took her husband away, Kenia Colindres was fasting. It helped her listen for God, which she had been doing ever since she came to America. Fleeing gangs in 2022, Colindres tried to listen to God along the more than 2,000 miles her family traveled...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press Whose job is it to protect local pets? State law is vague. Because of that, the implementation of animal control and other pet-related services is often left up to the discretion of local governments, Carolina Public Press has learned. Some counties have robust, well-funded departments that...

Taylor Knopf/NC Health News When someone is having a mental health crisis — whether they’re thinking about suicide, acting erratically or experiencing hallucinations — they frequently end up in a hospital emergency department, mostly because there are few places for them to go. If a medical provider determines that the...

Tom Bowman/WUNC Radio The Army released the name of the third crew member of the Black Hawk helicopter that slammed into an American Airlines-affiliated flight above the Potomac River this week, killing 67 people. Captain Rebecca Lobach was 28 years old and a native of Durham, N.C. She was a...

Will Doran/WRAL News Mark Robinson is dropping his lawsuit against CNN — and potentially calling it quits on his political career, a stunning reversal for a man once seen as a rising star in national conservative politics. The former North Carolina lieutenant governor and Republican gubernatorial candidate had sued the...

Laurel Wamsley & James Doubek/WFAE Radio The Trump administration has fired Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The move was widely expected as President Trump is likely to name a new director for the agency, which is a frequent target of Republican attacks. Chopra was tapped...

Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press North Carolina’s highest court upheld on Friday a law that gave adult victims of child sexual abuse two additional years to seek civil damages, rejecting arguments that the temporary window violated constitutional protections for those facing claims that otherwise could no longer be pursued in...

Srilakshmi Venkatesan/The (Duke) Chronicle Tune Therapeutics, a Durham biotechnology startup co-founded by a Duke professor, announced the completion of its Series B fundraising round on Jan. 12, in which it raised $175 million to support clinical trials for its epigenome editor. The company will use the funding to advance clinical...

Anne Blythe & Will Atwater/NC Health News Three years have passed since a massive fire broke out at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant in the heart of Winston-Salem. The blaze started at close to 7 p.m. Jan. 31, 2022, and soon raged out of control. Within hours firefighters feared they...

Adam Wren, Lisa Kashinsky & Brakkton Booker/Politico Top Democratic elected officials and billionaire donors found out they don’t have much pull at the Democratic National Committee, where party insiders on Saturday chose a steady hand — Ken Martin — over their preferred choice for chair. Neither Martin nor the pick...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press A federal judge will decide whether two people have legal standing to sue after being brutalized by Washington County sheriff’s deputies in 2022. A video of a violent interaction involving Gary Thomas Jr. and Mary Moore outside the courthouse in Plymouth shocked many after it was...

Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Public officials have received hundreds of comments in support of preserving a forested property on Independence Boulevard after a commissioner spoke out against developing a major new rental complex at the site. A local professor is advocating to use the area for educational opportunities and enduring...