Large crowds of Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran and other cities across Iran overnight, celebrating the news that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been killed during a day of coordinated U.S. and Israeli attacks.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Data suggests separations are now happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
(Published Nov. 2025)
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The U.S. Postal Service's new postmark process could lead to late fees and penalties when mailing time-sensitive documents.
Wilmington NC act Glow in the Dark Scars might be the best indie rock band you’ve never heard of.
The CDC says 27 people across 18 states have been sickened, including six who died, after eating products made with pasta from California-based Nate’s Fine Foods.
Interestingly, the only 2 writers from the Wilmington, NC, area to have work produced on Broadway were both Black. "Home," by Tony and Emmy nominee Samm-Art Williams, opens Oct. 17 at historic Thalian Hall.
Cool story, @statonator.bsky.social! Don't suppose you have a phone number for Josh Gates? Have him come check it out.
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You forget we call the trunk of a car the trunk cause it used to be a literal trunk.
On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility.
He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.”
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The Trump administration has slashed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s operations, defunded FEMA’s core program for preventing harm from major disasters and threatened to eliminate FEMA itself.
Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people.
Using our database, you can search for organizations and people that have paid the justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.
Morten Harket, the lead singer of the Norwegian synth-pop band a-ha, best known for its 1985 hit single “Take on Me,” said Wednesday that he had Parkinson’s disease.
The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--
BREAKING: The New York Knicks have fired coach Tom Thibodeau, a league source confirmed to The Athletic.
Moving Wilmington, N.C., production of Tony- and Pulitzer-nominated play "What the Constitution Means to Me" takes up-close and personal look at long-threatened founding document.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff.
When it comes to movies & TV shows shot here, Wilmington has punched above its weight in terms of contributing moments to the annals of American popular culture. Here's 10 from "Blue Velvet," "One Tree Hill," "Dawson's Creek" and more.
Better access (and shots) than I usually get when I visit Airlie....
#Birds
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A developing political scandal in Florida has put Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive. Republican lawmakers are investigating how $10 million in state money was diverted for use in a campaign.
Wilmington shot Amazon show “The Summer I Turned Pretty” drops release date for 3rd and final season.
Most Americans have encountered false claims about the measles vaccine, and many aren’t sure what the truth is, according to a KFF poll.
Misconceptions about measles, a highly contagious virus, and its vaccine abound as cases continue rising across the United States, according to the poll.
In just three months in office, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has produced a run of chaos that is unmatched in the Pentagon's recent history. His inner circle — military veterans who, like him, had little experience running large, complex organizations — is in shambles.
BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
I don’t “like” like this, just to be clear
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