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NC Justice Center attorney Jason Pikler discusses efforts to crackdown on predatory debt buying
Debt buying. You may never have heard of it but amazingly, debt buying – a scheme in which companies buy old and stale claims from creditors for pennies on the dollar and then file lawsuits against thousands of debtors who may not even remember the debt – is a big and often predatory multi-million-dollar industry. […]
3 loggerhead sea turtles tracked by OCEARCH ping off NC coast Sunday morning
Two weeks after a great white shark pinged off the Outer Banks, more aquatic animals tracked by nonprofit research organization OCEARCH have surfaced in the waters off of North Carolina.
NC Voting Information: All you need to know
Voting Dates The in-person early voting period for the 2024 general election: Begins Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. Ends 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. The general election is on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Voter Registration Deadline The deadline to register to vote in North Carolina for the 2024 general election is 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, 2024.* Read […]
Food Lion’s To Go service broadens to 12 additional locations
Food Lion’s grocery pick-up service is now available at 12 additional stores, bringing pickup or home delivery to 1,108 locations in its 10-state operating area. Located in North Carolina, the locations now offering the shopping option span across the Aberdeen, Chapel Hill, Durham, Henderson, Raeford, Raleigh, Sanford and Smithfield neighborhoods.
Durham mom ordered to have no contact with son days after Amber Alert
Durham mother at center of Amber Alert previously violated parole. A mother linked to the disappearance of a Durham child that triggered an Amber Alert made her first court appearance on Monday. Mariah King was arrested Friday afternoon when police found her son, Geon King-Parriett. An Amber Alert was issued...
Daily Drop: This is Power Echols’ Defense
THI Staff Tar Heel Illustrated North Carolina opens fall camp Monday night, and as the Tar Heels get into it, one thing is clear: This is Power Echols’ defense. In today’s Daily Drop, we discuss Echols saying this is his D, and the support he has on that claim from the most acclaimed UNC defender. *Video edits by Jacob Turner. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Become a UNC insider for just $8.33 a month for a 1-year subscription ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Want more content like this and everything we do at THI? Help support by sending us a Venmo @TarHeelIllustrated. All donations are welcome and go...
Class of 2026 five-star schedules unofficial visit with UNC Women's Basketball
The UNC women’s basketball program has scheduled an exciting unofficial visit with one of the top players in the class of 2026. Five-star point guard Autumn Fleary from McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Maryland, will reportedly visit Chapel Hill this Wednesday. The five-foot-seven rising junior has been recruited by...
Man charged after employee grazed by bullet at Garner gas station
A man was arrested Friday in connection with a June 24 shooting and robbery at a Garner gas station. Just after midnight on June 24, officers responded to the Resco Mart at 802 Purser Drive found a woman who worked at the business was injured. Police said a suspect stole...
Columbia Study Uncovers How Grief Accelerates Biological Aging
Research from Columbia University indicates that losing close family members can accelerate biological aging. The study analyzed long-term data to show that multiple familial losses are associated with an increase in DNA markers of aging, particularly if these losses occur during childhood or early adulthood. According to a new study...
Karrikers plead guilty to all counts, sentenced to nearly 20 years
Reed and Georgiana Karriker, both 44, pleaded guilty in Rowan County Superior Court Monday afternoon to charges of attempted first degree murder, intentional child abuse causing serious injury and negligent child abuse resulting in serious injury for the beating and near death of their then adopted son. On Jan. 21, 2021, Reed brought the child, […] The post Karrikers plead guilty to all counts, sentenced to nearly 20 years appeared first on Salisbury Post.
NC Gov. Cooper opted out of Harris VP vetting, in part over worry about GOP lieutenant: AP sources
WASHINGTON — (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper opted not to be a candidate in Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate search in part due to concerns that his Republican lieutenant governor would try to assume control if he left the state to campaign as part of the Democratic ticket, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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