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BBQ restaurant abandons Durham expansion after backlash over beliefs
Dampf Good BBQ scrapped its Durham expansion plans amid backlash over the owners’ Christian beliefs.
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Appeals Court rules for Highway Patrol in dog shooting video dispute
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld a trial judge’s ruling in a dispute over law enforcement recordings of the fatal shooting of two dogs in 2024.
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Locke backs Alaska group’s SCOTUS petition on donor privacy
The John Locke Foundation is supporting an Alaska group’s petition to the US Supreme Court. The case addresses a state government agency’s attempt to force Alaska Policy Forum to reveal its donors.
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See how NC campuses fared in FIRE’s 2027 College Free Speech Rankings
North Carolina colleges scored above the national average for campus free speech in The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s (FIRE) 2026 College Free-Speech Rankings FIRE gave North Carolina an average score of 70 out of 100, up 1.1 points from 2025. Nationally, colleges received an average grade of D-minus. FIRE’s survey found that in...
Opinion
Against enemies foreign and domestic
These two anniversaries will now forever be linked in a grim two-day remembrance. But it seems appropriate that they be remembered together.
Opinion
Flock cameras and the search for angels
NC policymakers should ask a few basic questions about automated location surveillance: Who can access the data, how long it is kept, what justification is required, and what happens when the system is abused?
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UNC System answers Trump admin call by pointing to reforms already in place
UNC System leaders have told US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon that most of the reforms in her national "call to action" on higher education are already policy in North Carolina.
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Former Miss NC USA Brittany Boltinhouse files suit against Miss USA
Bolthouse, stripped of her Miss NC USA title, is suing pageant officials, alleging they falsely branded her a bigot and damaged her reputation.
Opinion
MAGA didn’t push policy rightward
Can the American Right recover its fusionist core? I think so. That’s why my colleagues and I founded the Freedom Conservatism project.
Opinion
Cameras are watching everyone. Who’s watching the cameras?
A targeted, short-term query tied to a specific investigation is one thing. Using the network to reconstruct a person’s movements over an extended period is another.
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Should overpass protesting be prohibited? Legal analysts weigh in.
When CJ analyzed crash data surrounding recurring protests on a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 40 in Durham, the findings raised serious public-safety concerns.
Opinion
Real journalism requires freedom
When the role of journalist is limited only to those who parrot approved messaging, it is no longer journalism but something else — propaganda.
