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A Rogers-Herr Middle School student apparently posted a video on social media in which they held a replica firearm and threatened another student. According to Principal Tawauna Stewart, the post was removed and law enforcement was notified. The student who posted the video was questioned. “Thanks to reliable information, this
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Sept. 5, 2024 * Susan Elizabeth Blair Hollister, 76. Memorial service planned for 2 p.m. on Nov. 9 at Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Durham. Sept. 30, 2024 * Terrence Anthony Grissom, 37. Services were held Oct. 12. * Belinda Lunsford, 40. Services planned for 1 p.m. on Oct. 17
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson sued CNN on Tuesday over its recent report that he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board, calling the reporting reckless and defamatory. The lawsuit, filed in Wake County Superior Court,
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TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance (TOUCHBBCA) and Unite for HER have launched Care for HER, a campaign aimed at addressing health disparities among Black breast cancer patients through integrative care and culturally tailored nurse navigation services—all at no personal cost. Care for HER, which launched this October during
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Birth Reports
Southpoint Access provides subscribers with the most recent reports of children born to parents in Durham. Sept. 30 * Faith Simone Allen. Born at 9:47 a.m. at Duke Regional Hospital to Derrick Jamar Allen and Ellaina Monet Allen. * Jaking Lashik Battle. Born at 6:29 a.m. at Duke
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By JOSH BOAK, Associated Press The Biden-Harris administration announced plans Tuesday to provide up to $750 million in direct funding to Wolfspeed, with the money supporting its new silicon carbide factory in North Carolina that makes the wafers used in advanced computer chips and its factory in Marcy, New York.
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By JOSH BOAK, AAMER MADHANI, and DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Kamala Harris used an appearance Sunday before a largely Black church audience in battleground North Carolina to call out Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about the government’s hurricane response. President Joe Biden visited Florida for the second time this
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Breakfast and lunch are free for all DPS students this year. Menus are subject to change without notice. NOTE: It’s National School Lunch Week! Kindergarten through 12th Grade Breakfast Oct. 14 * Bagel bar: assorted bagels with cream cheese, jelly, butter. * Whole grain cereal. * Fresh fruit. Oct. 15 * Bagel bar:
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected — a promise he has predicated, in part, on the notion that immigrants in the U.S. legally and illegally are stealing what he calls “Black
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Is this news valuable to you? Consider subscribing or, if you run a small business that serves South Durham, become a sponsor of Southpoint Access. Learn more here! In August, before Durham Public Schools traditional calendar students returned to class, 17,000 riders were registered for bus transportation. “We had