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A conservation nonprofit posted photographs online in 2003 to document erosion along California’s Pacific Ocean shoreline. One of the pictures incidentally showed Barbara Streisand’s Malibu cliff-top home.

It is hard to imagine what North Carolina’s Senate legislative leaders were thinking — if that process was even engaged — when they surreptitiously inserted a provision in the state

Conflict among races is not something I ever grew up around. My father came from extreme poverty, living in government projects in Maine; enlisted in the Air Force; worked his

North Carolina has enjoyed more than a decade of conservative governance. It’s brought our state impressive growth and widespread acclaim. The General Assembly has reformed and reduced state taxes, lightened

The recent death of an Uber driver in El Paso, Texas, provides yet more incentive to rethink firearms regulation, particularly in the complicated field of ride-hailing businesses.

To many, the last week in June is the most important week of the year, because it is when the U.S. Supreme Court announces its most consequential decisions. This was

Is Ron DeSantis defeated? Not yet. But he is clearly depleted and increasingly desperate.

Temperatures across America were the highest ever recorded in modern record keeping. The news guys said, “Temps are high, and we can only expect them get higher.” Wildfires, sea rise,

“Time and tide wait for no man.” This famous phrase comes from Chaucer’s medieval Canterbury Tales, but a more modern version could just as easily say, “A child’s education waits

The General Assembly last week overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 299, which penalizes local governments for late audit reports. Under the new law, sales tax revenue will