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Koch is credited with taking “Earthset” on a mission that made her the first woman to orbit the moon.
Before She Took Historic Moon Photos, Christina Koch Honed Her Skills in N.C.
Christina Koch hung a poster of the Apollo 8 “Earthrise” photo in her dorm room. Now, she is credited with taking “Earthset” on a mission to orbit the moon.
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In five years, the initiative has grown from a handful of folks serving a weekly hot meal in the church basement, to this—Durham County’s largest emergency food assistance program, with more than 150 volunteers a week serving 860 families.
The Country Is Facing a Hunger Crisis. In Durham, As Need Grows, So Does Emanuel Food Pantry.
In five years, the small church initiative has become Durham County’s largest emergency food assistance program.
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Picture 60-foot orange buses zooming westward toward Research Triangle Park, unimpeded by traffic.
BRT ‘or Nothing at All’: Western Wake Bus Rapid Transit Route Will Bypass Morrisville
At a work session last week, Morrisville leaders seemed accepting of a Wake County bus rapid transit route that will circumvent the town.
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29 year-old Mexican ICE detainee dies of leukemia. "Prisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a detention center in Georgia, where he had been held for three weeks and said he did not receive medical care despite experiencing severe symptoms." indyweek.com/news/priscil...
Mexican Man From Durham Dies From Leukemia While In ICE Custody
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center. He died on Friday, July 24.
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Prisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center for three weeks. He had not received medical attention after experiencing severe symptoms. The cruelty of this administration has no bounds. How anyone can call them God's chosen leaders is beyond understanding.
Mexican Man From Durham Dies From Leukemia While In ICE Custody
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center. He died on Friday, July 24.
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Organizations like Skin and Bones Theater and Film Durham are working to build a local cinema scene that both reflects and benefits the community around it.
A New Downtown Durham Movie Theater. A New Cinema Community To Help Light Up Its Screen.
Organizations like Skin and Bones Theater and Film Durham are working to build a cinema scene that both reflects and benefits the community.
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Koch is credited with taking “Earthset” on a mission that made her the first woman to orbit the moon.
Before She Took Historic Moon Photos, Christina Koch Honed Her Skills in N.C.
Christina Koch hung a poster of the Apollo 8 “Earthrise” photo in her dorm room. Now, she is credited with taking “Earthset” on a mission to orbit the moon.
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While not thrilled about it, Morrisville town leaders seemed accepting of future plans for a regional bus rapid transit route that will circumvent the town.
BRT ‘or nothing at all’: Western Wake Bus Rapid Transit Route Will Bypass Morrisville
At a work session last week, Morrisville leaders seemed accepting of a Wake County bus rapid transit route that will circumvent the town.
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Even if you can't make it on Thursday, you can still contribute to the cause by buying raffle tickets (and win prizes!) www.eventbrite.com/e/rollin-wit...
Rollin' with Pride
Skate, celebrate, and support Durham's LGBTQ+ community at Rollin' with Pride, all proceeds directly support the community.
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Organizations like Skin and Bones Theater and Film Durham are working to build a local cinema scene that both reflects and benefits the community around it.
A New Downtown Durham Movie Theater. A New Cinema Community To Help Light Up Its Screen.
Organizations like Skin and Bones Theater and Film Durham are working to build a cinema scene that both reflects and benefits the community.
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Meredith Bryson and Lauren Brown both credit Bridgerton, Julia Quinn’s popular historical romance series, for reviving their reading lives and inspiring them to open bookstores of their own.
Feels On Wheels: How Local Pop-Up Romance Bookstores Are Creating Inclusive Reading Communities
Want to read an out-of-the-box love story? Just ask the owners of Peach Basket Books and Rebel Romance Bookstore.
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Last week, a Union County woman noticed strange hornets snooping around her hummingbird feeder and called the state.
Is North Carolina Ready for an Invasion of Bee-Killing Hornets?
After creeping north for three years, the yellow-legged hornet has arrived. Beekeepers are gearing up for a fight.
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Roy Moore and the town agree Fire Station 1’s future should honor its past. But how much of the 70-year-old building can be salvaged, and what it could become, are to be determined.
Apex Plans to Close a Volunteer-Built Downtown Fire Station. A Retired Firefighter is Leading a Campaign to Keep It Open.
Roy Moore and the town agree Fire Station 1’s future should honor its past. But how much of the 70-year-old building can be salvaged, and what it could become, are to be determined.
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How a small group of powerful white men, aided by newspaper propaganda and their neighbors’ Confederate nostalgia, engineered the violent 1898 overthrow of Wilmington’s duly elected multiracial government.
White Men and White Metal
How a small group of white men engineered the violent 1898 overthrow of Wilmington’s duly elected multiracial government.
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No medical attention. Dies of leukemia in detention at age 29. Came to U.S. when he was 3, so grew up here and would not have known any other life. Imprisoned and left to die because he has “no papers”.
INDY Week@indyweek.bsky.social · 6d agoPrisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center, where he had been for three weeks. He reported that he had not received medical attention after experiencing severe symptoms. He died on Wednesday, July 22.
Come skate with the INDY team for a good cause! 🛼🌈 Thursday 8/6, 6:30 p.m., Wheels Durham www.eventbrite.com/e/rollin-wit...
Rollin' with Pride
Skate, celebrate, and support Durham's LGBTQ+ community at Rollin' with Pride, all proceeds directly support the community.
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Some of the Duke alums from that era who have made it to Trump’s orbit knew each other on campus.
Dukes in Trump’s Court
Duke University alumni have played high-profile roles in the Trump administration. A 2000s culture clash helps explain why.
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Another death in ICE custody: Prisciliano Trejo Ricano. He said this before he died:
INDY Week@indyweek.bsky.social · 6d agoPrisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center, where he had been for three weeks. He reported that he had not received medical attention after experiencing severe symptoms. He died on Wednesday, July 22.
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center, where he had been for three weeks. He reported that he had not received medical attention after experiencing severe symptoms. He died on Wednesday, July 22.
Mexican Man From Durham Dies From Leukemia While In ICE Custody
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center. He died on Wednesday, July 22.
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Released in June, 'Skin Contact' has the buzzy premise of a young couple navigating an newly opened marriage. But the novel is as interested in friendship and family as it is romance.
Carrboro Author Elisa Faison On Polyamory, Domestic Fiction, and Her Debut Novel 'Skin Contact'
'Skin Contact' has the buzzy premise of a couple navigating an open marriage. It's as interested in friendships and family as it is romance.
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Prisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center, where he had been for three weeks. He reported that he had not received medical attention after experiencing severe symptoms. He died on Wednesday, July 22.
Mexican Man From Durham Dies From Leukemia While In ICE Custody
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center. He died on Wednesday, July 22.
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Some of the Duke alums from that era who have made it to Trump’s orbit knew each other on campus.
Dukes in Trump’s Court
Duke University alumni have played high-profile roles in the Trump administration. A 2000s culture clash helps explain why.
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"I want it to feel universal but I also think that it being set in the South doesn’t keep it from being universal because these issues of open marriage, queerness, everything—that’s everywhere."
Carrboro Author Elisa Faison On Polyamory, Domestic Fiction, and Her Debut Novel 'Skin Contact'
'Skin Contact' has the buzzy premise of a couple navigating an open marriage. It's as interested in friendships and family as it is romance.
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“When I was starting out,” Merritt told the INDY, “I thought my heroes were something that I would sort of need to get me out the door. It turns out that you don’t outgrow needing your heroes.”
Curated By Tift Merritt, a Free Concert Series Uplifts the Legacy of Women Musicians
The four-part Duke Arts concert series at Durham’s American Tobacco Campus kicks off on September 9 with a performance by Patty Griffin.
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Feel-good documentary "Cookie Queens," Alia Shawkat and Kristen Stewart on an alkaloid-fueled adventure in "The Wrong Girls," and more films playing across the Triangle this month.
Incoming! Girl Scouts, Boy Robots, and Telepathic Stoners
Feel-good documentary "Cookie Queens," an alkaloid-fueled adventure in "The Wrong Girls," and more films playing locally this month.
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Get ready for Rollin' with Pride, INDY Week's community skate party benefiting the LGBTQ+ Community of Durham. The LGBTQ+ community in Durham supports each other throughout the entire year, not just in June and September. Join us!
Rollin' with Pride
Skate, celebrate, and support Durham's LGBTQ+ community at Rollin' with Pride, all proceeds directly support the community.
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Zebulon Vance, the North Carolina legislator, governor, and Confederate officer for whom Wake County’s easternmost town is named, was not, according to U.S. Civil War historian John G. Barrett, a details guy.
Zebulon's Municipal Government Meltdown, Part 2: An Updated Timeline
A new mayor. A new town manager. And a new report from the state auditor’s office pointing to weak financial controls in Wake County’s smallest town. How did Zebulon get here?
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Duke University alumni have played high-profile and controversial roles in the rise of Trumpism. A turn-of-the-millennium culture clash on campus helps explain why.
Dukes in Trump’s Court
Duke University alumni have played high-profile roles in the Trump administration. A 2000s culture clash helps explain why.
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