The city of Greenville, NC issued a permit for YouTuber MrBeast to set off pyrotechnics last week between the hours of 8 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Neighbors around his filming studio aren't thrilled, and not for the first time.
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There’s a largely hidden cost to NC’s building boom. Once every 10 days, a construction worker dies on the job. Why is it happening? What we’ve learned may disturb you. Check out “Hard Hat Deaths,” our new investigation on construction site dangers. charlotteobserver.com/news/local/art…

A former Red Hat sales director claims the Ralegh company's focus on diverse hiring led to his recent lay off.

The ex-employee, who is white, sued this week. It's the latest litigation from the firm of former Trump adviser, and Duke grad, Stephen Miller.
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Rain lilies, giant ferns, showstopping titan arums, and trilliums so rare they have yet to be named.

Tony Avent of Raleigh has one of the world's best collections of native, foreign, and (very) rare plants in his backyard. You can view it this weekend.
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Former Red Hat director sues Raleigh company over alleged ‘anti-white’ agenda

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by Brian Gordon

Recent campus turmoil fueled new frustrations among the crowd, which appeared to number in the high hundreds. Every mention of UNC interim Chancellor Lee Roberts was meet with volleys of boos and calls of “shame.”

Scenes today from Chapel Hill:
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UNC SJP chapter announces some faculty/TAs will withhold grades to “demand amnesty” for those arrested on campus last week.

Similar call was issued in 2018 over Silent Sam but did not materialize: newsobserver.com/news/politics-…