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She's done it again. Jessie Diggins, age 34 and skiing in her final Olympics, captured a bronze medal for the U.S. at the Milan Cortina Games. She battled through the pain from injured ribs to reach the podium.

For many in the former papermill town, the moratorium is an opportunity to think through a community-centered vision for the future.

They're often paid low wages and lack job protections. A petition to the country's supreme court to support their demands did not see success — and they are protesting.

Seoul's assessment comes as North Korea is preparing to hold its biggest political conference later this month, where Kim is expected to outline his major policy goals for the next five years.

Drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy are intended for people who are overweight. Some patients are using them after bariatric surgery to keep pounds from creeping back. Others may just want to lose a few pounds.

Jon Berger lives in Wilmington with his wife Liz and his two amazing daughters Lillian (19) who is a sophomore at UNC-Chapel Hill, and Eve (16) who is a junior John T Hoggard High School. In 2024 Jon was the Democratic candidate for North Carolina State Representative from District 20 in Wilmington. In September 2023 he retired from the U.S. Government after almost 30 years of service. From 1995 until 2002 he was a legislative policy aide in the U.S. Congress, serving first for Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY), and then for Senator Jack Reed (D-RI). In September 2002 he entered the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer. He and his family were posted abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark; Belgrade, Serbia; Vilnius, Lithuania; and Tel Aviv, Israel; as well as a domestic assignment in Washington, D.C. His final posting in the State Department - and what brought the family to Wilmington NC - was as a Foreign Policy Advisor to Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) at Camp Lejeune, the largest US Marine Corps base in the world. He is the recipient of several State Department meritorious awards for his work overseas.

Since retiring in 2023 he joined the Board of Creating Friendships for Peace, a peace-building/dialogue group that brings teenagers from both sides of the conflict in Cyprus and Israel to the United States for a three week program and homestay with American families; he volunteers on the awards committee of the North Carolina Heroes Fund, a veteran service organization that provides financial assistance to veterans in need; and as of May 2025 he has joined the board of WHQR, Wilmington’s local affiliate station for National Public Radio.

Attorney General Pam Bondi clashed with Democratic lawmakers who questioned her about the Epstein files and the weaponization of the Justice Department at an oversight hearing Wednesday.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., offers her assessment of Attorney General Pam Bondi's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.

The remote community of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, is grieving after a devastating mass shooting — one of the deadliest in Canada's recent history.

Stolz received his gold for winning the men's 1000 meters at the Milan Cortina Games in an Olympic-record time thanks to a blistering closing stretch. Now Stolz will hope to add to his collection of trophies.