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A bill moving through the North Carolina state legislature doesn’t name “Critical Race Theory”, but House Bill 324 states, in part, that public schools shall not promote the concept that an individual, solely by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously or that a person bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex.

ICYMI: Scientists out of Duke University say fish in the Lower Cape Fear River are more contaminated than previously thought, and fish consumption advisories have been dangerously outdated. They've also learned that the people who fish from the river are not necessarily doing it for sport. People are eating the fish and sharing it with others, and in this episode of CoastLine, we'll learn which fish are safer and how to cook them to minimize contaminants

President Trump became the latest U.S. president to say he wants to kill the penny. Both Republicans and Democrats have tried and failed for decades to get rid of America's one-cent coin. (This story first aired on Morning Edition on February 13, 2025.)

Marthe Pineau has helped to create the look and feel of Idlewild, The Crow, Bolden, the TV series Matlock, the pilot for Dexter — among many other film and TV productions. Being a set decorator, she says, taps her working knowledge of history, literature, fine art — and her love of learning. As an officer of IATSE Local 491, she also explores the latest film set tragedy on Rust and what that could mean for a contract agreement.

Damage to trees and roads caused by Hurricane Helene makes fires more difficult to fight.

Duke University Professor Thomas DeFrantz asserts that our lives are about shifting direction, pivoting, or being stopped. And creativity, he says, lives in finding the way to keep going, keep moving. The electromagnetic pulse of the body is the goingness.

On April 14, Blue Origin plans to launch a space flight with a crew that includes the singer behind the 2010 hit "Firework." But we can think of many other artists who deserve to be among the stars.

Blue Velvet stars Isabella Rossellini, Kyle McLachlan, Laura Dern, and Dennis Hopper. Written and produced by David Lynch, The New York Times notes the film has been called both ''the sickest movie ever made'' and ''the work of a genius naif.'' Makeup Effects Artist Jeff Goodwin created the horrifying and iconic severed human ear in the film, in addition to cuts, abrasions, a brain protruding from a live human skull, and other gore. The ear, however, developed into its own character on set and became known as "Mr. Ear."

At just 17, Tallulah Proulx will be competing in her first Olympics. Proulx is not only the youngest Filipino to compete at the Winter Olympics, but the first female to represent the Philippines.

Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico's western state of Oaxaca early Thursday before moving inland and weakening to a tropical storm as it dumped heavy rain.