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Did you resolve to read more books this year and need a little help getting that going? "The Stacks" podcast creator and host Traci Thomas is here to help.

Freezing rain and sleet are weighing down trees, which are now toppling and wreaking havoc.

The National Park Service has removed exhibits discussing slavery and George Washington's treatment of enslaved people at the President's House site in Philadelphia.

Fermented foods, such as kimchi, sauerkraut, kombucha, and yogurt, have become part of the latest food trend.

A federal immigration agent killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti on Saturday in Minneapolis. Pretti was an intensive care unit nurse at a local veterans hospital.

A massive winter storm has blanketed parts of the U.S. with snow, sleet and ice, resulting in power outages and exploding trees.

On Sunday, the public was made aware of a Facebook post from one of the attorneys representing New Hanover County Schools. Brian Kromke, attorney for Crossley McIntosh Collier Hanley & Edes, P.L.L.C., posted a harsh comment on former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s social media about the ICE-related killings of protestors in Minnesota.

While legal bills wax and wane depending on a host of factors, New Hanover County Schools, on average, spent less for legal services contracting with Crossley McIntosh Collier Hanley & Edes, P.L.L.C., a local Wilmington firm, and the Sink Law Firm PLLC, compared to its two previous firms, Tharrington Smith, LLP and the Vogel Law Firm. Norwood Blanchard, one of the main Crossley lawyers that advise the district, said he’s mindful that the funds for their services come from the local taxpayer.

In Fear and Fury, historian Heather Ann Thompson revisits Bernhard Goetz's shooting of four Black teens — and explains how the incident reshaped criminal justice, national policy and media coverage.