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‘Long overdue.’ UNC Rex cancer center leaves tight quarters for spacious new home

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The Rex Cancer Center has room for new support services for patients and their families. Powered by WPeMatico

The Mitch’s Tavern transfer is finalized. Here’s when the famous bar could reopen.

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New managers are working to bring back Mitch’s Tavern in Raleigh, the bar famous for “Bull Durham” and beloved by ...

One year after its symbolic reopening, the downtown Raleigh CVS will close for good

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The pharmacy on Fayetteville Street was badly damaged in 2020 when protests turned into rioting and looting. Powered by WPeMatico

North Carolina keeps lethal bird flu out of poultry barns – so far

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Avian flu cases keep growing across the country. What are North Carolina growers doing to shield their farms? Powered by ...

Canada to buy COVID vaccine made in Research Triangle Park. Here’s how it’s different.

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The partnership that developed the vaccine has asked for FDA approval as well. Powered by WPeMatico

Why an RTP company’s new drug could be a game-changer for HIV prevention

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ViiV Healthcare, based in Durham, recently received the first FDA approval for an injectable HIV preventative. Powered by WPeMatico

New apartment community with affordable option proposed near Durham-Chapel Hill line

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Southern Village developer D.R. Bryan has submitted plans for the Gateway project to the town of Chapel Hill. Powered by ...

For the first time since COVID, one of Durham’s tiniest restaurants is set to return

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This cozy Durham restaurant is reopening this week with some serious star power. Powered by WPeMatico

North Carolina keeps lethal bird flu out of poultry barns – so far

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Avian flu cases keep growing across the country. What are North Carolina growers doing to shield their farms? Powered by ...

Canada to buy COVID vaccine made in Research Triangle Park. Here’s how it’s different.

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The partnership that developed the vaccine has asked for FDA approval as well. Powered by WPeMatico

Why an RTP company’s new drug could be a game-changer for HIV prevention

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ViiV Healthcare, based in Durham, recently received the first FDA approval for an injectable HIV preventative. Powered by WPeMatico

New apartment community with affordable option proposed near Durham-Chapel Hill line

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Southern Village developer D.R. Bryan has submitted plans for the Gateway project to the town of Chapel Hill. Powered by ...

‘The point where there’s no money there’: Some have moved on to soybeans, corn and wheat

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For the first time, farmers like Marvin Eaton aren’t planting tobacco this year. And all their tobacco equipment is up ...

US intel agencies are debating whether Putin has gone mad or is bluffing to disconcert the West, report says

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the Russian Security Council at Moscow’s Kremlin. Alexei NikolskyTASS via Getty Images ...

Russia’s central bank hikes interest rates to 20% and buys gold as the ruble crashes to a record low following tough Western sanctions

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The US and its allies have imposed tough sanctions on Russia over its war in Ukraine. STEFANIE LOOS/AFP via Getty ...

The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund said it will dump its Russian assets on the Ukraine invasion

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Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said the country’s massive sovereign wealth fund will exit its Russian investments. Kay Nietfeld/Getty ...

A former US ambassador to Russia says Putin is becoming ‘increasingly unhinged’ and ‘disconnected from reality’

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Russian President Vladimir Putin “doesn’t listen to his aides,” says Michael McFaul, a former US Ambassador to Russia. Alexey Nikolsky/Getty ...

Russians are scrambling to withdraw US dollars at ATMs as the ruble hits a record low on sweeping Western sanctions

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People standing in line to withdraw money from an Alfa Bank ATM in Moscow, Russia on Sunday. Victor Berzkin/Associated Press ...

Rep. Lauren Boebert says the US and Canada are in need of liberation like Ukraine

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Rep. Lauren Boebert expressed admiration for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s “live free or die” attitude. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Rep. Lauren ...

Production costs soar for NC’s top crop. Is 2022 a turning point for tobacco farmers?

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The golden leaf used to be a ubiquitous cash crop for North Carolina. But a number of factors — from ...

Canada to buy COVID vaccine made in Research Triangle Park. Here’s how it’s different.

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The partnership that developed the vaccine has asked for FDA approval as well. Powered by WPeMatico

Why an RTP company’s new drug could be a game-changer for HIV prevention

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ViiV Healthcare, based in Durham, recently received the first FDA approval for an injectable HIV preventative. Powered by WPeMatico

New apartment community with affordable option proposed near Durham-Chapel Hill line

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Southern Village developer D.R. Bryan has submitted plans for the Gateway project to the town of Chapel Hill. Powered by ...

‘The point where there’s no money there’: Some have moved on to soybeans, corn and wheat

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For the first time, farmers like Marvin Eaton aren’t planting tobacco this year. And all their tobacco equipment is up ...

Production costs soar for NC’s top crop. Is 2022 a turning point for tobacco farmers?

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The golden leaf used to be a ubiquitous cash crop for North Carolina. But a number of factors — from ...

Canada to buy COVID vaccine made in Research Triangle Park. Here’s how it’s different.

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The partnership that developed the vaccine has asked for FDA approval as well. Powered by WPeMatico

One of Chapel Hill’s top chefs is trading in barbecue for casual Italian

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Sandwiches by day, pasta by night. That’s what you can expect in the new Bombolo. Powered by WPeMatico

Why an RTP company’s new drug could be a game-changer for HIV prevention

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ViiV Healthcare, based in Durham, recently received the first FDA approval for an injectable HIV preventative. Powered by WPeMatico

New apartment community with affordable option proposed near Durham-Chapel Hill line

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Southern Village developer D.R. Bryan has submitted plans for the Gateway project to the town of Chapel Hill. Powered by ...

African students fleeing the Russian invasion say they have been prevented from crossing to Poland due to a ‘Ukrainians’ first’ policy

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Nigerian citizens, Victoria and her daughter, Elvira arrive by bus to the Polish-Ukrainian border crossing February 26, 2022 in Przemysl, ...