North Carolina

TL/DR - The Conservative Partnership Institute, a nonprofit allied to President Donald Trump, has paid at least $3.2 million since 2021's start to corporations led by its own leaders or their relatives. The nonprofit’s three highest-paid contractors were all connected to insiders, with one led by the institute’s president, Edward Corrigan,…

TL/DR - A woman in Raleigh purchased a chair, but the product delivered did not match the pictures and description provided. No further details or context were provided in the text. No resolution or next steps were mentioned in relation to the discrepancy. Raleigh Woman Receives Wrong Chair: Not Matching Pictures and Description A Raleigh…

TL/DR - In Asheville, volunteers conducted an annual homelessness count, resulting in a higher unsheltered count due to a new methodology and increased volunteer engagement. The count found 739 total people experiencing homelessness, marking an increase from the previous year's total of 573. Responses from those surveyed highlighted…

TL/DR - Lawrence Levon Jones, a Raleigh man allegedly involved in cross-country drug trafficking, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Jones was accused of leading a Raleigh-based drug organization that sourced drugs from Los Angeles and Newark, with an investigation seizing nine guns, over a hundred kilos of narcotics and over $750,000.…