Two attorneys at the center were notified their employment will end in January after the UNC Board of Governors voted to ban the center from legal advocacy. The attorneys will form the Julius L. Chambers Center for Civil Rights; meanwhile the UNC Center for Civil Rights will continue as an academic and research center.

Local

Another ‘mysterious boom’ rattles small NC towns in the night

‘They . . . let him lay in there and die.’ Families question jail health care.

Not a fan of fierce North Carolina winters? La Nina may have good news for you.

Sports

USA Today preseason poll is out. Here’s where Duke, UNC, NC State rank.

USA Today has released its preseason coaches basketball poll and the Duke Blue Devils are ranked No. 1 in the country. The North Carolina Tar Heels will begin the season as the No. 9 ranked team. The NC State Wolfpack did not receive any votes.

Skinner, Williams score as Canes win again on road trip

‘He could be a world champ,’ veteran ring trainer Turner says of The Bull City Bully

‘Fight with us, not against us,’ ECU’s AD says in homecoming letter to fans

Politics

Kelly takes responsibility for Trump’s alleged comment to fallen soldier’s mother

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly took responsibility for President Donald Trump reportedly saying a soldier killed in Niger “must have known what he signed up for.”

Senate backs GOP budget in step forward for tax revamp

Senate panel votes for judicial nominee opposed by black lawmakers

How does your town rank on Human Rights Campaign’s NC municipal equality list?

Opinion

Triangle tech could help rebuild Puerto Rico

Microgrids based on solar power could be deployed all across Puerto Rico to alleviate the need for thousands of miles of transmission lines vulnerable to high winds and severe storms.