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Ralph Heath teaches a course for the USGS Water Resources Division Training School in 1970.

Life Stories: Because of Ralph Heath’s work, clean water flows for millions

Raleigh hydrologist Ralph Heath used his expertise to better his community in countless ways. Millions...

UNC researchers recently published a paper in Current Biology in which they explained that female sea turtles use changes in the Earth’s magnetic field to guide them as they return – sometimes from thousands of miles away – to the place they hatched to lay eggs.

UNC research yields clues about how sea turtles get back home

UNC-Chapel Hill researchers show changes in magnetic waves may indeed affect loggerheads’ egg...

Sports

UNC’s A.J. Blue breaks for a gain of 28 yards in the first quarter against Wake Forest on Sept. 8, 2012, at BB&T Field in Winston-Salem.

UNC, Wake Forest to play non-conference football series

North Carolina and Wake Forest will play two non-conference games in football in 2019 and 2021, the schools announced on Monday.

Local/State News

People cross a city street in a snow storm in New York on January 26, 2015. Thousands of flights were canceled Monday as millions of Americans in the Northeast braced for a winter storm that New York's mayor warned could be one of the biggest blizzards in history. Snow, which was already falling across the region, is expected to accumulate steadily throughout the day before turning into a major storm expected to paralyze parts of New York and New England. Officials in states along the US East Coast have urged residents to stay home as they prepare for Winter Storm Juno, which could dump up to three feet of snow in some areas.

Triangle might see some flurries late; air travel to Northeast looks grim

The Triangle may see a few snow flurries late Monday and very early Tuesday as temperatures flirt with freezing overnight, as a storm in the Northeast poses problems for air travelers. 8 minutes ago

Business

A shopper examines Cree California-compliant light bulbs on display at a Home Depot in Burbank, Calif., Oct. 27 2013.

Staffing firm laying off 319 who work for Cree

A local recruiting and staffing firm is laying off 319 of its employees who work on a contract basis in Durham for LED lighting company Cree.

A small drone flying low to the ground crashed onto the White House grounds before dawn Monday, triggering a major emergency response and raising fresh questions about security at the presidential mansion. A man later came forward to say he was responsible... 2 hours ago

Nation/World News

Chris Kyle, a retired Navy SEAL and the subject of the new movie “American Sniper,” holds a .308 sniper rifle in this April 6, 2012, photo. Kyle was one of two people killed on a gun range at Rough Creek Lodge near Glen Rose, Texas.

Trial to reveal another angle of ‘American Sniper:’ his slaying

Eddie Ray Routh, who admitted to police that he killed sniper Chris Kyle and the marksman’s friend Chad Littlefield, will have his day in court early next month.