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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. 3 hours ago

Local/State News

Planes are deiced before take-off at LaGuardia International Airport in New York City, NY Monday, January 26, 2015. A massive winter storm headed to the northeast is predicted to bring blizzard conditions to the are by Monday night.

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. 2 hours 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 that 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... 18 minutes 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. 2 hours ago

Feds charge 3 in New York Russian spy ring case 13 minutes ago
Man fesses up, calls White House drone crash an accident, official says 18 minutes ago
Greek F-16 fighter jet crashes at Spanish air base, killing 10 2 hours ago
Study: Autism in one child doesn’t increase risk for sibling 2 hours ago

Living

Mike Morris, co-founder and brewer of Raleigh’s Crank Arm Brewery, leads a tour during the Vs. Cancer Foundation event Sunday.

Restaurant Week kicks off with Beer Sunday

Triangle Restaurant Week kicked off its week-long celebration of the culinary arts with an event Sunday afternoon at Crank Arm Brewery – a venue that doesn’t serve food. Consider it “a teaser” of what’s to come, ...