https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article316647053.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/18ba7458-c784-48f5-b43a-abeb560b6b3b/1_th.jpg What ending deportation protection means for thousands of Haitians and Syrians Reuters correspondent Will Dunham breaks down the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on June 25, 2026, which clears the way for President Donald Trump's administration to strip hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants of a humanitarian status that protects them from deportation. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article316647053.html/video-embed 97 2026-07-27T09:00:00Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article316643361.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/6d501f7a-4617-4cc7-8930-0dbeadf5a432/1_th.jpg Haywood County GOP officials bar Citizen Times reporter from Whatley event Haywood County Republican Party Chair Kim Genova blocks an Asheville Citizen Times reporter from a Michael Whatley campaign event July 18, 2026, at the town-owned Waynesville Recreation Center. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article316643361.html/video-embed 56 2026-07-24T16:01:19Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316631432.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/91fc9838-bb59-4c16-8b97-fd9599b7fcdd/1_th.jpg Wealthy Wake neighborhoods are breeding insecticide-resistant mosquitoes Mosquitoes in Wake County are rapidly evolving resistance to the insecticides most commonly used to kill them, according to two new studies from NC State University. The trend is strongest in wealthier neighborhoods where residents spray more often. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316631432.html/video-embed 82 2026-07-24T09:30:00Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316648027.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/97f76efe-7709-4a6f-babd-01324540f2ec/1_th.jpg Shorty Lawson Museum tells stories of tenant farming family Randy Hester designed the Shorty Lawson Museum, located in the restored home of a tenant farmer who worked at his family's farm. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316648027.html/video-embed 84 2026-07-27T09:15:00Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/living/food-drink/article316667457.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/9c44fa9d-ac54-40e7-bd09-68a67c19366d/3_th.jpg William Shatner gushes over PRIME Barbecue At GalaxyCon Raleigh Saturday actor William Shatner started his Q&A shouting out Knightdale's PRIME Barbecue, which Shatner said was so good it should be a destination unto itself. https://www.newsobserver.com/living/food-drink/article316667457.html/video-embed 48 2026-07-27T04:16:48Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316641588.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/debcbe44-27be-4a4e-8c58-3768743bcdf8/1_th.jpg Angry residents speak out at Cary Town Council meeting Residents of Cary spoke out in anger about management of the town and leadership with some calling for resignations and recall elections in the wake of information about spending revealed in a state audit. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316641588.html/video-embed 745 2026-07-24T14:13:56Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/weather-news/article252427378.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/f2a9b6b0-fa45-4a98-9f70-2f5ea22c22f7/1_th.jpg Water, Rest and Shade help prevent heat illness The US Department of Labor and OSHA produced this video to help workers stay safe as summer temperatures begin to soar. The campaign stresses remembering 3 simple words: Water, Rest, and Shade. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/weather-news/article252427378.html/video-embed 88 2021-06-28T20:34:05Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316640437.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/b882ad7e-c25d-4042-9307-7332c60bd657/1_th.jpg 'It's pathetic': Angry Cary residents grill leaders over excessive spending In Cary’s first regular Town Council meeting since the state audit into “excessive” spending, angry residents laid into council members, with several saying members should resign over the critical report of the town’s spending. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316640437.html/video-embed 140 2026-07-24T12:32:50Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316641296.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/468823c8-659d-4153-b16f-430724c3be59/1_th.jpg Roof collapses at Han-Dee Hugo's near NC State campus Emergency crews are responding to an apparent building collapse at a Han-Dee Hugo’s gas station near the intersection of Hillsborough Street and Gorman Street, close to N.C. State University in Raleigh on Friday morning. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316641296.html/video-embed 32 2026-07-24T13:55:08Z no