When Durham residents—along with the Duke students that make it to the polls—pull back the curtain to vote for their congressional representative Nov. 2, they will choose between two opposing...
This month, Habitat for Humanity of Durham is celebrating its 25th anniversary and the construction of more than 250 homes in the Durham area.
The sexual practices of Duke students are back in the spotlight, four years after lacrosse case coverage subjected campus culture to national examination.
Duke police have concluded their internal investigation into the March officer-involved shooting outside Duke Hospital that left a Durham man dead.
Local teacher Tom Greene had the idea for the Proud Apple Social Club after meeting a number of openly gay teachers on Duke’s campus at last year’s North Carolina Pride Parade.
As the nation works to motivate young voters to go to the polls Nov. 2, North Carolina looks to engage an even younger subset of the population.
About 1,000 Durham families are expected to participate in a national health study that monitors children between their birth and 21st birthdays.
Former President Jimmy Carter canceled his scheduled book signing at Durham’s Regulator Bookshop Tuesday after spending much of the day in the hospital with a stomach ache.
The Pride Committee of North Carolina hosted the 26th annual Pride Parade and Festival at Duke’s East Campus Saturday to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
Some Duke students have been working to raise support for an act aimed to help undocumented students acquire American citizenship that was blocked by the U.S. Senate Tuesday.
The man who admitted to killing former UNC student body president Eve Carson was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday.
Many members of the Duke and Durham communities have found themselves stopped at the intersection on Swift Avenue and West Main Street, waiting for a churning freight train to clear the tracks.
As Durham County’s Hispanic population grows, it faces both new challenges and opportunities.
After a close battle with Oklahoma City-based Big Truck Tacos, OnlyBurger fell short of winning the Food Network’s food truck contest, the network announced Sunday night.
Although many Durham residents do not rely on bikes for transportation, the League of American Bicyclists recently named the city a bronze-level Bicycle Friendly Community.
A Vanity Fair magazine article written by Todd Purdum, a national editor and political correspondent for Vanity Fair, served as the inspiration for a roundtable discussion on public policy gridlock...
Those who have lost faith in the Durham Public Schools system now have a forum to learn and clear misunderstandings.
A crowd of over 325 law students rose yesterday, at the dean’s command, to welcome Samuel Alito, associate justice of the Supreme Court, to the School of Law.
An exhibit of scientific images and photographs of everyday items honored graduate student Abhijit Mahato’s unique combination of interests in the arts and engineering in a memorial contest Wednesday.
A group of about 30 students and faculty members gathered in the Duke Chapel Saturday morning in remembrance of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
