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Eight days ago, before a small army of yellow excavators had ripped it to dust and rubble , the site of the old News & Record building in downtown Greensboro had become a surreal tableau, equal parts war zone, museum … and city-block-sized dollhouse.

Researchers find bacteria that can reduce a greenhouse gas in farm fields

A pound ofnitrous oxide — or laughing gas —can warm the atmosphere 265 times more than a pound of carbon dioxide.

A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day

Parachutists jumped from World War II-era planes into now peaceful Normandy on Sunday to kick off a week of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Eden police search for bank robber

Police are searching for the man who robbed the Truist Bank on Van Buren Road in Eden on Friday.

Troubled Rockingham jail wins $473,000 grant to fund treatment for inmates

As the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office grapples with 11 inmate deaths over the past three years— including suicides by three known opiate users— the county jail has been awarded a state grant that could bring medication-assisted treatment to inmates battling addiction.

Tests find AI tools readily create election lies from the voices of well-known political leaders

The findings reveal a remarkable gap in safeguards against the use of AI-generated audio to mislead voters.

WATCH: Mass parachute jump for 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy

Parachutists jumped from World War II-era planes into now peaceful Normandy to kick off a week of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Soldiers from across the United States, Britain, Canada and other Allied nations waded ashore through hails of fire on five beaches on June 6, 1…

WATCH: Mass parachute jump for 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy

    Parachutists jumped from World War II-era planes into now peaceful Normandy to kick off a week of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Soldiers from across the United States, Britain, Canada and other Allied nations waded ashore through hails of fire on five beaches on June 6, 1…

    Barred from combat, women working as codebreakers, cartographers and coxswains helped D-Day succeed

      The history of D-Day is often told through the stories of men who fought and died. But behind the scenes were hundreds of thousands of women. Here are a few.

      2024 NCHSAA softball championships

        Cardinals complete comeback, take game 3 for title

        Program working to provide solutions for ongoing childcare crisis in Rockingham County

          WENTWORTH — Any working Rockingham County parent will tell you quality daycare is expensive, and it is an issue that affects both single and dual income homes.

          From the editor: Two cities are better than one

            When my wife and I moved here from Columbus, Georgia, we traded one thriving Southern city for two.

            'Chronic problem': Reeling from one scandal, the Rockingham jail has yet another

              While state regulators found deficiencies in jail administrators' supervision of five inmates who have died of suicide at the Rockingham County Detention Facility since 2021, inspectors also found the beleaguered jail failed to adequately observe six other inmates who died of various causesduring the same timespan, according to records from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and the State Medical Examiner's Office.

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              Troubled Rockingham jail wins $473,000 grant to fund treatment for inmates

              As the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office grapples with 11 inmate deaths over the past three years— including suicides by three known opiate users— the county jail has been awarded a state grant that could bring medication-assisted treatment to inmates battling addiction.

              'Chronic problem': Reeling from one scandal, the Rockingham jail has yet another

              While state regulators found deficiencies in jail administrators' supervision of five inmates who have died of suicide at the Rockingham County Detention Facility since 2021, inspectors also found the beleaguered jail failed to adequately observe six other inmates who died of various causesduring the same timespan, according to records from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and the State Medical Examiner's Office.

              Greensboro neighbors: Obituaries for June 2

              Read through the obituaries published today in Greensboro News and Record.

              Newly listed homes for sale in the Greensboro area

              Browse through recently listed homes in the Greensboro real estate market and find your next home!

              Teacher assistant charged after child bitten at NC school

              A teacher assistant at Yadkinville Elementary School was charged with assault on a child under 12 and one count of child abuse earlier this week by Yadkinville Police Department.

              NC insurance commissioner rejects 49.9% hike in mobile home insurance rates

              The state's insurance commissioner denied the N.C. Rate Bureau's request for a statewide average increase of 49.9% for mobile home casualty policies over a three-year period.

              District seeks to close NC school, but now endangered birds found to reside in chimney

              Anonline petitionon Change.org was created Tuesday to help save the chimney swifts, an endangered bird that resides inside the Cabarrus County elementary school's chimney.

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              Crime

              Eden police search for bank robber

              Police are searching for the man who robbed the Truist Bank on Van Buren Road in Eden on Friday.

              Woman, 38, charged with first-degree murder in stabbing death of Greensboro man

              A dead animal was also found at the home.

              Federal court rejects former Greensboro officer's immunity claims in fatal shooting

              “Officers are not entitled to use deadly force simply because they are unsure whether the suspect poses a threat," the court wrote in its opinion.

              A hearing was scheduled on Tuesday as part of the News & Record’s request to receive the electronic recording of the court proceedings the day the gag order was issued.

              Politics

              Guilford County Republican and Democratic party chairs react to Trump conviction

              Reaction has been split in the Triad, as in the rest of the country, after former President Donald Trump was convicted Thursday afternoon on all 34 felony counts in his historic hush money trial.

              As governor's race gets hot, Stein tours GTCC while championing community colleges

              "There are a lot of manufacturers in the state and a lot more that are coming to the state and what we have to do is ensure there are workers with the skills and interest in pursuing those lines of work," he said,

              Is seeing believing? City offers landfill tours to residents skeptical of proposal to move tainted soil there

              Tours offered members of the public a chance to see thesystems designed to ensure environmental safety at White Street Landfill.

              NC Republican Convention: Robinson blasts 'bloated' education system, 'sickening' diversity initiatives

              Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is pledging to strike down diversity initiatives and overhaul what he branded as the state’s “bloated, disjointed” educational system if he is elected governor.

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