Cole Kuhn went to St. Joseph’s Prep on a partial music scholarship. He had played the double bass since the fourth grade. He also did other extracurriculars as kid, like ballet, basketball, soccer, ...

Subscribe to the Under the Dome newsletter for daily politics coverage. The News & Observer Good morning, and welcome to the Under the Dome newsletter. I’m politics editor Jordan Schrader with your ...

Dear Annie: I’m a 42-year-old mom of two. I’ve been remarried for three years, and I’m trying hard to do the blended family thing with grace. My husband has a 16-year-old daughter, “Mia,” who lives ...

Employers are facing a new workplace hazard: AI notetakers that don’t know when to stop listening. In some virtual meetings, employees drop off the call while an AI assistant stays behind, quietly ...

ALLCITY Network conducted another round of layoffs this week, eliminating newsletter positions across its network and reducing coverage of baseball and hockey in several markets. The cuts hit ...

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New Jersey’s famously dramatic politics are going through a big change. Democrat Mikie Sherrill just took over the governor’s office after winning last year’s heated election, and her administration ...

The proposal is scheduled for a school board workshop next week. Pasco Middle School in Dade City is proposed to combine with neighboring Pasco Elementary School to become a K-8 campus. [ Pasco County ...

Publishers trying to sell their email newsletter inventory have a new tool. Boostr, an advertising-management platform for media businesses, has formed a partnership with Passendo, a firm that ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect that Megan E. Shanahan was one of the justices who joined the decision. COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court, applying state law that protects the ...

As AI tools have proliferated in workplaces and pressure to use them has mounted, employees have had to contend with the scourge of workslop, or low-effort, AI-generated work that looks plausibly ...

Good morning. There’s an old yarn in Washington: People who “know” don’t talk. And people who “talk” don’t know. (It’s not always true, TRUST ME, but it’s helpful in this moment).