The front page of tomorrow's The Daily Tar Heel –

I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours.

Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.

The Supreme Court ruled the U.S. govt is not responsible for ensuring water access for Indigenous tribes in a 5-4 vote.

Nearly 1 in 3 people who live on the Navajo Nation reservation do not have access to clean water, despite living alongside the Colorado River.

Beautiful story by Tiana the Writer about lovely people and animals and gorgeous photos by Angie Wilhelm!

Unfortunately, I have covered mass shootings multiple times in my career. This is the first time I can recall getting message after message from viewers like this.

Incredible moment before the Brevard HS Basketball/ @RosmanTigers game. The player formerly known as Jaylen Carver revealed to his step-father, JC Brown that he has legally changed his last name to Brown. Letter jacket, senior banner, and most importantly - the paperwork.

I went to Superior Court Nov. 10 to petition for the release of any bodycam footage of a school incident in which officials said a deputy struck fifth-grader in the face and pinned the child with his knee... #avl #avl news #ncpol #ncgov
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Big shout out to the photo editors who say or text you 'good job' or 'nice work' or otherwise acknowledge you after you've photographed an assignment for them. It's a very small sign of respect — and I eat it up every time (because it's so rare!). So thanks. You know who you are.

A Tennessee School Resource Officer grabbed HS student Tauris Sledge by the neck & DRAGGED him down the bleachers after an argument over his choice not to play kickball. Even worse, Tauris is facing charges despite being brutalized by an SRO who was supposed to protect him!

Even at 10 years old she was braver than every police officer inside that building. They just wanted someone to help them.

I look at my daughters back pack and just break down. Sun flowers and bullet holes…….

A Brief History of Men Today Are Too Feminine and Women Too Masculine

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A frequent thought I have that keeps me passionate about journalism:

If a reporter is forwarded to five different PR people to set up a phone call for information about an important topic, imagine how hard it is for the everyday citizen to learn about that topic.

Deputy Jeff May made false statements about the smell of crack cocaine and a field drug test to get a search warrant leading to Marcus Hyatt being ordered to strip naked in the gas station bathroom. The search lasted over 3 hours and ended with no charges. citizen-times.com/story/news/202…

Gross

Asheville police spent nearly $2.5 million on overtime in just over 2 years citizen-times.com/story/news/202… via The Citizen Times

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Report: Findings reveal nearly 400 officers were at Uvalde elementary school as police waited to confront gunman.

i wrote about heat waves bc it is extremely hot rn! the humidity is at 90% in asheville!!! if you don't have AC, take a cold shower!!!!!!! northcarolinahealthnews.org/2022/07/08/hea…

A fun little #tbt : “Put this on your front page, bitch!”

Neng Jr's, a new Philippine restaurant, opens in West Asheville citizen-times.com/story/entertai… via The Citizen Times

The Illinois State Police just told Axios Chicago that Crimo's father co-signed for his FOID card that he received even after threatening to kill his family and having his weapons confiscated. Patrick Smith all of which was reported to the ISP.