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Award honors Chapel Hill shooting victims

By Jonathan Ponciano | June 25

UNC and the Dental Foundation of North Carolina will establish the Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha Memorial Award to honor the lives of the two shooting ...

Death penalty on the table in Chapel Hill shooting trial

By Zoe Schaver | April 7

A Durham County superior court judge ruled Monday that Craig Hicks, charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the Feb. 10 shooting at Chapel ...

Sophomore biology majors Seher Khalid (Left), from High Point, and Noor Baloch, from Cary, display the gallery reception: Passion in Practice in the Union on Wednesday evening.

New exhibit honors Chapel Hill shooting victims

By Sara Svehla | March 26

The faces of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha will now greet members of the UNC community as they enter the Student Union’s art gallery. ...

Donations pour in after Chapel Hill shooting

By Zoe Schaver | March 25

Muslims across America and abroad have generated hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands of pounds of food to aid those in need since the shooting ...

Chapel Hill shooter Craig Hicks faces death penalty

By Katie Reilly | March 3

The Durham County District Attorney’s Office will seek the death penalty for Craig Hicks, the man indicted on three counts of first-degree murder for ...

District attorney will seek death penalty in Chapel Hill shooting

By From staff and wire reports | March 2

The Durham County District Attorney’s will seek the death penalty for Craig Hicks, 46, who was indicted on three counts of first-degree murder for the ...

Community turns to public art to grieve recent tragedies

By Morgan Vickers | March 1

In the weeks since the deaths of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha, many who knew them have turned to art to make sense of death and remember ...

For Muslim students in NC, safety concerns heighten

By Sarah Brown | February 27

Duke University senior Safa al-Saeedi remembers the morning after three Muslim students lost their lives Feb. 10 in Chapel Hill.

Scholarship honors Chapel Hill shooting victims

By Zoe Schaver | February 24

Deah Shaddy Barakat’s gift for leadership, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha’s talent for creativity and Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha’s skills in community service ...

At Duke, Muslim students discuss moving on from Chapel Hill shooting

By Sarah Brown | February 23

DURHAM — It’s been nearly two weeks since the shooting of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill rocked universities and Muslim communities, and on ...

Merritt’s Store and Grill has started a fundraiser for the families of Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, the students who were killed last week.Photo courtesy of Merritt's Store and Grill.

Merritt’s Grill fundraiser honors Chapel Hill shooting victims

By Graves Ganzert | February 19

Donations are beginning to pour in for a special memorial fund set up to honor the three victims of the Chapel Hill shooting.

Hate crime or not, punishment for Craig Hicks will be severe

By Kerry Lengyel | February 17

Police say the killing of three Muslim students last week was motivated by an ongoing neighbor dispute over parking — but others still believe it was ...

Jury indicts Chapel Hill shooter for murder

By Zoe Schaver | February 16

Craig Stephen Hicks will face charges of three counts of first-degree murder following his indictment by a Durham County grand jury Monday.

UNC Real Talk event creates space for healing

By Tyler J. Rouse | February 16

What was supposed to be a real talk about Carolina’s lack of diversity in student body president candidates became a space of healing for students grieving ...

Student Congress passes resolution about Alert Carolina's timeliness

By Hannah Smoot | February 13

“I heard from a lot of people who were upset about how Alert Carolina handled the situation,” said Peter McClelland, speaker pro-tempore of student ...

Classes reflect on Chapel Hill shooting

By Stephanie Lamm | February 13

At Wednesday night’s vigil, family members of Deah Shaddy Barakat urged community members to “move on with dignity.”

NC State vigil calls for celebration of life

By Sarah Brown and Lindsey Brunson | February 13

It was a candlelit vigil. But in the frigid winds, the candles wouldn’t light.