Organizations provide resources to prevent and treat overdoses at Duke and UNC

By Natalie McCormick | March 24

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Naloxone is a medicine that attempts to reverse an opioid, including fentanyl, overdose. There are ...

N.C. experiences increase in extreme weather, residents urge communities to take action

By Maddie Policastro | January 17

In 2022, the United States experienced 18 different weather and climate disaster events including droughts, flooding and severe storms. Extreme weather ...

North Carolinians sign book of condolences after queen's death, to be sent to royal family

By Walker Livingston | September 18

Death of LSU pledge raises questions about fraternity and sorority hazing

By Ryan Smoot | October 22

LGBT defendants face bias in death penalty cases, but you wouldn't know it from the data available

By Lauren Kent | November 30

Medical Examiner and Assistant Professor Vincent Moylan sits in the presentation room in Brinhous-Bullitt Building on Sunday.

NC medical examiners search for the answers to the questions death leaves behind

By Liz Bell | November 30

Dr. Kim Janssen doesn’t do scary movies. She hates watching bad things happen and can’t stand to see someone suffer.

Art Sellers, director of Walker's Funeral Home, explains the casket selection process in the casket selection room of the funeral home. Families select caskets, urns and burial vaults here.

Chapel Hill's Walker's Funeral Home balances compassion and business

By Samantha Sabin | November 30

When Sellers walked into Walker’s for the first time as director two months ago, he entered a funeral home that only had one remaining employee from ...

Fran Schindler volunteers to sit by the deathbed of those who ask

By Rachel Herzog | November 30

Fran Schindler lives alone in a yellow townhouse in a quiet Chapel Hill neighborhood. The walls of the 75-year-old’s living room are covered with ...

Overcoming 'six strokes and counting'

November 30

On Valentine’s Day in 2007, a fifth-grade girl cheered as her older brother continued to score 3-pointers at the last minute. That’s when the strong ...

Column: Why a Life & Death Issue?

By Samantha Sabin | November 30

When I tell people that my biological father died in January, their eyes bulge, sadness overtakes them and the reactions like, “I’m sorry to hear ...