Cathy Clabby

2 weeks ago | newsobserver.com | Cathy Clabby |Dan Kane |Korie Dean |Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan

In just a few years scientist Ralph Baric went from being heralded as a global leader in public-health focused coronavirus research, to a target of unprovenaccusations that he helped start a pandemic. The UNC-Chapel Hill professor spent decades studying emerging coronaviruses, long before the spread of COVID-19 ignited a worldwide health crisis in 2020.

1 month ago | newsobserver.com | Virginia Bridges |Lexi Solomon |Cathy Clabby

Raleigh police video released by court order shows a state trooper saying he "came upon" the scene of the October 2024 crash that killed Tyrone Mason. When asked if he was pulling the driver over, the trooper said no. "It's the little area I work, so when I came up on it, I saw all the smoke and heard all the cars hitting the debris," he said.