Johnny Rodriguez, the first major Mexican American country star, who sang in both English and Spanish and wrote 1970s hits including “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” — about a forlorn hitchhiker trying to ...

Learn more in The N&O’s higher education newsletter about the programs across the UNC System that are being allowed to ...

Invisible String” author Patrice Karst’s latest book, “How Jackson Found His Joy Again,” helps kids reclaim their joy.

Many of us will remember John Glenn as the first US astronaut to circle the earth in 1962. Though the USSR accomplished the feat first, the US did accomplish it.