Starting in their kitchen, he and his wife at the time built a thriving company making beauty products for Black consumers. They also founded a string of cosmetology schools.
Category: North Carolina
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Dairy Products Are Linked to Listeria Outbreak
Rizo-López Foods recalled its dairy products this week, as officials linked some of them to an outbreak that has sickened 26 people since 2014.
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Buried in Wegovy Costs, North Carolina Will Stop Paying for Obesity Drugs
Starting April 1, state employees in North Carolina will no longer have insurance coverage for costly weight-loss medications like Wegovy and Zepbound.
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Where Textile Mills Thrived, Remnants Battle for Survival
Apparel makers in the Carolinas say trade policy must change because of a boom in tariff-free shipments to U.S. consumers from foreign manufacturers.
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Fruit Purée Pouches May Contain Lead, F.D.A. Warns Parents
Children who have had WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit purée pouches should get a blood test, federal officials said. An investigation found that the purée had “extremely high concentrations of lead.”
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North Carolina Radio Station Won’t Ban Met Opera Broadcasts After All
The station, which had called the Met’s newer operas unsuitable because of their “difficult music” and “adult themes and harsh language,” reversed course.
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Insie the Party Switch that Blew Up North Carolina Politics
Tricia Cotham, a Democrat who supported abortion rights, was encouraged to run for a state House seat by powerful Republicans. After she was elected, she joined them and delivered a G.O.P. supermajority.
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They Caught the Fish, but the $3.5 Million Prize Got Away
The guys aboard Sensation celebrated like lottery winners when they boated a monster marlin in the last hours of the fishing tournament. The party ended when they got back to shore.
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How Local Officials Seek Revenge on Their Hometown Newspapers
When coverage upsets them, towns and counties are revoking newspapers’ lucrative contracts to print public notices.
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For Freeman Vines, Guitar Making Is a Way of Life
“To somebody else, it’s just some wood glued together,” Freeman Vines, 80, said. “To me, it’s something else.”
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Virginia Teenager Dies After He Is Buried in Sand From Dune Collapse
The 17-year-old was trapped under several feet of sand at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, the National Park Service said. He was in a back-dune area on Hatteras Island.