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When we picture someone with an eating disorder, a white woman or girl often comes to mind. But men and boys can suffer from bigorexia, an obsession with getting bigger and gaining muscle.

Citing logistic and financial concerns, the state Board of Elections removed an early voting site at Western Carolina University and stopped efforts to add sites at two other campuses. Democrats say it’s an effort to suppress the youth vote.

Raleigh is piloting a crisis diversion program embedded within the city’s 911 call center. The initiative connects callers who may be experiencing a mental health crisis with licensed clinicians trained to de-escalate such situations, rather than a police dispatch.

The Board unveiled an additional $16.5 million cut to administrative spending under the university’s “ServiceFirst” initiative. The move primarily targets UNC staff positions and pushes the university’s total planned cuts to nearly $87 million.

In the wake of the killing of Alex Pretti, a Veteran Affairs nurse, hundreds of people held a vigil outside the Durham VA Medical Center, while others protested in Chapel Hill.

UNC Health no longer provides gender affirming care to individuals under 19. Now, doctors at the Triangle’s largest health system are working to connect their younger patients with outside care.