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‘Diaper Bank’ helps support families in North Carolina
Any parent knows how expensive and necessary it is to buy diapers for their children, but there’s a larger conversation to be had about the very real impact of parents not being able to afford diapers.
Now, there’s help for some families thanks to the Diaper Bank of North Carolina.
Venessa Diaz is a young mom with three kids, but she’s smiling more easily these days knowing what her family has overcome.
When her son Raul was two years old, he was hospitalized with acute pancreatitis. Beyond the emotional and financial stress, Venessa worried how she was going to get enough diapers to cover all of her children.
“It was a lot, and without the diaper bank, I don’t think we would have made it through that time,” Diaz said. “I feel like it really just took a lot of pressure off at a time where we were most vulnerable.”
There’s no government assistance for diapers, and they’re not covered by WIC or food stamps — the cost adds up.
“Families are literally making choices between buying food or buying diapers and every single time, they will choose to feed their children and try to make those diapers lasts as long as they can,” said Michelle Schaefer-Old, the founder of the Diaper Bank of North Carolina. “So we’re seeing babies left in one diaper a day, families rinsing out and reusing diapers.”
Schaefer-Old started the bank in the Durham area in 2013. In 2022, they opened a warehouse in Charlotte.
“People are not aware that the need is there. Because it’s embarrassing to talk about,” she said.
About 76% of the families served by the diaper bank work one to three jobs, and they still can’t afford basic hygiene items like diapers.
Diaz told Channel 9′s Elsa Gillis she wouldn’t have been able to work if she didn’t have a diaper supply to drop off with her child.
“Because if you don’t have diapers there, [day care] won’t take your kid,” she said.
All of these years later, the commitment remains to spreading the word that help is available.
“It comes down to dignity, and dignity should not be a privilege,” Schaefer-Old said.
You can get more information about the Diaper Bank of North Carolina at this link.
(VIDEO: Iredell County organization works with local businesses to provide diapers for struggling families)
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North Carolina vs. NC State football betting line, odds, spread | Week 14 2025
A pair of ACC teams meet when the NC State Wolfpack (6-5) face off against the North Carolina Tar Heels (4-7) on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at Wayne Day Family Field at Carter-Finley Stadium. The Wolfpack are favored by 7 points. The over/under for the contest is 47.5 points.
Against the Duke Blue Devils in their most recent contest, the Tar Heels lost 32-25.
The Heels’ Gio Lopez went 21-for-27 for 204 yards against Duke, with one TD and no INTs.
Last time around, the Wolfpack defeated the Florida State Seminoles, with 21-11 being the final score.
In the article below, we’ll give you all the details you need to watch this matchup on ACC Network.
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North Carolina vs NC State line, odds, spread, over/under
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- Spread favorite: NC State (-7)
- Moneyline: NC State (-275), North Carolina (+220)
- Total: 47.5 points
North Carolina vs NC State game info
- Game day: Saturday, November 29, 2025
- Game time: 7:30 p.m. ET
- Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
- Stadium: Wayne Day Family Field at Carter-Finley Stadium
- Live stream: Watch on Fubo! (Regional restrictions may apply)
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North Carolina betting info
- North Carolina has won two games against the spread in conference action this season.
- The Tar Heels have covered the spread five times over 11 games with a set spread.
- North Carolina has been an underdog by 7 points or more three times this season in ACC action, and covered the spread in one of those games.
- In games they have played as 7-point underdogs or more, the Tar Heels have an ATS record of 2-2-1.
- North Carolina and its opponents have combined to hit the over three out of five times this year in ACC play.
- This year, four Tar Heels games have gone over the point total.
2025 North Carolina leaders
- Lopez: 1,629 PASS YDS / 162.9 YPG / 64.9% / 9 TD / 5 INT / 78 CAR / 141 RUSH YDS / 3 TD
- Demon June: 82 CAR / 461 YDS / 46.1 YPG / 2 TD / 17 REC / 159 YDS / 19.9 YPG / 1 TD
- Davion Gause: 60 CAR / 253 YDS / 28.1 YPG / 3 TD / 14 REC / 123 YDS / 15.4 YPG / 2 TD
- Jordan Shipp: 52 REC / 581 YDS / 52.8 YPG / 5 TD
- Kobe Paysour: 30 REC / 388 YDS / 38.8 YPG / 1 TD
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Judges approve North Carolina’s use of GOP-friendly district map – UPI.com
Nov. 26 (UPI) — A three-judge panel on Wednesday permitted North Carolina to adopt a redrawn congressional map that is expected to favor the Republican Party.
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina unanimously ruled against the plaintiffs’ request for an injunction against legislation approved in October by the state’s General Assembly that critics say threaten one federal congressional district, specifically Congressional District 1, which represented by Democrat Don Davis.
In their 57-page ruling on Wednesday, the three Republican-appointed judges said the plaintiffs failed to prove that the state’s General Assembly enacted the legislation, Senate Bill 249, with the intent to “minimize or cancel out the voting potential” of Black North Carolinians as they had claimed.
The ruling comes in protracted litigation that began in 2023, when the Republican-led state sought to redraw some of the districts for electing representatives to the state Senate and federal Congress.
The plaintiffs, who include the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, sued that December. In October, amid litigation on the maps, the state’s General Assembly passed legislation to swap counties between Congressional District 1 and Congressional District 3.
The plaintiffs again sued the state, alleging the legislation was unconstitutional and asking the court to enjoin S.B. 249.
Earlier this month, the same three-judge panel issued a ruling approving the changes to the map put forward in 2023.
A hearing on S.B. 249 was held Nov. 19, during which the plaintiffs argued that the speed with which the General Assembly passed the 2025 plan was evidence of discriminatory intent.
But the panel of judges disagreed, stating “they have offered no reason to believe that the speed of the 2025 process indicates an intent to discriminate on the basis of race. Nor do they explain what weight we are supposed to assign to what they call ‘the near uniform outcry among North Carolina voters against the map and the process.’”
The ruling comes amid something of a gerrymandering race in the United States that began in earnest when Texas this summer — under pressure of President Donald Trump — sought a mid-decade redraw of its maps to make them more favorable to the Republican Party.
California is in the process of redrawing its maps in retaliation and other states under control of both parties have followed with similar plans.
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North Carolina calls on Shopify to stop illegal e-cigarette sales on its platform
RALEIGH, N.C. (WLOS) — North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson has joined a coalition of 25 other attorneys general calling on Shopify, a popular e-commerce platform, to take stronger action against merchants who use its services to sell illegal tobacco products and e-cigarettes.
In a Nov. 24 news release, the AG’s office said there are more than two dozen illegal e-cigarette websites that utilize Shopify’s platform and another 200 websites that are selling illegal tobacco products.
“If states and the federal government create laws to protect our residents, companies can’t sidestep those for their own profit,” Jackson said in the news release. “We have protections against selling e-cigarettes to children because we know how harmful it is for them, and we need Shopify to step up and keep those products off of its platforms.”
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The AG’s office said that due to their highly addictive nature and potential health risks, especially for young people, e-cigarettes are strictly regulated by federal law, as well as by many state laws across the country. E-cigarettes also cannot be sold to people under the age of 21.
Jackson’s office said Shopify has removed merchants for using its services for unlawful activities in recent years, but merchants continue using it to sell e-cigarettes.
The bipartisan attorneys general are asking Shopify to work together to find a solution that keeps unlawful products off their platforms and out of the market, according to the release.
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In 2019, North Carolina sued electronic cigarette company JUUL for unlawfully designing, marketing, and selling e-cigarettes to teenagers. It won a $47.8 million judgment against Juul in 2021.
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