The Wake County school board is set Tuesday to vote to ask the commissioners for a $63.2 million increase in school funding. The request is largely to maintain existing operations but with a few significant changes.

$49M more should go to Wake schools, county manager proposes in new budget

On average, women gain 5 to 10 pounds in the years before menopause, when reproductive hormones are fluctuating as the body prepares to stop ovulating.

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The North Carolina Museum of History on Wednesday announced the museum and its exhibits are getting a major makeover. 



Raleigh's NC Museum of History closing for 2 to 3 years for makeover

Bicentennial Plaza 

FILE — The campus of Kansas State University, where officials reported an enrollment decline of more than 900 students, in Manhattan, Kan., Dec. 15, 2016. Kansas State and many other schools in the midwest have been hit hard by a sharp downturn in international students; some administrators say President Donald Trump’s immigration policies are to blame. (Amy Stroth/The New York Times)

Hard Line on Immigration Crimps a Rich Vein of Revenue for U.S. Colleges