A Complicated Relationship: Biden and Xi Prepare for Meeting
Written by AAMER MADHANI Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping have slurped noodles together in...
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As Rittenhouse Trial Winds Down, Jury Set To Deliberate
Written by SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Attorneys were set to make closing arguments Monday at Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial in the shootings of three men during street unrest in Wisconsin, the last word before a jury...
Read More‘You Can’t Even Cry Loudly’: Counting Ethopia’s War Dead
Written by CARA ANNA, DAVID KEYTON and NAT CASTANEDA The man who counts the dead sees them everywhere. They’re in the handwritten lists of names smuggled out of a region cut off from the world by war. They’re in the images of...
Read MoreBiden’s $1T Infrastructure Bill Historic, Not Transformative
Written by JOSH BOAK The $1 trillion infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signs into law represents a historic achievement at a time of deeply fractured politics. But the compromises needed to bridge the political divide...
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Not Out of the Woods: COVID Cases Rising in Western Europe
Written by MIKE CORDER Santa won’t be getting his traditional welcome in the Dutch city of Utrecht...
Read MoreNext Battleground at Rittenhouse Trial: Jury Instructions
Written by SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Prosecutors and defense attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse will return to the courthouse without the jury present on Friday to finalize how jurors will be instructed when they get...
Read MoreAttorney: No More `Black Pastors’ in Court for Arbery Case
Written by RUSS BYNUM An attorney for one of the white men standing trial in the death of Ahmaud Arbery told the judge Thursday he doesn’t want “any more Black pastors” in the courtroom after the Rev. Al Sharpton sat with the...
Read MoreMore Than 1 Million Need Urgent Food Aid in South Madagascar
Written by LAETITIA BEZAIN Parched by four years of drought, more than 1.1 million people in southern Madagascar urgently need food aid in a rapidly worsening crisis, experts warn. About 700,000 people are already receiving food...
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Cooper Open To Signing Final NC Budget Expected Next Week
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON North Carolina’s extended budget negotiations will come to a head...
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Few North Carolina Children 5-11 Vaccinated in Early Rollout
Written by BRYAN ANDERSON Few North Carolina parents had their children vaccinated in the first...
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