NC State Fair Celebrates 2021 Event Despite Low Attendance
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Organizers are celebrating the 2021 NC State Fair despite seeing...
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Moore: North Carolina Budget Action Could Happen Next Week
Legislative action on a final North Carolina state government budget — a plan with or without...
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Biden at Capitol to Pitch $1.75T Agenda, Unite Democrats
Written by LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and ALAN FRAM President Joe Biden traveled to Capitol Hill...
Read MoreAP: Myanmar Military Uses Systemic Torture Across Country
Written by VICTORIA MILKO and KRISTEN GELINEAU The soldiers in rural Myanmar twisted the young man’s skin with pliers and kicked him in the chest until he couldn’t breathe. Then they taunted him about his family until his heart...
Read MoreUS Economy Slowed to a 2% Rate Last Quarter in Face of COVID
Written by MARTIN CRUTSINGER Hampered by rising COVID-19 cases and persistent supply shortages, the U.S. economy slowed to a 2% annual rate in the July-September period, the weakest quarterly growth since the recovery from the...
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Is It OK To Go Trick-or-Treating During the Pandemic?
Written by EMMA H. TOBIN Is it OK to go trick-or-treating during the pandemic? It depends on the...
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COVID Spread Plummeting in North Carolina, State Data Shows
Written by BRYAN ANDERSON The spread of COVID-19 has dropped substantially in recent weeks,...
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In Haiti, The Difficult Relationship of Gangs and Business
Written by ALBERTO ARCE and RODRIGO ABD Youri Mevs knew that the call was coming, and she was...
Read MoreGulf Arab States, Squeezed by Climate Change, Still Tout Oil
Written by AYA BATRAWY The global energy transition is perhaps nowhere more perplexing than in the Arabian Peninsula, where Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies are caught between two daunting climate change scenarios that...
Read MoreAmerica ‘On Fire’: Facebook Watched as Trump Ignited Hate
Written by AMANDA SEITZ The reports of hateful and violent posts on Facebook started pouring in on the night of May 28 last year, soon after then-President Donald Trump sent a warning on social media that looters in Minneapolis...
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