Monthly NC School Board Votes on Face Masks Stay in Place
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON Republicans at the North Carolina legislature have turned back...
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Democrats Divided: Progressives, Centrists Say Trust Is Gone
Written by ALAN FRAM In their fight over trillions of dollars, their paramount policy goals and...
Read MoreEcuador Declares Prison Emergency After 116 Killed in Riot
Written by GABRIELA MOLINA Ecuador’s president has declared a state of emergency in the prison system following a battle among gang members in a coastal lockup that killed at least 116 people and injured 80 in what authorities...
Read MoreFoes United vs Facebook Over Instagram’s Effect on Teens
Written by MARCY GORDON Political adversaries in Congress are united in outrage against Facebook for privately compiling information that its Instagram photo-sharing service appears to grievously harm some teens, especially...
Read MoreWoman Who Survived 1918 Flu, World War Succumbs to COVID
Written by TODD RICHMOND She lived a life of adventure that spanned two continents. She fell in love with a World War II fighter pilot, barely escaped Europe ahead of Benito Mussolini’s fascists, ground steel for the U.S. war...
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Biden Caught Between Allies and Critics on Border Policy
Written by BEN FOX and WILL WEISSERT President Joe Biden is caught between a hard place and an...
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US Says Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, 22 Other Species Extinct
Written by MATTHEW BROWN Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed...
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Ex-Diplomat Kishida Wins Japan Party Vote, To Become New PM
Written by MARI YAMAGUCHI Former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida won the governing party’s...
Read MoreNorth African Migrants, Adrift, Tell of Last-Minute Rescue
Written by SAMY MAGDY The small fiberglass boat had begun to take on water not long after the engine stopped working. Its six passengers started bailing it out, not knowing how long they could keep the sea at bay. Waleed, a...
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Cooper: I’ll Seek Public School Spending Surge in NC Budget
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON Soon entering the critical phase of North Carolina’s budget talks,...
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