NC Senate Backs Protections for Incarcerated Pregnant Women
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON The use of physical restraints like handcuffs and shackles on...
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North Carolina Minimum Marriage Age Now 16 With Bill Signing
North Carolina’s minimum age to be married is now higher after Gov. Roy Cooper signed a measure Thursday increasing it from 14 to 16. The increase, which takes effect immediately but doesn’t void previous marriages, comes after...
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New Urgency to Airlift From Kabul After Blasts Kill Dozens
Written by SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, TAMEEM AKHGAR, KATHY GANNON and CARA ANNA Evacuation flights...
Read MoreIda Could Hit New Orleans as a Devastating Cat 3 Hurricane
Written by MELINDA DESLATTE and SETH BORENSTEIN Tropical Storm Ida intensified as it swirled toward a strike on Cuba on Friday, showing hallmarks of a rare, rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and...
Read MoreBiden Vows Retribution Against Extremists in Kabul Attack
Written by ROBERT BURNS, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MATTHEW LEE President Joe Biden is vowing to avenge the deaths of 13 American troops and dozens of Afghans in attacks at the Kabul airport that thrust the White House deeper into...
Read MoreAlone in the Sky, Pilot and Fiancee Save 17 in Tenn. Flood
Written by TRAVIS LOLLER Nashville-based helicopter pilot Joel Boyers had just finished helping his fiancee earn her pilot’s license on Saturday morning, and they were heading home to celebrate, when he received a frantic call...
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Virus Straining NC Hospitals: ‘We Don’t Want Your Business’
Written by BRYAN ANDERSON Raleigh-area hospitals in North Carolina are sounding the alarm as...
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‘Was It Worth It?’ A Fallen Marine and a War’s Crushing End
Written by CLAIRE GALOFARO and RUSS BYNUM She was folding a red sweater when she heard a car door...
Read MoreWest Warns of Possible Attack at Kabul Airport Amid Airlift
Written by ZIARMAL HASHIMI, JILL LAWLESS and JON GAMBRELL Western nations warned Thursday of a possible attack on Kabul’s airport, where thousands have flocked as they try to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the waning...
Read MoreJapan Suspends 1.63m Doses of Moderna Over Contamination
Written by MARI YAMAGUCHI Japan suspended use of about 1.63 million doses of Moderna vaccine Thursday after contamination was found in unused vials, raising concern of a supply shortage as the country tries to accelerate...
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