N. Carolina Jobless Rate Inches Closer to Pre-Pandemic Level
North Carolina’s unemployment rate fell for the 10th consecutive month in July, the state Commerce...
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Parental Consent for COVID-19 Vaccine Now Law in N. Carolina
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON North Carolina children now must get approval from a parent before...
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US Regulators Give Full Approval to Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
Written by LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19...
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Gunfire at Kabul Airport Kills 1 Amid Chaotic Evacuations
Written by AHMAD SEIR, RAHIM FAIEZ and JOSEPH KRAUSS A firefight just outside Kabul’s...
Read MoreBudget Clash Pits Moderate Democrats Against Biden, Pelosi
Written by ALAN FRAM Outnumbered and with their party’s most powerful leaders arrayed against them, nine moderate Democrats trying to upend plans for enacting President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar domestic program face...
Read MoreFor Afghan Refugees in India, Hopes Dim for Returning Home
Written by SHEIKH SAALIQ Her memory of the assassination attempt is hazy. What she does know is that her father asked the Taliban to do it. A former Afghan policewoman, Khatera Hashmi was shot multiple times on her way home from...
Read MoreHouse OKs Raising Minimum Age for NC Juvenile Court to 8
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON The minimum age in which a child could be prosecuted in North Carolina’s juvenile courts would rise from 6 to 8 in legislation approved by the House on Wednesday. The age threshold change, contained...
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Criminal Justice Bill OK’d by NC House Reworks Body Cam Rule
A wide-ranging criminal justice bill designed to push bad officers out of North Carolina law...
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‘Bracing for the Worst’ in Florida’s COVID-19 Hot Zone
Written by KELLI KENNEDY and CODY JACKSON As quickly as one COVID patient is discharged, another...
Read MoreCOVID Anxiety Rising Amid Delta Surge, AP-NORC Poll Finds
Written by JAMES ANDERSON and HANNAH FINGERHUT Anxiety in the United States over COVID-19 is at its highest level since winter, a new poll shows, as the delta variant rages, more states and school districts adopt mask and...
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