Bill Repealing NC Pistol Purchase Permit Heading to Governor
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON North Carolina Republicans completed a push Wednesday to eliminate...
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Afghans Protest Taliban in Emerging Challenge to Their Rule
Written by AHMAD SEIR, RAHIM FAIEZ, KATHY GANNON AND JON GAMBRELL Afghan protesters defied the...
Read MoreHow AI-Powered Tech Landed Man in Jail With Scant Evidence
Written by GARANCE BURKE, MARTHA MENDOZA, JULIET LINDERMAN and MICHAEL TARM Michael Williams’ wife pleaded with him to remember their fishing trips with the grandchildren, how he used to braid her hair, anything to jar him back...
Read MoreUS Jobless Claims Hit a Pandemic Low as Hiring Strengthens
Written by PAUL WISEMAN The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fourth straight time to a pandemic low, the latest sign that America’s job market is rebounding from the pandemic recession as...
Read MoreSusan B. Anthony Photo, Found in Attic, Now Going to Auction
A rare framed photograph of Susan B. Anthony is being auctioned with a starting price of $5,000. The 20-by-16-inch (51-by-41-centimeter) photo was found in an concealed attic space in a building in Geneva, New York, after the...
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Formal NC Budget Negotiations To Start After Senate Vote
The state Senate rejected on Tuesday the House’s version of its two-year North Carolina government...
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Taliban Violently Disperse Rare Protest; 1 Killed, 6 Wounded
Written by AHMAD SEIR, RAHIM FAIEZ, KATHY GANNON and JOSEPH KRAUSS The Taliban violently broke up...
Read MoreUS Families Mid-Adoption Trying to Get Afghan Children Out
Written by MICHELLE L. PRICE After five frustrating years mired in bureaucratic delays, Bahaudin Mujtaba and wife Lisa had hoped to finally bring the 10-year-old Afghan boy they’re adopting to their home in Florida this year for...
Read MoreInjured in Haiti’s Quake Continue To Show Up at Hospitals
Written by MARK STEVENSON and EVENS SANON The problems in Haiti may be summed up by the public hospital in L’Asile, deep in a remote stretch of countryside in the nation’s southwest area. Here, a full four days after a powerful...
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Fred is a Sloppy Mess, Shuts Highways With Mudslides, Floods
Tropical Depression Fred swirled over West Virginia early Wednesday and dumped heavy rain over the...
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