As NC Jobless Rate Keeps Falling, People Seeking Work Drops
North Carolina’s unemployment rate fell for the eighth consecutive month in May, the state...
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Biden Extols Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal as a Good Start
Written by JONATHAN LEMIRE, JOSH BOAK and LISA MASCARO President Joe Biden announced on Thursday a...
Read MoreDeath Toll in Florida Collapse Rises to 4; 159 Still Missing
Written by TERRY SPENCER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON About 160 people were still unaccounted for Friday a day after an oceanside condominium building collapsed into a pile of rubble, and searchers combing through a twisted, shifting...
Read MoreIs Japan’s Remarkable Vaccine Drive in Time for Olympics?
Written by MARI YAMAGUCHI After months of frustration and delay, Japan has hit the remarkable benchmark of 1 million vaccines a day. But with the Olympics set to start in less than a month, and only a small portion of the...
Read MoreRiviera Campaign Is Key to Hopes of France’s Far-Right Party
Written by ELAINE GANLEY The best chance of victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right party in this weekend’s French regional election runoff is a European lawmaker who meets regularly with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and...
Read MoreN. Carolina Bill Ending Extra $300 Benefits Heads to Cooper
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON North Carolina would end offering supplemental benefits from the federal government to the state’s unemployed in roughly a month under legislation finalized Wednesday by Republicans in charge of the...
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In Pandemic, Drug Overdose Deaths Soar Among Black Americans
Written by CLAIRE GALOFARO She screamed and cried, banged on the dashboard, begging her husband to...
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Falling Short: Why the White House Will Miss Its Vax Target
Written by ZEKE MILLER Standing in the State Dining Room on May 4, President Joe Biden laid out a...
Read MoreWing of Miami-Area Condo Collapses; At Least 1 Person Dead
Written by WILFREDO LEE A wing of a 12-story beachfront apartment building collapsed in a town outside Miami early Thursday morning, killing at least one person while trapping residents in rubble and twisted metal. Scores of...
Read MorePalace: Japan Emperor ‘Worried’ About Olympics Amid Pandemic
Written by MARI YAMAGUCHI Japan’s Emperor Naruhito is “extremely worried” that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics could accelerate the spread of the coronavirus, the head of the Imperial Palace said Thursday with the games...
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