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Juul To Pay $40M in N. Carolina Teen Vaping Suit Settlement

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 29, 2021 | Health, State

Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON Electronic cigarette giant Juul Labs Inc. will pay $40 million to...

North Carolina Bill Aims To Stop Prosecuting 6-Year-Olds

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 29, 2021 | Crime, State Government

Written by BRYAN ANDERSON Children as young as 6 can be prosecuted in North Carolina juvenile...

North Carolina Announces First COVID Vaccine Lottery Winners

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 28, 2021 | COVID-19, Health, State

Written by BRYAN ANDERSON North Carolina on Monday announced its first COVID-19 vaccine lottery...

Tunneling Florida Rescuers Spot Voids, Search for Survivors

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 28, 2021 | World

Written by TERRY SPENCER and RUSS BYNUM Rescue workers digging feverishly for a fifth day Monday...

U.S. Airstrikes Target Iran-Backed Militias in Syria, Iraq

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 28, 2021 | World

Written by LOU KESTEN The U.S. military, under the direction of President Joe Biden, carried out airstrikes against what it said were “facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups” near the border between Iraq and Syria,...

Senators to Watch as Dems Debate Changing Filibuster Rules

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 28, 2021 | World

Written by MARY CLARE JALONICK Looming over Senate Democrats this year is a decision that could fundamentally change Congress: whether to change or eliminate the rules of the filibuster to enact President Joe Biden’s agenda....

Uprooted Again: Venezuela Migrants Cross U.S. Border in Droves

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 28, 2021 | World

Written by JOSHUA GOODMAN Marianela Rojas huddles in prayer with her fellow migrants, a tearful respite after trudging across a slow-flowing stretch of the Rio Grande and nearly collapsing onto someone’s backyard lawn, where,...