NC Takes Steps on Carbon Cap, Multi-State Pollution Effort
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON A state regulatory panel agreed Tuesday to develop rules for North...
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US COVID-19 Cases Rising Again, Doubling Over Three Weeks
Written by HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JOSH FUNK The COVID-19 curve in the U.S. is rising again...
Read More‘I Came Here to Fight’: Rare Footage of Ethiopia’s Tigray
The 16-year-old girl hoped to go to war. Inspired by the sight of resurgent local forces marching in to retake the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region six months after being forced to flee, Meron Mezgeb waited in a crowd seeking...
Read MoreBiden Blasts ‘Un-American’ Voting Limits; Texas Dems Act
Written by JONATHAN LEMIRE, BRIAN SLODYSKO and ZEKE MILLER President Joe Biden declared preserving voting rights an urgent national “test of our time” on Tuesday but offered few concrete proposals to meet it. Texas Democrats...
Read MoreCuba, Haiti Stir Fresh Political Pressures for US President
Written by AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE They are two tiny Caribbean states whose intractable problems have vexed U.S. presidents for decades. Now, Haiti and Cuba are suddenly posing a growing challenge for President Joe Biden...
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Immunized but Banned: EU Says Not All COVID Vaccines Equal
Written by MARIA CHENG After Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor and his wife received two doses of AstraZeneca’s...
Read MoreAre Jan. 6 Rioters Traitors? So Far, Criminal Charges Say No
Written by MICHAEL TARM Plotted to block the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory: Check. Discussed bringing weapons into Washington to aid in the plan: Check. Succeeded with co-insurrectionists, if only temporarily, in...
Read MorePressured by Allies, Biden Escalates Fight for Voting Rights
Written by JONATHAN LEMIRE President Joe Biden will lay out the “moral case” for voting rights as he faces growing pressure from civil rights activists and other Democrats to combat efforts by Republican-led state legislatures...
Read MoreTaliban Surge in North Afghanistan Sends Thousands Fleeing
Written by KATHY GANNON Sakina, who is 11, maybe 12, walked with her family for 10 days after the Taliban seized her village in northern Afghanistan and burned down the local school. They are now among around 50 families living...
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For Democracy, It’s a Time of Swimming Against the Tide
Written by TIM SULLIVAN The old Nicaraguan revolutionary, with his receding hairline and the...
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