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‘1619 Project’ Writer To Join UNC Journalism School Faculty

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 30, 2021 | UNC

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones will join the...

Religious Festival Stampede in Israel Kills 45, Hurts Dozens

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 30, 2021 | World

Written by JOSEF FEDERMAN A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of...

As Virus Engulfs India, Diaspora Watches With Despair

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 30, 2021 | World

Written by MALLIKA SEN Bad news, knowing no time zones, arrives in a jarring burst of messages, calls and posts informing millions of members of India’s worldwide diaspora that yet another loved one has been sickened or lost to...

Social Equity in Marijuana Industry Still Largely Pipe Dream

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 30, 2021 | World

Written by THOMAS PEIPERT and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Terrence Hewing was working for a package delivery company in 2007 when police approached his cargo van in suburban Denver. He was early for a pick up, and someone out for a walk...

Brazil Backs Away From the Virus Brink, but Remains at Risk

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 30, 2021 | World

Written by DAVID BILLER For most of this month, intensive care units across Brazil were at or near capacity amid a crush of COVID-19 patients, and sedatives needed to intubate patients dwindled. The nation’s biggest cemetery had...

Biden’s Declaration: America’s Democracy ‘Is Rising Anew’

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 29, 2021 | World

Written by JONATHAN LEMIRE and JOSH BOAK President Joe Biden declared that “America is rising...

Indians Turn to Black Market, Unproven Drugs as Virus Surges

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 29, 2021 | World

Written by ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and NEHA MEHROTRA Ashish Poddar kept an ice pack on hand as he waited outside a New Delhi hospital for a black market dealer to deliver two drugs for his father, who was gasping for breath inside with...

Feds Raid Giuliani’s Home, Office, Escalating Criminal Probe

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 29, 2021 | World

Written by MICHAEL R. SISAK, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Federal agents raided Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan home and office Wednesday, seizing computers and cellphones in a major escalation of the Justice Department’s...

China Launches Main Part of Its 1st Permanent Space Station

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 29, 2021 | World

Written by SAM McNEIL China on Thursday launched the main module of its first permanent space station that will host astronauts long term, the latest success for a program that has realized a number of its growing ambitions in...