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Bill Seeks To Give More NC Tax Breaks on COVID-19 Loans

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 16, 2021 | World

Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON The state House on Thursday overwhelmingly backed legislation that...

Police: 8 Dead in Shooting at FedEx Facility in Indianapolis

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 16, 2021 | World

Written by CASEY SMITH A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently...

U.S. Says Russia Was Given Trump Campaign Polling Data in 2016

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 16, 2021 | World

Written by ERIC TUCKER It was one of the more tantalizing, yet unresolved, questions of the investigation into possible connections between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign: Why was a business associate of...

Video: Chicago Boy Wasn’t Holding Gun When Shot By Officer

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 16, 2021 | World

Written by DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Disturbing bodycam video released Thursday after public outcry over the Chicago police shooting of a 13-year-old boy shows the youth appearing to drop a handgun and begin raising his hands...

How the Kremlin Provides a Safe Harbor for Ransomware

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 16, 2021 | World

Written by FRANK BAJAK A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has...

U.S. Expels Russian Diplomats, Imposes New Round of Sanctions

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 15, 2021 | World

Written by ERIC TUCKER and AAMER MADHANI The Biden administration on Thursday announced the...

U.S. Troop Pullout Will Leave Behind an Uncertain Afghanistan

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 15, 2021 | World

Written by KATHY GANNON The Biden administration’s surprise announcement of an unconditional troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 appears to strip the Taliban and the Afghan government of considerable leverage and could...

Homeless Americans Finally Getting a Chance at COVID-19 Shot

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 15, 2021 | World

Written by CARLA K. JOHNSON Homeless Americans who have been left off priority lists for coronavirus vaccinations — or even bumped aside as states shifted eligibility to older age groups — are finally getting their shots as...

Lawmakers Fighting Like Cats and Dogs? Not Over This Bill

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 15, 2021 | World

Written by HOLLY RAMER Nine lives notwithstanding, killing a cat in a hit-and-run soon could become illegal in New Hampshire. New Hampshire was ahead of the pack when it passed a law nearly 40 years ago that requires drivers who...