NC Republicans Seek To Rein in Governor’s Emergency Powers
North Carolina House Republicans on Wednesday launched another attempt to rein in the governor’s...
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A Year on, WHO Still Struggling To Manage Pandemic Response
Written by MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN When the World Health Organization declared the...
Read MoreMyanmar’s Searing Smartphone Images Flood a Watching World
Written by TED ANTHONY The images ricochet across the planet, as so many do in this dizzying era of film it, upload it, tell it to the world: scenes from a protest-turned-government crackdown, captured at ground level by...
Read MorePrince William Defends UK Monarchy Against Racism Accusation
Written by DANICA KIRKA Prince William insisted Thursday that his family is not racist as he became the first member of Britain’s royal family to speak out about accusations of bigotry made by Prince Harry and Meghan, his...
Read MoreWurst Case: Burglar Caught Over Bite From German’s Sausage
German police say they have solved a nine-year-old burglary after DNA found on a half-eaten piece of sausage matched that of a man detained in France over an unrelated crime. Police in the western town of Schwelm said Thursday...
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Cooper, Legislative Leaders Announce Deal on K-12 Schools
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders...
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U.S. Narrows in on Organized Extremists in Capitol Siege Probe
Written by ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN As members of the Oath Keepers paramilitary...
Read MoreA Price Tag on Trauma? College Town Weighs Black Reparations
Written by PHILIP MARCELO Professor Edwin Driver arrived in Amherst in 1948 as one of the first Black teachers hired at a flagship state university in the country. But the 23-year-old sociology instructor at what would become...
Read More‘This Is Hell’: UN Food Aid Chief Visits Yemen, Fears Famine
Written by MAGGIE HYDE The head of the U.N. food agency warned after a visit to Yemen that his underfunded organization may be forced seek hundreds of millions of dollars in private donations in a desperate bid to stave off...
Read MoreAmtrak Worker Accused of Stealing, Selling 77 Chain Saws
A longtime Amtrak employee in New Jersey stole several dozen chain saws and hundreds of parts from the railroad and sold them online, according to a federal criminal complaint released Tuesday. Jose Rodriguez sold the items for...
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