North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Receives COVID-19 Vaccine
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper received a COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday as the state expands...
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Tactical Shift: Europe Seeks Vaccine ‘Overdrive’ To Catch Up
Written by FRANK JORDANS Slow off the blocks in the race to immunize its citizens against...
Read MoreU.S. Forces: Rockets Hit Airbase in Iraq Hosting U.S. Troops
Written by SAMYA KULLAB At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if there were any...
Read MoreStrong Earthquake Shakes Central Greece, Felt in Balkans
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of up to 6.3 struck central Greece on Wednesday and was felt as far away as the capitals of neighboring Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Montenegro. There were no immediate reports...
Read MoreU.S. Infrastructure Gets C- From Engineers as Roads Stagnate
Written by HOPE YEN America’s infrastructure has scored near-failing grades for its deteriorating roads, public transit and storm water systems due to years of inaction from the federal government, the American Society of Civil...
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Veto Override of NC School Reopening Bill Fails in Senate
The state Senate failed on Monday to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Republican...
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Victims of Anti-Asian Attacks Reflect a Year Into Pandemic
Written by TERRY TANG Nearly a year after they were almost stabbed to death inside a Midland,...
Read MoreNigerian Governor Says 279 Kidnapped Schoolgirls Are Freed
Written by LEKAN OYEKANMI and SAM OLUKOYA Hundreds of Nigerian girls abducted last week from a boarding school in the country’s northwest have been released, a state governor said Tuesday, ending the latest in a spate of such...
Read MoreNashville Music Club Owners Recall Night the Music Died
Written by KIMBERLEE KRUESI When frantic messages started trickling in that a tornado had hit a beloved music venue in Nashville, Mike Grimes told himself it couldn’t possibly be that bad. Could Basement East really be...
Read MoreFBI Chief To Face Questions About Extremism, Capitol Riot
Written by ERIC TUCKER FBI Director Chris Wray is set to testify for the first time since the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, with lawmakers likely to press him on whether the bureau adequately communicated with other...
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