Cooper Revamps NC Mask Mandate, Maintains Occupancy Limits
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order Monday with tough language on enforcing...
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Trump Aims To Box in Biden Abroad, but It May Not Work
On its way out the door, the Trump administration is enacting new rules, regulations and orders...
Read MoreBiden Expected To Nominate Blinken as Secretary of State
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, according to multiple people familiar with the Biden team’s planning. Blinken, 58, served as deputy secretary of state and deputy national...
Read More3rd Major COVID-19 Vaccine Shown To Be Effective and Cheaper
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up to 90% effective, giving public health officials hope they may soon have access to a vaccine that is cheaper and easier...
Read MoreTrump Election Challenges Sound Alarm Among Voters of Color
When longtime Detroit community advocate Frank McGhee watched two Republican canvassers vote against certifying election results in the majority Black city, he was furious. McGhee, 58, has spent more than two decades working...
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Berger Chief of Staff Tripp Leaving for UNC Post
The chief of staff for North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger is stepping down to take a position within the University of North Carolina system.
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Criminal Probe, Legal Fights Await Trump After White House
A few miles south of the namesake tower where Donald Trump began his run for president, New York...
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Pfizer Seeking Emergency Use of Its COVID-19 Vaccine in U.S.
Pfizer said Friday it is asking U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine,...
Read MoreIn Multiple Countries, Alarm Over Hunger Crisis Rings Louder
The twin baby boys lay on a bed of woven palm leaves in a remote camp for displaced people in Yemen’s north, their collar bones and ribs visible. They cried loudly, twisting as if in pain, not from disease but from the hunger...
Read MoreOwl Found in Rockefeller Center Tree Could Take Flight Soon
A tiny owl that was found dehydrated and hungry in the branches of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is eating its way back to good health and is set to be released back into the wild Saturday. The adult male Saw-whet owl...
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