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Hurricane Idalia hits Florida with 125 mph winds, flooding streets, snapping trees and cutting power
By Terry Spencer Associated Press PERRY, Fla. — Hurricane Idalia tore into Florida at the speed of a ...
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No longer Fort Bragg: Fort Liberty becomes Army’s most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America FORT LIBERTY (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday ...
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Salisbury native serves with US Navy in Japan
By Xiaoming Zheng Navy Office of Community Outreach SASEBO, Japan — Petty Officer 1st Class Woodroe Ducksworth, a ...
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NC Natural and Cultural Resources secretary joins National Park System Advisory Board
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced Wednesday that Reid Wilson, N.C. secretary of ...
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NC GOP overrides veto of 12-week abortion limit, allowing it to become law
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, GARY D. ROBERTSON and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — Legislation banning most abortions ...
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Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5M
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually ...
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Trump becomes first ex-president indicted for crime
Associated Press NEW YORK — A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving ...
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Permit from sheriff to buy handgun no longer required in North Carolina
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — North Carolina residents can now buy a handgun without ...
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Biden: GOP policies would surrender tech economy to China
By Aamer Madhani Associated Press DURHAM (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Republicans’ ideas for cutting ...
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Raleigh-based First Citizens acquires troubled Silicon Valley Bank
NEW YORK (AP) — First Citizens will acquire much of Silicon Valley Bank, the tech-focused financial institution that ...
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Alex Murdaugh convicted of murder in shootings of wife, son
WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murder Thursday in the shooting ...
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Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, enters hospice care at home
By Bill Barrow Associated Press ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the ...
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US downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Saturday shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina ...
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Fighter jets shoot down Chinese balloon off Carolina coast
By ZEKE MILLER, MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ...
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Lisa Marie Presley dies at 54 after going into cardiac arrest
By STEFANIE DAZIO and KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lisa Marie Presley, a singer, Elvis’ ...
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McCarthy elected House speaker in rowdy post-midnight vote
By Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on ...
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GOP’s McCarthy rejected for House speaker — again and again
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans flailed through a long second day of fruitless balloting Wednesday, unable to either ...
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Republicans adjourn without electing party leader in House
By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Failing to elect party leader ...
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Suspect in deaths of Idaho students arrested in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities in Pennsylvania arrested a suspect in the killings of four University of Idaho ...
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Trump’s returns shed light on tax offsets, foreign accounts
Associated Press Democrats in Congress released thousands of pages of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns Friday, providing ...
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Winter weather upends water systems in Asheville, across the South
By Michael Goldberg Associated Press/Report for America A cold snap blanketing the Deep South has upended water systems ...
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Outgoing Sen. Burr delivers farewell address
Associated Press RALEIGH — Wrapping up a nearly 30-year career in Congress, Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr told ...
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Louisiana officers charged in Black motorist’s deadly arrest in 2019
By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press FARMERVILLE, La. — Five Louisiana law enforcement officers were charged ...
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Former Theranos executive gets nearly 13 years
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. — Former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was sentenced ...
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Trump Organization convicted on all 17 charges in tax dodging scheme
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s company was convicted of tax fraud Tuesday ...
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Oath Keepers’ Rhodes guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was convicted Tuesday of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot ...
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GOP wins slim House majority, complicating ambitious agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans won control of the U.S. House on Wednesday, returning the party to power in ...
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Same-sex marriage legislation clears key Senate hurdle
By Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press WASHINGTON — Legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages crossed a major ...