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CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal

By Mike Stobbe Associated Press NEW YORK — U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working ...

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Debby drenched the Southeast: Climate change is making storms like this even wetter

By Amy Green and Lisa Sorg NC Newsline Tropical Storm Debby, a plodding, waterlogged system that has already ...

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Who is Tim Walz? Things to know about Kamala Harris’ choice for vice president

By Karnowski and John Hanna Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has decided on Minnesota ...

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Biden drops out of 2024 race, VP Harris gets his nod

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ...

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Shooting at Trump rally is being investigated as assassination attempt, AP sources say

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt as he spoke during ...

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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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