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Nation/World

Elizabeth Holmes takes the stand in Theranos criminal fraud trial

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes, accused of bamboozling investors and ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, November 20, 2021 12:00 am

Nation/World

House OKs $2 trillion social, climate bill; Senate takes measure up next

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A fractious House handed President Joe Biden a marquee victory Friday by approving a roughly $2 trillion ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, November 20, 2021 12:00 am

Business

North Carolina unemployment rate at 4.1% in October

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s jobless rate improved in October and is at 4.1%, the state Commerce Department said on Friday, as the overall number ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, November 19, 2021 11:56 pm

News

Judge delays prison for ailing figure in NC ballot probe

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — A judge on Friday delayed when the key player in an absentee-ballot fraud case in North ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, November 19, 2021 11:55 pm

News

Cooper signs budget after final OK

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH —  The North Carolina General Assembly gave its final approval to a two-year state budget on Thursday and ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, November 19, 2021 12:00 am

News

Earlier state absentee vote receipt deadline goes to Cooper’s desk

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina Republicans pushed a bill through the legislature on Thursday that would prohibit officials from counting ... Read more

by News Service Report, Thursday, November 18, 2021 11:55 pm

News

Rules formalizing NC prep sports oversight heads to governor

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Legislation that likely will create a formal agreement between the nonprofit body currently governing North Carolina high ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, November 17, 2021 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Mississippi executes man who killed wife, terrorized family

By Emily Wagster Pettus Associated Press PARCHMAN, Miss. — A man who pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife and sexually assaulting her young daughter ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, November 17, 2021 11:54 pm

Coronavirus

Pfizer seeks approval of promising COVID-19 pill

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Tuesday to authorize its experimental pill for COVID-19, setting the stage for ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, November 17, 2021 12:00 am

News

Attorney general files lawsuit over kid-friendly e-cigarettes, launching statewide investigation

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein announced Tuesday that he is suing the founders of an e-cigarette maker over his concerns ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, November 17, 2021 12:00 am

News

NC Gov. Cooper says he’ll sign 2-year budget bill into law

By Gary D. Robertson and Bryan Anderson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday that he would sign the ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, November 16, 2021 11:56 pm

News

Lawsuit challenges North Carolina rules on transgender ID

By Tom Foreman Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM — North Carolina’s requirement that transgender people undergo sex reassignment surgery as part of establishing their identity is ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, November 16, 2021 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Biden signs $1T infrastructure deal with bipartisan crowd

By Josh Boak and Colleen Long Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed his hard-fought $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law Monday before a ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, November 15, 2021 11:56 pm

News

NC Republicans unveil final budget with pay raises, tax cuts

By Gary D. Robertson and Bryan Anderson Associated Press RALEIGH — Republicans at the North Carolina legislature on Monday rolled out their final two-year budget ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, November 15, 2021 11:55 pm

Nation/World

More turn to abortion pills by mail, with legality uncertain

By John Hanna Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — Before her daughter’s birth, she spent weeks in bed. Another difficult pregnancy would be worse as she ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, November 13, 2021 11:56 pm

Nation/World

Nations compromise on coal to strike UN climate agreement

By Seth Borenstein and Frank Jordans Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland — Almost 200 nations accepted a compromise deal Saturday aimed at keeping a key global ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, November 13, 2021 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Bannon indicted on contempt of Congress charges for defying subpoena; Meadows won’t testify

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, MICHAEL BALSAMO and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, November 13, 2021 12:00 am

Elections

Rep. Madison Cawthorn running in new NC congressional district

By BRYAN ANDERSON AND GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — Rep. Madison Cawthorn says he’ll run in a new congressional district ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, November 13, 2021 12:00 am

Crime

North Carolina man wrongfully imprisoned 24 years pardoned

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday pardoned a man who spent 24 years behind ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, November 13, 2021 12:00 am

Entertainment

Britney freed: Judge dissolves Spears’ conservatorship

By Andrew Dalton AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears is free. A Los Angeles judge on Friday ended the conservatorship that has controlled ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, November 13, 2021 12:00 am

Crime

Two men serving time for murder freed from North Carolina prison

RALEIGH (AP) — Two men imprisoned for nearly 30 years for a murder they said they did not commit have been freed following plea deals ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, November 13, 2021 12:00 am

Nation/World

Biden salutes troops as ‘spine of America’ on Veterans Day

By Colleen Long and Alexandra Jaffe Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden saluted the nation’s military veterans as “the spine of America” on Thursday ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, November 12, 2021 12:00 am

News

Cooper open to signing final NC budget expected next week

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina’s extended budget negotiations will come to a head next week with the House and Senate ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, November 10, 2021 11:42 pm

News

Few NC children 5-11 vaccinated in early rollout

By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — Few North Carolina parents had their children vaccinated in the first days COVID-19 shots were available ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, November 10, 2021 11:41 pm

News

Judge: State must spend $1.75B to narrow education gap

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — A North Carolina trial judge on Wednesday ordered the state to pay out $1.75 billion to help ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, November 10, 2021 11:40 pm

Entertainment

Dean Stockwell of ‘Quantum Leap,’ ‘Blue Velvet’ fame dies at 85

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dean Stockwell, a top Hollywood child actor who gained new success in middle age in ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:00 am

Coronavirus

Pfizer asks FDA to OK COVID-19 booster shots for all adults

By Lauran Neergaard AP Medical Writer Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Tuesday to allow boosters of its COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 18 or older, a step ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:00 am

Business

GE to end its run as a conglomerate, split into three companies

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer General Electric, the storied American manufacturer that struggled under its own weight after growing to become a sprawling conglomerate, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:00 am

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