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Nation/World

Biden aims to vaccinate 70% of American adults by July 4

By Zeke Miller and Jonathan Lemire Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday set a new vaccination goal to deliver at least one ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:55 pm

Nation/World

US to launch trade talks on COVID-19 vaccine distribution

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The U.S. top trade negotiator will begin talks with the World Trade Organization on ways to overcome intellectual property issues that ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, May 3, 2021 12:35 am

Nation/World

3 killed, 27 hospitalized after boat capsizes off San Diego

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Three people were killed and more than two dozen others were hospitalized Sunday after a boat capsized and broke apart in ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, May 3, 2021 12:29 am

News

Mourners gathering Monday for funeral of Andrew Brown Jr.

ELIZABETH CITY (AP) — Mourners will gather on Monday for the funeral of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot and killed by deputies in ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, May 3, 2021 12:21 am

Sports

Heat move into 6th place in East; beat Hornets 121-111

CHARLOTTE (AP) — The NBA playoffs are approaching and the defending Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat are starting to play like it. Bam Adebayo had ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, May 3, 2021 12:16 am

Racing

Ex-NASCAR driver Eric McClure dies at 42; autopsy pending

ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — Former NASCAR driver Eric McClure died Sunday, his family and the series said. He was 42. No details were given about ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, May 3, 2021 12:13 am

News

Helicopter pilot killed in North Carolina crash

WINGATE (AP) — A helicopter pilot has died after a crash in North Carolina. The Union County Sheriff’s Office said the helicopter was cropdusting fields ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, May 3, 2021 12:11 am

News

Sheriff: Boone shooter attacked father days earlier

By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — A gunman who killed his mother, father-in-law, two sheriff’s deputies and died at the scene of ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, May 2, 2021 12:18 am

News

Deputy shooting becomes part of city’s long history on race

By Ben Finley Associated Press ELIZABETH CITY — The murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was wrapping up when Dakwon Gibbs told ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, May 2, 2021 12:16 am

News

Buttigieg in NC to pitch infrastructure plan

RALEIGH (AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris visited North Carolina’s capital city on Friday to promote ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 1, 2021 12:14 am

Nation/World

Mars helicopter gets an extra month of flying

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s little Mars helicopter has gotten a reprieve. Instead of wrapping up flight tests ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 1, 2021 12:00 am

Crime

Gov. Cooper pardons man who had murder convictions vacated

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper granted a pardon of innocence Friday to a man imprisoned for two decades before his two murder ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 1, 2021 12:00 am

Coronavirus

Health officials blame anxiety for fainting reactions to vaccine

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It was anxiety — and not a problem with the shots — that caused fainting, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 1, 2021 12:00 am

Coronavirus

Number of Americans fully vaccinated tops 100 million

By DAVID KOENIG, AMY TAXIN and MAE ANDERSON Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Disneyland reopened on Friday and cruise lines welcomed the news that they ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 1, 2021 12:00 am

Nation/World

Biden takes part as Amtrak celebrates its 50th anniversary

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden didn’t want to be anywhere else Friday than helping his Amtrak family celebrate 50 ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 1, 2021 12:00 am

Elections

Judges set to decide after North Carolina’s voter ID trial ends

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — A trial on North Carolina’s latest photo voter identification law concluded Friday. Now a panel of ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 1, 2021 12:00 am

News

Biden pushes economic plan in Georgia, calls for rich to pay more

By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — President Joe Biden took his pitch to Georgia Thursday night for $4 trillion ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, April 30, 2021 12:00 am

News

NC House speaker says transgender sports bill has been set aside

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly won’t advance legislation this year preventing transgender girls and women from ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, April 30, 2021 12:00 am

News

Deputies who didn’t fire during fatal shooting in Elizabeth City back on duty

ELIZABETH CITY (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff said Thursday that he has put four deputies involved in the case of a Black man who ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, April 30, 2021 12:00 am

Crime

Five arrested in robbery of Lady Gaga’s dogs

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The woman who returned Lady Gaga’s stolen French bulldogs was among five people arrested in connection ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, April 30, 2021 12:00 am

News

Tillis planning to skydive on birthday as he recuperates from cancer surgery

CHARLOTTE (AP) — North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis says he feels great following prostate cancer surgery earlier this month, which was diagnosed at the height ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, April 30, 2021 12:00 am

News

Sheriff: Heavily armed gunman in deadly standoff may have been planning larger attack

By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — A gunman who killed himself, two deputies and his mother and stepfather in a 13-hour home ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, April 30, 2021 12:00 am

Crime

NC Sheriff: 2 deputies killed, suspect and 2 others dead

BOONE (AP) — Two deputies were killed and three other people, including a suspected gunman, were found dead after a lengthy standoff in North Carolina, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Thursday, April 29, 2021 10:07 am

News

Deputy killed, another wounded in North Carolina standoff

BOONE (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy has died and another has been wounded in a shooting that prompted a daylong standoff Wednesday that ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, April 28, 2021 11:56 pm

Nation/World

Biden’s declaration: America’s democracy ‘is rising anew’

By Jonathan Lemire and Josh Boak Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden declared Wednesday night that “America is rising anew” as he called for ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, April 28, 2021 11:55 pm

Nation/World

US indicts 3 on hate crime charges in death of Ahmaud Arbery

By Michael Balsamo and Russ Bynum Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Justice Department brought federal hate crimes charges Wednesday in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, April 28, 2021 11:50 pm

Elections

Rep. Ted Budd enters North Carolina U.S. Senate race

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina U.S. Rep. Ted Budd announced Wednesday morning that he will seek the Republican nomination for the 2022 Senate election. The ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, April 28, 2021 10:48 am

College

Former UNC women’s basketball coach allowed to drive after fatal crash

Associated Press DURHAM — After killing an 89-year-old pedestrian last year, former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell has ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, April 28, 2021 12:00 am

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