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Coronavirus

Second vaccine for COVID-19 cleared; doses to start arriving Monday

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, December 19, 2020 12:00 am

News

NC appeals judge censured for ‘toxic work environment’

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina Court of Appeals judge was censured on Friday after a judicial investigation determined ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, December 19, 2020 12:00 am

News

Supreme Court says lawmakers can decide how block grants are spent in setback to Cooper

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina legislature can decide the details on how federal block grants are spent, even ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, December 19, 2020 12:00 am

Nation/World

Congress averts shutdown; more work continues on pandemic aid

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON — Congress passed a two-day stopgap spending bill Friday night, averting a partial government shutdown and buying yet more ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, December 18, 2020 9:00 pm

Elections

NC elections board finally certifies chief justice results

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s final outstanding November election was resolved Friday when state officials certified results showing that Paul Newby received the most votes ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, December 18, 2020 2:09 pm

Nation/World

Pence, wife Karen, surgeon general get COVID-19 vaccines

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence became the highest ranking U.S. official to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday in ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, December 18, 2020 2:07 pm

Nation/World

Biden taps first Native American for interior secretary

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press President-elect Joe Biden selected New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his nominee for interior secretary on Thursday, a historic pick ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, December 18, 2020 12:00 am

News

Feds say UNC fraternity members were part of drug ring

By Tom Foreman Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM  — Fraternity members at North Carolina’s flagship school were part of a drug trafficking ring that for years ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, December 18, 2020 12:00 am

News

Appeals court rejects bid to return Confederate statue to downtown Winston-Salem

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — A Superior Court judge did not make a mistake when he dismissed a lawsuit seeking to return a statue of a Confederate ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, December 18, 2020 12:00 am

Coronavirus

Second COVID-19 vaccine set for FDA approval after panel endorsement

By Matthew Perrone and Lauran Neergaard Associated Press WASHINGTON — The head of the Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that his agency will ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, December 18, 2020 12:00 am

Business

High Point Furniture Market moves April show due to pandemic

HIGH POINT (AP) — The High Point Furniture Market is moving its 2021 spring show back by more than a month because of the coronavirus ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, December 16, 2020 12:00 am

News

Cooper asks feds for more notice on vaccine allotment

By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper wants the federal government to provide more time for the state ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, December 15, 2020 7:13 pm

Education

Stith named to lead North Carolina community college system

RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — Thomas Stith III, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration in North Carolina and a former top aide to then-Gov. ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, December 14, 2020 11:58 pm

News

Cooper’s commerce secretary leaving as 2nd term begins

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s commerce secretary will leave his job by the end of January, marking another Cabinet departure as the ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, December 14, 2020 11:50 pm

Nation/World

Trump says AG Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies, is departing amid lingering tension over the president’s claims of election ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, December 14, 2020 11:47 pm

Elections

Electoral College makes it official: Biden won, Trump lost

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden on Monday as the nation’s next president, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, December 14, 2020 11:38 pm

Local

North Carolina awards 15 electoral college votes to Trump

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina awarded its 15 electoral votes to President Donald Trump on Monday, following the will of the people in a ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, December 14, 2020 11:29 pm

Nation/World

COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort

By Martha Irvine and Morry Gash Associated Press PORTAGE, Michigan — The first of many freezer-packed COVID-19 vaccine vials made their way to distribution sites ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, December 13, 2020 10:05 pm

Nation/World

US government agencies hacked; Russia a possible culprit

By Eric Tucker, Tom Krisher and Frank Bajak Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce departments as part ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, December 13, 2020 9:59 pm

News

Beasley concedes defeat in NC chief justice race

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley conceded on Saturday to Republican Paul Newby in their ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, December 12, 2020 11:44 pm

News

Journalists file emergency appeal to get court access in Alamance County

GRAHAM (AP) — Three newspapers have asked the North Carolina Court of Appeals to order courts in a county where rally-goers were pepper sprayed and ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, December 12, 2020 12:00 am

Nation/World

States get tracing apps to talk to each other as virus rises

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — As coronavirus exposure notification technology slowly rolls out across the country, every resident in 17 ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, December 12, 2020 12:00 am

News

North Carolina chief justice halts courts for 30 days

RALEIGH (AP) — Non-essential in-person court proceedings in North Carolina will be halted starting Monday for 30 days due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, December 12, 2020 12:00 am

Crime

Louisiana truck driver who killed his 2-year-old daughter executed 

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) —  A Louisiana truck driver who severely abused his 2-year-old daughter for weeks in ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, December 12, 2020 12:00 am

Crime

Mount Holly police officer killed in shootout

MOUNT HOLLY (AP) — A North Carolina police officer was killed in a shootout early Friday while responding to a breaking and entering call, authorities ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, December 12, 2020 12:00 am

Nation/World

First COVID-19 vaccine approved in bid to end pandemic

By Lauran Neergaard, Matthew Perrone and Jonathan Lemire Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, December 11, 2020 9:58 pm

News

NC DMV headquarters shift out of Raleigh almost complete

RALEIGH (AP) — The relocation of the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles headquarters from Raleigh to Rocky Mount is almost complete. DMV Commissioner Torre ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, December 11, 2020 12:01 am

News

GOP leaders, Cooper reach agreement on broadband money

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders said on Thursday they’ve found a solution to address the potential loss ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, December 11, 2020 12:00 am

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