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Nation/World

Stepping up: Next generation of royals to see more scrutiny

By Sylvia Hui Associated Press LONDON — Prince William and wife Kate made a surprise joint appearance with Prince Harry and wife Meghan on Saturday, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, September 10, 2022 11:55 pm

Nation/World

‘Thank you, ma’am’: A singular queen, mourned by her people

By Adam Geller AP National Writer LONDON — By early afternoon, the scent of thousands of lilies and roses floated in the air outside Buckingham ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, September 10, 2022 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022

By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON  — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability in a ... Read more

by News Service Report, Thursday, September 8, 2022 3:55 pm

News

Appeals court says NC fisheries challenge can continue

RALEIGH — Coastal recreational anglers can keep suing the state of North Carolina over accusations that government regulators have devastated near-shore fishing stocks in violation ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, September 7, 2022 11:55 pm

News

Mayor in Halifax County says threats follow Confederate monument coming down, seeks inquiry

ENFIELD (AP) — A North Carolina mayor who livestreamed a Confederate monument being knocked down in a town park last month called on the governor ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, September 6, 2022 11:43 pm

News

Catawba Nation opens sports gambling at Kings Mountain casino

KINGS MOUNTAIN (AP) — Another sports-gambling venue opened on Tuesday in North Carolina, this time at the temporary casino opened by the Catawba Nation last ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, September 6, 2022 11:42 pm

News

Appeals panel blocks law’s use in NC campaign ad prosecution

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH — A federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked a local North Carolina district attorney from prosecuting state Attorney ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, August 24, 2022 12:01 am

News

Court opens door to voiding state Voter ID amendment

By JONATHAN DREW and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina’s highest court opened the door Friday to nullifying a voter ID mandate ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, August 19, 2022 9:37 pm

News

Judge reinstates North Carolina’s 20-week abortion ban

By Hannah Schoenbaum Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — Abortions in North Carolina are no longer legal after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a federal judge ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, August 17, 2022 11:55 pm

News

$100K reward offered in slaying of North Carolina deputy

RALEIGH (AP) — A $100,000 reward is being offered in the case of a sheriff’s deputy found fatally shot along a dark stretch of road ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, August 15, 2022 11:55 pm

News

Cooper signs order officially ending COVID-19 emergency

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina’s state of emergency giving extraordinary powers to state government to address the COVID-19 pandemic is ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, August 15, 2022 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Attorney general asks court to unseal warrant for Mar-a-Lago search

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is asking a federal court to unseal the warrant the FBI ... Read more

by News Service Report, Thursday, August 11, 2022 11:36 pm

Nation/World

Flying umbrella kills woman on SC beach

Associated Press GARDEN CITY, S.C.  — A beachgoer was killed Wednesday after a loose beach umbrella impaled her in the chest, authorities said. The umbrella ... Read more

by News Service Report, Thursday, August 11, 2022 11:33 pm

News

North Carolina AG in legal bind amid probe over 2020 TV ad

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — The campaign committee for North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, facing trouble for a TV ad aired ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, August 10, 2022 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Trump says he took the Fifth in New York civil investigation

Associated Press NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as he testified under oath Wednesday in the New ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, August 10, 2022 11:55 pm

News

Mom sues officer, Concord over son’s fatal shooting

CONCORD (AP) — The mother of a man fatally shot by a North Carolina police officer during an attempted car theft filed a federal lawsuit ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, August 9, 2022 11:45 pm

Nation/World

Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death

By Russ Bynum Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The white father and son who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood each received ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, August 8, 2022 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Trump says FBI conducted search at his Mar-a-Lago estate

By Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo Associated Press WASHINGTON — The FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, August 8, 2022 11:55 pm

Elections

Judge: Green Party candidate belongs on NC ballot

By Hannah Schoenbaum Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — The North Carolina Green Party’s U.S. Senate candidate must be placed on the November ballot, a ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, August 6, 2022 5:35 pm

Crime

Suspect killed, law enforcement officer wounded in shootout in Clemmons

CLEMMONS (AP) — A man wanted on a murder charge was killed and a law enforcement officer was wounded in an exchange of gunfire Friday, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, August 5, 2022 10:07 pm

Nation/World

Biden: Killing of al-Qaida leader is long-sought ‘justice’

Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, an operation ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, August 1, 2022 11:55 pm

Nation/World

More rain, more bodies in flooded Kentucky mountain towns

By Rebecca Reynolds Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Another round of rainstorms hit flooded Kentucky mountain communities Monday as more bodies emerged from the sodden ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, August 1, 2022 11:55 pm

News

NC Republicans ask judge to reinstate 20-week abortion ban

By Hannah Schoenbaum Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Republican General Assembly leaders have asked a federal judge to reinstate a 20-week abortion ... Read more

by News Service Report, Thursday, July 28, 2022 11:55 pm

Education

What to bring, leave at home as students head off to college

By Leanne Italie Associated Press NEW YORK — For the uninitiated, outfitting a college dorm room can be a dizzying experience. Doing it at a ... Read more

by News Service Report, Thursday, July 28, 2022 12:00 am

News

Thousands of North Carolina felons can now register and vote

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Tens of thousands of people serving punishments for felony convictions in North Carolina but who aren’t behind ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 11:34 pm

News

NC legislature idles for now on Medicaid expansion agreement

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — General Assembly leaders acknowledged on Tuesday that a compromise for North Carolina to finally embrace Medicaid expansion ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, July 26, 2022 12:56 am

Coronavirus

Biden tests positive for COVID-19, suffers ‘very mild symptoms’

By ZEKE MILLER, CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON  — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and went into isolation ... Read more

by News Service Report, Thursday, July 21, 2022 11:43 pm

Elections

Jan. 6 hearing: Trump spurned aides’ pleas to call off Capitol mob

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON — Despite desperate pleas from aides, allies, Republican congressional leaders and even his ... Read more

by News Service Report, Thursday, July 21, 2022 11:41 pm

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