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Uvalde school police chief on leave after mass shooting

By Jake Bleiberg Associated Press DALLAS — The Uvalde school district’s police chief was put on leave Wednesday following allegations that he erred in his ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, June 22, 2022 11:55 pm

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North Carolina sports betting legislation falters in House

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Legislation that would have authorized sports betting across all of North Carolina fell apart late Wednesday as ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, June 22, 2022 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Biden says decision on gas tax holiday may come this week

By Aamer Madhani and Josh Boak Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — President Joe Biden said Monday that he will decide by the end of ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, June 20, 2022 11:27 pm

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SC lawmaker who voted to impeach Trump loses House seat after faltering in GOP primary

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — U.S. Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina has been ousted from Congress in his Republican primary after ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, June 15, 2022 12:00 am

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State briefs: Two killed, four hurt when car hits golf cart just north of Statesville

STATESVILLE (AP) — A man and 5-year-old boy were killed and four others were critically injured Monday night when a car crossed the center line ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, June 14, 2022 11:51 pm

Nation/World

Federal court: Charter school in Leland can’t require girls to wear skirts

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A North Carolina charter school violated female students’ constitutional rights by requiring them to wear skirts, a federal appeals court ruled ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, June 14, 2022 11:49 pm

Nation/World

Jan. 6 panel hears: Trump ‘detached from reality’ in defeat

By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s closest campaign advisers, top government officials and even his family were dismantling ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, June 13, 2022 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Bear market hits Wall Street as stocks, bonds, crypto dive

By Stan Choe AP Business Writer NEW YORK — Wall Street tumbled into what’s called a bear market Monday after fears about a fragile economy ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, June 13, 2022 11:55 pm

Nation/World

1/6 panel: Told repeatedly he lost, Trump refused to go

By Lisa Mascaro and Eric Tucker Associated Press WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was told the same thing over and over, by his campaign team, the ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, June 11, 2022 11:55 pm

Nation/World

‘Enough is enough’: Thousands demand new gun safety laws

By Ashraf Khalil and Darlene Superville Associated Press WASHINGTON — Thousands of people rallied on the National Mall and across the United States on Saturday ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, June 11, 2022 11:55 pm

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NC Democrats, gun-control advocates again seek GOP action

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina Democratic legislators and gun-control advocates pleaded Thursday for Republicans to allow debate and pass measures ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, June 10, 2022 12:00 am

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State briefs: Two arrested after 10 dead dogs found in truck

Associated Press CARTHAGE — A man and a woman from Texas have been charged with animal cruelty after deputies in North Carolina found 10 dead ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, June 10, 2022 12:00 am

Nation/World

More bodies found in Mariupol as global food crisis looms

By Bernat Armangué and Yuras Karmanau Associated Press BAKHMUT, Ukraine — Workers pulled scores of bodies from smashed buildings in an “endless caravan of death” ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, June 8, 2022 11:55 pm

Nation/World

4th grade Uvalde survivor: ‘I don’t want it to happen again’

By Farnoush Amiri and Kevin Freking Associated Press WASHINGTON — An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, June 8, 2022 11:55 pm

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$3M settlement reached in lawsuit over Black man’s death

By Tom Foreman Jr. Associated Press A North Carolina sheriff’s office announced a $3 million settlement on Monday in a lawsuit filed by the family ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, June 6, 2022 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Abbott restarts baby formula plant linked to contamination

By Matthew Perrone AP Health Writer WASHINGTON — Abbott Nutrition has restarted production at the Michigan baby formula factory that has been closed for months ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, June 4, 2022 11:48 pm

Nation/World

As Ukraine loses troops, how long can it keep up the fight?

By John Leicester and Hanna Arhirova Associated Press ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine — As soon as they had finished burying a veteran colonel killed by Russian shelling, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, June 4, 2022 11:46 pm

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Teachers after Texas attack: ‘None of us are built for this’

By John Raby Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Teacher Jessica Salfia was putting up graduation balloons last month at her West Virginia high school when ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, June 4, 2022 11:45 pm

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NC Senate Democrats pitch $200 ‘gas tax rebate’

RALEIGH (AP) — Democrats in the state Senate on Thursday pitched their proposal to give $200 tax rebates to motorists in North Carolina, who are ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, June 3, 2022 12:00 am

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State bill seeks reimbursements, standards on ‘forever chemicals’

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — State regulators would set maximum acceptable levels of “forever chemicals” — like those discharged for decades into ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, June 3, 2022 12:00 am

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NC parents’ bill blocking K-3 LGBTQ curriculum clears Senate

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina “Parents’ Bill of Rights” legislation that in part would prohibit instruction about sexual orientation and ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, June 1, 2022 11:57 pm

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NC parents’ bill with LGBTQ limits going to Senate floor

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Republican legislation that supporters argue would give North Carolina parents more say over their children’s public schooling ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, May 31, 2022 11:37 pm

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Language to keep NC hemp industry going approved by Senate

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s hemp industry would become permanently exempt from the state’s controlled substances law in omnibus agricultural legislation approved unanimously by the ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, May 31, 2022 11:36 pm

Nation/World

EU leaders agree to ban 90% of Russian oil by year-end

By Samuel Petrequin and Lorne Cook Associated Press BRUSSELS — European Union leaders agreed Monday to embargo most Russian oil imports into the bloc by ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, May 30, 2022 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Uvalde: Visitations, funerals and burials, one after another

By Adriana Gomez Licon Associated Press UVALDE, Texas — It should have been the first day of a joyous week for Robb Elementary School students ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, May 30, 2022 11:55 pm

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Uvalde a mix of pride and anger as it grieves school attack

By Elliot Spagat Associated Press UVALDE, Texas — Days after a local man burst into an elementary school and killed 19 children and two teachers ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 28, 2022 11:56 pm

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Russia takes small cities, aims to widen east Ukraine battle

By Yuras Karmanau and Elena Becatoros Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — As Russia asserted progress in its goal of seizing the entirety of contested eastern ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 28, 2022 11:55 pm

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VP Harris tells Buffalo mourners: ‘We will come together’

By Susan Haigh and Patrick Semansky Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Mourners laid to rest the last of 10 Black people killed in a racist ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 28, 2022 11:55 pm

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