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Crime

Davidson County deputy fired after assault on female charge

LEXINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy has been fired after he was accused of assaulting a female, authorities said. The Davidson County Sheriff’s ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, September 10, 2021 12:01 am

Nation/World

Tropical depression Mindy dumps rain along coast

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tropical depression Mindy dumped rain along the Georgia and South Carolina seacoasts Thursday during a trek across land before moving well ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, September 10, 2021 12:00 am

Coronavirus

Biden: Employers with more than 100 workers must require vaccinations or tests

By Zeke Miller Associated Press WASHINGTON — In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered sweeping new federal vaccine ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, September 10, 2021 12:00 am

Crime

Man wanted for murders in two North Carolina cities arrested

GREENSBORO (AP) — Police have apprehended a man wanted for homicides in two North Carolina cities over three days, according to a news release Thursday. ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, September 10, 2021 12:00 am

News

Sleeping toddler killed after 150 rounds fired into home

CHARLOTTE — Gunmen unloaded 150 rounds into a Charlotte home, killing a sleeping 3-year-old boy who became the latest victim of a deadly string of ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, September 8, 2021 11:56 pm

Nation/World

Ida deaths rise by 11 in New Orleans; Louisiana toll now 26

By Kevin McGill And Melinda Deslatte Associated Press HOUMA, La. — The death toll in Louisiana from Hurricane Ida rose to 26 Wednesday, after health ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, September 8, 2021 11:56 pm

Nation/World

Fighting Texas abortion law could be tough for federal gov’t

By Lindsay Whitehurst and Michael Balsamo Associated Press WASHINGTON — Foes of the new Texas law that bans most abortions have been looking to the ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, September 8, 2021 11:55 pm

Nation/World

COVID-19 surge in the US: The summer of hope ends in gloom

By Matthew Perrone snd Dee-Ann Durbin Associated Press WASHINGTON — The summer that was supposed to mark America’s independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, September 8, 2021 11:55 pm

News

North Carolina schools see major COVID spread as year begins

By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — North Carolina health officials on Tuesday released a report showing 170 ongoing COVID-19 clusters in K-12 ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, September 7, 2021 11:57 pm

Nation/World

In NYC after Ida, Biden calls climate ‘everybody’s crisis’

By Aamer Madhani and Darlene Superville Associated Press NEW YORK — President Joe Biden declared climate change has become “everybody’s crisis” on Tuesday as he ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, September 7, 2021 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Idaho hospitals begin rationing health care amid COVID surge

By Rebecca Boone Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — Idaho public health leaders announced Tuesday that they activated “crisis standards of care” allowing health care rationing ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, September 7, 2021 11:54 pm

Nation/World

New Orleans: Seniors left in dark, hot facilities after Ida

By Kevin McGill and Jeff Martin Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Officials in New Orleans will thoroughly inspect senior living apartments in the city in ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, September 6, 2021 11:56 pm

Nation/World

Jobless Americans will have few options as benefits expire

By Ken Sweet AP Business Writer NEW YORK — Millions of jobless Americans lost their unemployment benefits on Monday, leaving only a handful of economic ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, September 6, 2021 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Virginia is set to remove Richmond’s Lee statue on Wednesday

By Denise Lavoie Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — A towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, is set to come down ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, September 6, 2021 11:55 pm

College

No. 9 Notre Dame escapes with OT victory Florida State

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Notre Dame survived Florida State backup quarterback McKenzie Milton’s unlikely comeback on an emotional night when the Seminoles honored Bobby Bowden. ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, September 6, 2021 12:00 am

Racing

Denny Hamlin wins Southern 500 to open NASCAR Cup playoffs

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Denny Hamlin held off Kyle Larson after their cars hit nose to tail racing to the finish line Sunday night in ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, September 5, 2021 11:54 pm

Nation/World

Divers identify broken pipeline as source of Gulf oil spill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Divers at the site of an ongoing oil spill that appeared in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida have identified the ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, September 5, 2021 10:24 pm

News

Court rules NC Catholic school wrongfully fired gay substitute

CHARLOTTE (AP) — A gay substitute teacher was wrongfully fired by a Roman Catholic school in North Carolina after he announced in 2014 on social ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, September 5, 2021 10:11 pm

Nation/World

Rescue groups: US tally misses hundreds left in Afghanistan

By Julie Watson and Bernard Condon Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Veteran-led rescue groups say the Biden administration’s estimate that no more than 200 U.S. ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, September 4, 2021 11:55 pm

News

Cooper vetoes bill that would have prohibited release of donors’ identities

RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed legislation that would prohibit the public disclosure of donors to North Carolina-based nonprofits, calling the measure ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, September 4, 2021 12:00 am

News

Family sues Duke Energy over fatal tubing accident

DURHAM (AP) — A family that lost five members in a tubing accident on a North Carolina river is suing Duke Energy, saying the utility ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, September 4, 2021 12:00 am

Nation/World

Utility officials expect power to be restored in New Orleans by middle of next week

By REBECCA SANTANA, MELINDA DESLATTE and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Power should be restored to New Orleans by the middle of ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, September 4, 2021 12:00 am

News

State budget to take longer as GOP, Cooper seek consensus

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly is two months late on finalizing a two-year budget, even as ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, September 4, 2021 12:00 am

Education

Data: Majority of NC K-12 students taking state exams failed

RALEIGH (AP) — The majority of North Carolina public school students taking standardized state exams in reading, math and science last school year failed them, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, September 3, 2021 12:10 am

Nation/World

Ida’s remnants claim dozens of lives in the Northeast

By Bobby Caina Calvan, David Porter and Jennifer Peltz Associated Press NEW YORK — A stunned U.S. East Coast faced a rising death toll, surging ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, September 3, 2021 12:00 am

News

Few answers in school shooting at Mount Tabor

By Tom Foreman Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM  — State and local leaders offered encouragement and compassion Thursday to students and the mother of a high ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, September 3, 2021 12:00 am

News

Police reforms signed into law

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — A bipartisan police reform package was signed into law Thursday by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, emphasizing ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, September 3, 2021 12:00 am

Nation/World

Ida’s sweltering aftermath: No power, no water, no gasoline

By Kevin Mcgill, Chevel Johnson and Melinda Deslatte Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Hundreds of thousands of Louisianans sweltered in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, September 1, 2021 11:56 pm

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