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Nation/World

Colonial Pipeline confirms it paid $4.4M to hackers

By Cathy Bussewitz The Associated Press NEW YORK — The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, May 19, 2021 11:15 pm

Nation/World

Freaked by cicada swarms? You could just stick a fork in ’em

By Mark Kennedy AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK — Cicadas are poised to infest whole swaths of American backyards this summer. Maybe it’s time they ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, May 19, 2021 11:14 pm

News

Prosecutor finds deputies justified in shooting of Black man

By Ben Finley and Jonathan Drew Associated Press ELIZABETH CITY — A North Carolina prosecutor said Tuesday that sheriff’s deputies were justified in fatally shooting ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, May 18, 2021 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Palestinians go on strike as Israel-Hamas fighting rages

By Fares Akram and Ravi Nessman Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories went on strike in a ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, May 18, 2021 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Israel strikes Gaza tunnels as truce efforts remain elusive

By Fares Akram and Ravi Nessman Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military unleashed another heavy wave of airstrikes Monday on the ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, May 17, 2021 11:13 pm

Nation/World

Supreme Court to take up major abortion rights challenge

By Mark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to a showdown over abortion in a case that could dramatically alter nearly ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, May 17, 2021 11:11 pm

Nation/World

Biden boosting world vaccine sharing commitment to 80M doses

By Zeke Miller Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S. will share an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, May 17, 2021 11:10 pm

Coronavirus

CDC director says mask turnaround based solely on science

Associated Press The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday defended the decision to ease mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, May 16, 2021 11:50 pm

Sports

Hurricanes, Preds set to open first-round playoff series

RALEIGH (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have gone from being mired in a nearly decade-long playoff drought to a division champion armed with postseason experience ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, May 16, 2021 11:40 pm

Sports

Wiz to face Celtics after beating Hornets for 8th in East

WASHINGTON (AP) — It wasn’t until about 30 minutes before tipoff that Bradley Beal told coach Scott Brooks he could play for the Washington Wizards ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, May 16, 2021 11:34 pm

Racing

Bowman parks 48 in familiar spot in victory lane at Dover

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Moments after he smoked the field at Dover, Alex Bowman channeled fictional goofball NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby as flames simmered under ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, May 16, 2021 11:31 pm

Nation/World

‘Shocking and horrifying’: Israel destroys AP office in Gaza

By Josef Federman Associated Press JERUSALEM — An Israeli airstrike on Saturday destroyed a high-rise building that housed The Associated Press office in the Gaza ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 15, 2021 11:11 pm

Nation/World

Pipeline operator says “normal operations” have resumed

ATLANTA (AP) — The operator of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline — hit on May 7th by a ransomware attack — announced Saturday that it ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 15, 2021 11:09 pm

News

$9M settlement for two men wrongfully sent to death row

RALEIGH (AP) — Lawyers representing two former North Carolina sheriff’s deputies agreed on Friday to a $9 million settlement with two intellectually disabled half brothers ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 15, 2021 12:00 am

Nation/World

China lands spacecraft on Mars in latest advance for its space program

BEIJING (AP) — China has landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time in the latest advance for its space program. The official Xinhua ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 15, 2021 12:00 am

Business

Gas crunch hits Washington; Colonial Pipeline paid nearly $5 million in Bitcoin ransom

By JEFF MARTIN, FRANK BAJAK and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press Gas shortages at the pumps have spread from the South, all but emptying stations in ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 15, 2021 12:00 am

Coronavirus

State mostly returns to normal operations after 15 months of lockdowns, restrictions

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday immediately ended the state’s capacity limits on businesses and nearly all ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, May 15, 2021 12:00 am

Coronavirus

Auditors find oversight lacking for $3 billion of state’s pandemic aid

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration failed to thoroughly monitor how $3.1 billion in federal coronavirus relief ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, May 14, 2021 12:00 am

Nation/World

When will gas situation return to normal?

By Cathy Bussewitz and Eric Tucker Associated Press WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest fuel pipeline is flowing again after the company that runs it was ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, May 14, 2021 12:00 am

News

GOP measure on penalties for rioting draws fire

RALEIGH (AP) — Several Black activists blasted on Thursday a Republican measure from the North Carolina House that would increase penalties for rioters, calling it ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, May 14, 2021 12:00 am

News

Black high school softball player told to cut hair

Associated Press RALEIGH — The Durham school system has called for a rule change after a Black softball player was told to cut her hair ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, May 14, 2021 12:00 am

Coronavirus

CDC: Fully vaccinated people can largely ditch masks indoors

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move to send the country back toward pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday eased indoor ... Read more

by News Service Report, Thursday, May 13, 2021 2:37 pm

Nation/World

Colonial Pipeline restarts operations days after major hack

By Cathy Bussewitz, Ben Finley and Tom Foreman Jr. Associated Press CLEMMONS — The nation’s largest fuel pipeline restarted operations Wednesday, days after it was ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, May 12, 2021 11:52 pm

Nation/World

Ohio’s million-dollar idea: Lottery prizes for vaccinations

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled a lottery system Wednesday to entice people to get COVID-19 shots, offering ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, May 12, 2021 11:50 pm

Nation/World

GOP dumps defiant Trump critic Cheney from top House post

By Alan Fram and Kevin Freking Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans dumped GOP Rep. Liz Cheney from her House leadership post Wednesday for her persistent ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, May 12, 2021 11:47 pm

Nation/World

Israel steps up Gaza offensive, kills senior Hamas figures

By Fares Akram and Josef Federman Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel on Wednesday pressed ahead with a fierce military offensive in the ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, May 12, 2021 11:42 pm

Nation/World

Gas stations report shortages as pipeline shutdown drags on

By Cathy Bussewitz, Jeff Amy and Bobby Caina Calvan Associated Press CHAMBLEE, Ga. — More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, May 11, 2021 11:44 pm

News

Lawyers: Black man didn’t drive into deputies who shot him

By Ben Finley and Jonathan Drew Associated Press ELIZABETH CITY — Lawyers for relatives of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man fatally shot by deputies, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, May 11, 2021 11:43 pm

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