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Sports

Hurricanes get goals from 6 players to beat Blue Jackets

By Mitch Stacy AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio — Six different Carolina players scored, James Reimer had 17 stops and the Hurricanes outdueled the Columbus ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, February 7, 2021 9:51 pm

Sports

Ustby, 3-point shooting help UNC upset No. 4 NC State 76-69

By Aaron Beard AP Basketball Writer CHAPEL HILL — Alyssa Ustby and her North Carolina teammates heeded their coach’s call for a performance worthy of ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, February 7, 2021 9:42 pm

Sports

Rozier scores 26, Hayward 25 as Hornets rout Wizards 119-97

By Steve Reed AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE — Terry Rozier has quickly put an ankle injury behind him. Rozier looked as fast and aggressive as ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, February 7, 2021 9:37 pm

Nation/World

Calls grow for US to rely on rapid tests to fight pandemic

By Matthew Perrone AP Health Writer WASHINGTON — When a Halloween party sparked a COVID-19 outbreak at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, school ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, February 6, 2021 11:17 pm

News

NC Supreme Court: Dan Forest can sue over 2012 political ad

By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld a split decision by a lower court to allow ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, February 6, 2021 10:47 pm

Education

State education board approves new social studies standards for K-12 students

RALEIGH (AP) — The Democratic majority of North Carolina’s Board of Education has voted to adopt new K-12 social studies standards that would have teachers ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, February 6, 2021 12:00 am

Coronavirus

Coronavirus cases drop at homes for elderly, infirm

By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Coronavirus cases have dropped at U.S. nursing homes and other long-term care facilities over the past ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, February 6, 2021 12:00 am

Elections

State Supreme Court rules Dan Forest can sue over 2012 political ad

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld a split decision by a lower court to ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, February 6, 2021 12:00 am

Crime

Update: Suspect, woman killed in High Point standoff; 3 police officers wounded by gunfire

HIGH POINT (AP) — A man who barricaded himself inside a house with a woman and two children shot and wounded three police officers who ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, February 5, 2021 10:38 am

Business

Consulting firm to pay nearly $600 million for role in opioid crisis

By Geoff Mulvihill Associated Press The global consulting firm McKinsey & Company agreed to pay nearly $600 million for its role in advising businesses on ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, February 5, 2021 12:00 am

Faith

Catholic dioceses amassed taxpayer aid despite billions of dollars in the bank

By Reese Dunklin and Michael Rezendes Associated Press When the coronavirus forced churches to close their doors and give up Sunday collections, the Roman Catholic ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, February 5, 2021 12:00 am

Local

State OKs COVID relief bill; school reopening part of $1.6 billion legislative effort

By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approved a coronavirus relief bill  that sends federal money ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, February 5, 2021 12:00 am

Crime

Assistant principal of Statesville school facing sex charge

STATESVILLE (AP) — An assistant principal at an elementary school has been charged with second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, police said Thursday. Mooresville police ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, February 5, 2021 12:00 am

Nation/World

Biden flexible on who gets aid, tells lawmakers to ‘go big’

By Lisa Mascaro and Josh Boak Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden encouraged Democratic lawmakers to “act fast” on his $1.9 trillion COVID rescue ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, February 3, 2021 11:55 pm

News

NC Senate OK’s bill distributing federal COVID relief money

By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — North Carolina state senators on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill to distribute money the state has ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, February 3, 2021 11:55 pm

Nation/World

Study finds COVID-19 vaccine may reduce virus transmission

By Danica Kirka and Lauran Neergaard Associated Press AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine shows a hint that it may reduce transmission of the virus and offers strong ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, February 3, 2021 11:55 pm

Nation/World

House Dems make case for conviction; Trump denies charges

By Eric Tucker and Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press WASHINGTON — Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, February 2, 2021 11:50 pm

Nation/World

Biden boosting vaccine allotments, financing for virus costs

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Zeke Miller Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday that it is moving to expand access to COVID-19 ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, February 2, 2021 11:45 pm

Coronavirus

Biden invites GOP lawmakers to White House virus relief talk

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has agreed to meet a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed spending about one-third of the $1.9 ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, January 31, 2021 11:43 pm

News

Vanderbilt provost to be president at Wake Forest University

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Wake Forest University has chosen Vanderbilt University provost and vice chancellor Susan Wente as its new president. Wake Forest’s board of trustees ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, January 31, 2021 11:09 pm

News

NC prisons offer incentives for offenders to get vaccine

RALEIGH (AP) — Most North Carolina prisoners can get five days knocked off their sentences if they receive COVID-19 vaccinations, state corrections officials said on ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, January 30, 2021 10:50 pm

News

NC political worker pleads not guilty to charges

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — A political operative accused by North Carolina authorities of orchestrating an absentee ballot fraud operation in a ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, January 30, 2021 10:48 pm

Business

GameStop soars again; Wall Street bends under the pressure

By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Another bout of selling gripped the U.S. stock market Friday, as anxiety mounts ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, January 30, 2021 12:00 am

Crime

Lexington man accused of messaging child for sex

LEXINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man solicited a child for sex in exchange for money by sending a social media text message, a sheriff’s ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, January 30, 2021 12:00 am

Crime

Political worker pleads not guilty to charges from 2018 election

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — A political operative accused by North Carolina authorities of orchestrating an absentee ballot fraud operation in ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, January 30, 2021 12:00 am

Coronavirus

One-shot vaccine proves effective, but not as much against mutated version of virus

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and LINDA A. JOHNSON Associated Press The first one-shot COVID-19 vaccine provides good protection against the illness, Johnson & Johnson reported in ... Read more

by News Service Report, Saturday, January 30, 2021 12:00 am

Coronavirus

Cooper working to help overcome hesitancy of some to vaccine

By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America PITTSBORO — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday visited Piedmont Health SeniorCare in Pittsboro to gather ideas ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, January 29, 2021 12:00 am

Nation/World

GOP seeks to split $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan into smaller chunks

By Lisa Mascaro and Josh Boak Associated Press WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress and the White House rejected a Republican pitch to split President Joe ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, January 29, 2021 12:00 am

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