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Patchy dense fog is developing across much of central NC, and low
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Rob Schofield: American freedom will be on the line this November

Rob Schofield: American freedom will be on the line this November

Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that Americans no longer have a constitutional right to control their own reproduction is a disaster of monumental proportions. Never before in U.S. history has the nation’s high court taken away such a well-established and long exercised fundamental right. Read more

Editorial: GOP support for gun bill offers hope

Fifteen Republicans in the Senate and 14 in the House joined with congressional Democrats last week to break more than 25 years of inaction on gun safety. That these Republicans, many of whom had ratings of A or A-plus from the National Rifle Association, defied the gun lobby with their support of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act suggests they saw the political peril in doing nothing about the gun violence gripping the country.  Read more

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Appeals court throws out NC insurance magnate's convictions

Appeals court throws out NC insurance magnate's convictions

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out the 2020 conspiracy and bribery convictions of a major political donor in North Carolina and his associate, declaring that the trial judge erred in his jury instructions.

NC GOP unveils budget; House backs Medicaid expansion path

NC GOP unveils budget; House backs Medicaid expansion path

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders on Tuesday unveiled state budget adjustments for the coming year, proposing to spend or set aside billions in expected extra tax collections to raise worker pay, recruit companies, build more infrastructure and combat inflation.

Some cities nix July 4 fireworks for shortages, fire dangers

Some cities nix July 4 fireworks for shortages, fire dangers

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PHOENIX (AP) — The skies over a scattering of Western U.S. cities will stay dark for the third consecutive Fourth of July as some major fireworks displays are canceled again this year — some over wildfire concerns amid dry weather and others because of enduring pandemic-related staffing and …

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Big cats in urban jungle: LA mountain lions, Mumbai leopards
Nation

Big cats in urban jungle: LA mountain lions, Mumbai leopards

  • By CHRISTINA LARSON and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL - Associated Press
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Los Angeles and Mumbai, India, share many superlatives as pinnacles of cinema, fashion, and traffic congestion. But another similarity lurks in the shadows, most often seen at night walking silently on four paws.

Poland completes Belarus border wall to keep migrants out
World

Poland completes Belarus border wall to keep migrants out

  • By VANESSA GERA and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A year after migrants started crossing into the European Union from Belarus to Poland, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is expected to visit the border area on Thursday to mark the completion of a new steel wall.