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Byron York: For Democrats, the word is 'transform'

Byron York: For Democrats, the word is 'transform'

Remember when Joe Biden ran for president in what commentators called the “centrist” lane of the Democratic primaries? The idea was that a “moderate” like Biden, unlike rival Bernie Sanders, would not push radical plans to completely change American society.  Read more

Gene Lyons: Today's political violence is real — but not new

Gene Lyons: Today's political violence is real — but not new

Every time I hear somebody say that America’s contemporary political climate is uniquely violent, I wonder, “Where were you during the Nixon years?” Too young to remember the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy? The Chicago police riot at the 1968 Democratic Convention? The killings at Kent State? A “Weatherman” bomb factory detonating in Greenwich Village? Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army? The 1992 Los Angeles riots ... Read more

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1 in 6 North Carolina adults have gotten COVID-19 booster

1 in 6 North Carolina adults have gotten COVID-19 booster

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — New state data shows more than 1.3 million of the roughly 8.2 million North Carolina adults who qualify for a COVID-19 booster shot — or one in six eligible residents — have gotten the extra protection against a virus that has killed about 775,000 Americans.

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1966 death of Doris Duke employee an accident, review finds

1966 death of Doris Duke employee an accident, review finds

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The city manager in Newport, Rhode Island, is standing by the city police department's review of the 1966 death of an employee of wealthy heiress Doris Duke that found that there is no new information that would change the result of the original investigation that determined it was an accident.

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President, VP and spouses help food kitchen for holiday

President, VP and spouses help food kitchen for holiday

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, helped a local food kitchen prepare Thanksgiving meals for the needy before leaving town — like millions of other Americans — to resume their family tradition of spending the holiday on tiny Nantucket island in Massachusetts.

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NC lawmakers John Szoka, Ben Clark launch congressional bids

NC lawmakers John Szoka, Ben Clark launch congressional bids

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina state Sen. Ben Clark announced Monday his run for U.S. House in the state's 4th Congressional District. He is looking to secure the Democratic nomination in a GOP-leaning district outside Raleigh that is expected to be one of the most competitive races in …

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New COVID variant threat causes worldwide scramble
World

New COVID variant threat causes worldwide scramble

  • By RAF CASERT and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

BRUSSELS (AP) — Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is racing to contain a new coronavirus variant potentially more dangerous than the one that has fueled relentless waves of infection on nearly every continent.

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World races to contain new COVID threat, the omicron variant
World

World races to contain new COVID threat, the omicron variant

  • By RAF CASERT and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world raced Friday to contain a new coronavirus variant potentially more dangerous than the one that has fueled relentless waves of infection on nearly every continent.

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Solomon Islands violence recedes but not underlying tension
World

Solomon Islands violence recedes but not underlying tension

  • By DAVID RISING and ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Violence receded Friday in the capital of the Solomon Islands, but the government showed no signs of addressing the underlying grievances that sparked two days of riots, including concerns about the country's increasing links with China.