The cuts to federal social safety net programs like SNAP and Medicaid have been widely reported. What do they mean for North Carolina seniors on Medicare?
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The ruling was a win for immigrant advocacy groups that sued over the president's order, which they say put thousands of lives at risk.
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President Trump's sweeping budget bill just passed the Senate. It would cut trillions in taxes. It also would make the biggest cuts to the social safety net in decades – to things like food aid.
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AAA anticipates that a record 72.2 million people will travel this holiday weekend. Here's how to prepare if you're one of them.
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A federal jury in Manhattan has found hip-hop mogul Sean Combs guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He was found not guilty on more serious charges.
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Jacob Soboroff of NBC News says the Trump administration promised to deport the "worst of the worst" criminal immigrants, but is now detaining undocumented workers with no serious criminal record.
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The music mogul was found guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution, but the jury found him not guilty on three counts related to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.
Arts & Culture
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A fan at a Green Day concert was invited onstage to play along with the band — only to start playing someone else's music.
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This week's highest debuts on the Billboard 200 albums chart — Benson Boone's American Heart, Karol G's Tropicoqueta and the soundtrack to Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters — all land in the top 10. But they don't come anywhere near displacing Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem.
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When WBOR station manager Mason Daugherty got a notification of a spike in listenership to his small station off the charts, he assumed it was spam. However, after a little digging, he found out that it was legitimate.
Economy
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Waffle House has dropped its 50 cent surcharge on eggs as supplies rebound. The chain added the temporary charge in February, when avian flu sent egg prices to record highs.
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The U.S. dollar has suffered its worst first six months of a year in more than five decades.
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Work requirements for Medicaid are proposed as a way to cut costs in the big budget bill. Studies find they achieve cost savings by kicking off legitimate beneficiaries because of a paperwork burden.