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Democrats look at the possibility of flipping Ted Cruz's Senate seat in 2024

4:55pm July 17, 2023

by Ashley Lopez

Democrats are eyeing some Senate seats they could potentially flip. One of them is in deep-red Texas, where Republican Ted Cruz faces reelection in 2024.

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All 44 homes in a North Carolina subdivision will be required to fly an American flag

4:55pm July 17, 2023

by Lisa Worf

The American flag must be flown every day in a new North Carolina subdivision that's being built for people over 55. But can you require patriotism?

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It was great while it lasted: Dead and Company has concluded final tour in California

4:55pm July 17, 2023

by Vic Vela

The Grateful Dead's offshoot band, Dead and Company, concluded its final tour in California on Sunday. For fans and vendors who have been following the bands for decades, it's the end of an era.

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Florida's idea to use radioactive waste in road construction is unsafe, critics say

4:55pm July 17, 2023

by Greg Allen

Florida wants to start taking mountains of waste material from phosphate mining to use in road construction. The hitch: It's mildly radioactive, and environmental groups say it poses a health risk.

How fans of icebox cakes are coping without key ingredient: Nabisco chocolate wafers

4:55pm July 17, 2023

by Deena Prichep

While Nabisco didn't invent the icebox cake, they popularized an iconic version using their chocolate wafers. But the cookie has been discontinued, sending fans looking for substitutes.

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John Kindschuh is now a father of three children.

John was talking with a fellow patient — who noticed his speech rapidly declining

4:33pm July 17, 2023

In 2013, John Kindschuh was admitted to a hospital in St. Louis with dizziness. His roommate alerted staff that his condition — later diagnosed as a massive stroke — was deteriorating.

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The family of Mallory Beach says a Parker's convenience store in South Carolina neglected to verify the age and identity of Paul Murdaugh when he bought alcohol there in February 2019 and was later Murdaugh driving a boat when it crashed, killing Beach.

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Murdaugh boat crash suit ends in a $15 million settlement for family of teen who died

2:21pm July 17, 2023

by Bill Chappell

At the time of the 2019 crash, Paul Murdaugh was drunk and driving his family's boat, witnesses say. Mallory Beach's family got a settlement from a store that sold alcohol to an underage Murdaugh.

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What lessons can be learned from the 1980 actors strike?

5:13am July 17, 2023

by A Martínez

NPR's A Martinez talks with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz about the lessons that can be learned from the 1980 actors strike as a new strike is now underway.

The Crayon 301 NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon (pictured) was canceled Sunday and postponed until Monday due to inclement weather.

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Flash floods kill at least 5 people in Pennsylvania as storms sweep the Northeast

8:29pm July 16, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

More than 40 million people across the Northeast were at moderate risk of excessive rainfall on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.

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Rural voters lean red, young voters lean blue. So what's a young, rural voter to do?

5:06pm July 16, 2023

Democrats are aiming to make gains in North Carolina in 2024. And that path to victory in the state runs through its small towns and youngest voters. Here's where some of them stand.