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Jon Super / AP

1:37pm Sep 28, 2021

World News World News

The British Government Prepares To Use Army Truck Drivers To Help With Gas Crisis

by Frank Langfitt

Motorists roam greater London in search of open gas stations. The government insists the U.K. is not facing a fuel shortage, just a shortage of drivers who can deliver it to the pump.
Floriane Acouetey

11:40am Mar 07, 2021

World News World News Health & Safety

The Pandemic Pushed This Farmer Into Deep Poverty. Then Something Amazing Happened

by Malaka Gharib

Togo wanted to distribute millions of dollars to its citizens in dire straits. There was just one daunting problem: How could it identify the neediest of the needy?
Akhtar Soomro / Reuters

12:51pm Jan 29, 2021

World News World News Health & Safety

Pakistan's Vaccine Worries: Rich People And Conspiracy Theorists

by Diaa Hadid

The fifth most populous country has put strategies in place to address anti-vaccine sentiment and prevent elites from using their influence to obtain government vaccines.

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Laurent Cipriani / AP

10:55pm Oct 13, 2020

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Europe Reports Record-High 700,000 COVID-19 Cases Last Week, WHO Says

by Reese Oxner

Europe's cases surged by 36% compared with the prior week. Across Europe, many countries are trying to slow the spread of the coronavirus but avoid a national lockdown.
12:32pm Jul 29, 2020

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Cooper Bans Alcohol Sales At Restaurants After 11 p.m.

by Associated Press

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7:50pm Nov 06, 2019

National National

The Man Who Popularized The 'Deep State' Doesn't Like The Way It's Used

Meet Mike Lofgren, a long-time congressional staffer who describes himself as a political independent. He says the current discourse has turned his notion of a 'deep state' into a 'Frankenstein.'

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4:09pm Mar 29, 2019

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New Ninth District Congressional Election Could Top $1.2 Million

by Emery P. Dalesio, Associated Press
10:43am Mar 29, 2019

Courts Courts Politics & Government

Fact Check: NC Sheriff Is Correct, ICE detainers Are Not Valid Warrants

by Matthew Riley and Paul Specht, Politifact NC
4:05pm Mar 28, 2019

Politics & Government Politics & Government

Proposals Would Expand LGBT Protections In North Carolina

by Paul Garber

Gay rights advocates and their supporters at the legislature say expanding discrimination protections and repealing remnants of the North Carolina "bathroom bill" will make clear that LGBT people a
10:50am Mar 28, 2019

Education Education Politics & Government

North Carolina House Agrees To Repeal Corporal Punishment In School

by Associated Press
1:13pm Mar 27, 2019

Politics & Government Politics & Government

Bill Making North Carolina Sheriffs Work With ICE Advances

by Associated Press
3:13pm Mar 22, 2019

Politics & Government Politics & Government

Fact Check: By Supporting Trump, Tillis Completely Reverses Course

by Paul Specht, Politifact NC

Sen. Thom Tillis recently made news for doing something especially taboo in politics: He changed his mind.

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