Thomas Farr, a longtime North Carolina redistricting and election law attorney who regularly defended Republican interests but whose 2018 federal judgeship nomination was scuttled by two GOP senators, has died, a legal colleague said Tuesday. He was 69. Farr died on Monday following a series of heart problems, according to Phil Strach, a fellow election law attorney who said he …
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One person was hospitalized after reports of a shooting at a residence hall at North Carolina Central University, police said. Police were called to Lawson Street Residence Complex at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from the university in Durham. The school was placed on lockdown, and a campus alert was issued warning those in the area of …
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A massive spike in applications to North Carolina’s school voucher program means most higher-income families won’t receive financial help for the coming year even though the General Assembly did away with income caps on the program. There simply isn’t enough money to accommodate a six-fold increase to 72,000 new applicants this year, all seeking subsidies to …
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North Carolina State University in Raleigh continues to investigate student and alumni exposure to concerning levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a probable carcinogen, in one of its campus buildings that the school officially shut down in November of last year. More than 150 cancer cases in people who attended classes at Poe Hall have been reported to local news outlet …
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Enrollment in North Carolina’s new Medicaid coverage for low-income adults has surpassed 400,000 in the expansion program’s first four months, Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Monday. The full health benefits coverage for some adults ages 19-64 who earn too much to qualify for traditional Medicaid began on Dec. 1, roughly two months after lawmakers completed their last step to implement …
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign says the independent presidential candidate has moved a step closer to his goal of getting on the ballot in all 50 states. The campaign of the longtime environmental activist and high-profile vaccine skeptic, who is the scion of the nation’s most storied political dynasty, on Monday announced that it had collected the necessary number of …
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A member of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors addressed concerns about requiring standardized tests in the admissions process, citing a lack of evidence that they discriminate on the “basis of race” and other orientations. During a virtual meeting held by the UNC Board of Governors on Wednesday, they discussed the next steps in the college admission …
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A local North Carolina radio host responded to claims from the White House that press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did not hang up on him during an interview. “There’s no question in my mind [that] she hung up,” 99.3 WBT Charlotte News Director Mark Garrison said on “America’s Newsroom” Thursday. “Look, I’ve done lots of these kinds of interviews before where …
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A TikTok user recently revealed that she was fired from her position at Starbucks over her Christian values – and she’s now speaking out about it. Taylor Trice, who posts videos under the handle @edbl22, spoke to Fox News Digital about her 2022 termination on Wednesday. She explained that she was initially interested in working at Starbucks because it offered …
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Karine Jean-Pierre ended an interview with a local North Carolina radio station on Tuesday rather suddenly, to the surprise of the reporter and host. The White House press secretary spoke to 99.3 WBT Charlotte News Director Mark Garrison ahead of President Biden’s visit to Raleigh. Garrison spoke on “The Brett Winterble Show” about the experience, where clips from the interview …
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