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(The Center Square) – Democrat Roy Cooper leads Republican Michael Whatley 50%-42% in a new poll released Thursday on North Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat race.
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(The Center Square) – Telling a former Democratic Charlotte councilwoman the public “is tired of being ripped off,” a federal judge rejected a more lenient plea agreement and sent the defendant to prison for 10 months.
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(The Center Square) – Born just 14 miles across the state line, country music queen Dolly Parton will be honored by multiple entities in North Carolina on Friday on a date coinciding with one of her most iconic, socially impactful and commercially successful anthems.
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(The Center Square) – Ten Democrats, including two women, were missing in action Wednesday as the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. Senate heard testimony and questioned witnesses on the protection of women’s sports.
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(The Center Square) – Prisha Mosley, in pursuit of medical malpractice against a plastic surgeon, two licensed counselors and a physician among eight defendants, is optimistic for Tuesday’s oral arguments at the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
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(The Center Square) – On the same day second-term Republican President Donald Trump called out the United Nations for silence on the persecution of Christians, a North Carolina senator was on the floor in Washington calling out China’s war on religious freedom ahead of its president coming to America.
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(The Center Square) – Dissatisfaction with second-term Republican President Donald Trump, and belief that issues such as the economy and gas prices could be handled better by the minority party are reflected in a new poll and generating sparks of optimism for Democrats in North Carolina's pivotal congressional midterm elections.
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(The Center Square) – Mass grant terminations will not be carried out by AmeriCorps, and large-scale staff cuts beyond those already planned will not be executed as well, according to a settlement involving the federal agency for national service and volunteering and North Carolina.
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(The Center Square) – Nearly two years to the day remnants of Hurricane Helene brought arguably the worst natural disaster in North Carolina history, the Atlantic hurricane season was yet to have its first through Monday – snapping a 112-year-old record.
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