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Tiny town in North Carolina honors towering Andre The Giant with roadside marker
Andre The Giant, a towering menace in the wrestling ring but a gentle giant on the movie screen, is being honored with a roadside marker in his beloved adopted small town in North Carolina.
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The Trump administration wants to gut coal ash cleanup rules
“The Trump administration just took a sledgehammer to the health protections in place for toxic coal pollution,” said Lisa Evans, senior counsel at environmental group Earthjustice. “This is yet another handout to the coal power industry at the expense of our health, water, and wallets.”
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North Carolina’s most powerful leader, Phil Berger, concedes primary loss
North Carolina’s most influential politician, Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger, conceded the primary race for his seat to Sam Page on Tuesday.
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Roy Cooper, Michael Whatley clinch US Senate primaries in North Carolina
This fall’s US Senate race in North Carolina between Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley could determine which party controls Congress’ upper chamber.
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US Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs
In a major defeat for Trump, the majority on the US Supreme Court found that it’s unconstitutional for the president to unilaterally set and change tariffs because taxation power clearly belongs to Congress.
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Buddhist monks’ ‘Walk for Peace’ arrives in Washington
The Buddhist monks have become fixtures on social media, along with their rescue dog Aloka, as they traveled to Washington, DC. Their trek included multiple stops in North Carolina.
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says
Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press.
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NC town to return historic cultural site to the Cherokee
The town of Franklin, NC, took the steps this week to return a crucial cultural site to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Here’s what to know.
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US capture of Maduro divides Latin America, thrilling Trump’s allies and threatening his foes
Saturday’s bombings in Venezuela and the capture of Maduro — as well as Trump’s vow that Washington would “run” Venezuela and seize control of its oil sector — galvanized opposite sides of the polarized continent.
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North Carolina’s ‘education governor,’ Jim Hunt, dies at 88
Four-term North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt, a towering figure in North Carolina politics in the late 20th century who helped leaders from both major parties strive for public education reform, died Thursday at the age of 88, his daughter Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt announced. Hunt, whose career provided a prototype for the modern “education governor,” served an unprecedented…
