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US budget deficit for current year hits record $2.1 trillion

June 17, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. budget deficit hit a record $2.06 trillion through the first eight months of this budget year as coronavirus relief programs drove spending to all-time highs. The shortfall this year is […]

‘This is a part of me’: Rod Brind’Amour, Hurricanes agree to 3-year contract extension

June 17, 2021

RALEIGH — Rod Brind’Amour might not be anywhere near the NHL’s highest-paid coach, but that’s clearly not everything to someone who has made “being a Hurricane” a cornerstone of his life. “Finances and money, that’s […]

High court sides with Catholic agency in foster care dispute

June 17, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religious views prevent it from working with same-sex couples as foster parents. The justices said the […]

Biden, Putin discuss ambassadors, nuclear weapons and more

June 17, 2021

Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin of Russia spent more than three hours discussing issues Wednesday at their summit in Geneva. They ticked through their respective lists so quickly and in such “excruciating detail,” Biden […]

Biden to sign bill making ‘Juneteenth’ a federal holiday

June 17, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden is set to sign legislation into law Thursday to make ‘Juneteenth,’ or June 19, the 12th federal holiday. The House voted 415-14 on Wednesday to send the bill to […]

Anthony Bourdain doc ‘an act of therapy’ for an acute loss

June 17, 2021

NEW YORK — When the filmmaker Morgan Neville began making a documentary on Anthony Bourdain, the late chef and globe-trotting television host, one of the first things he did was comb through every song Bourdain […]

CAMPBELL: Pre-K school programs need transparency

June 17, 2021

The proposed state budget includes increased funding for the North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten Program. N.C. Pre-K is built upon a system of existing childcare centers, public schools and Head Starts that provide high-quality pre-k for eligible […]

Editors of Hong Kong newspaper arrested under security law

June 17, 2021

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police used a sweeping national security law Thursday to arrest five editors and executives of a pro-democracy newspaper on charges of colluding with foreign powers — the first time the […]

Southwest still struggling with flight delays, cancellations

June 17, 2021

DALLAS — Passengers on Southwest Airlines had to deal with canceled flights and delays for a third day on Wednesday, as the airline tried to recover from technology problems that started earlier this week. By […]

GOP governors tie economy to pragmatic approach to coronavirus

June 17, 2021

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. — Republican governors running for reelection have begun trumpeting the party’s more pragmatic approach to the coronavirus pandemic, trying to flip the script on an issue that Democrats say helped narrowly win […]

Cassill to be first NASCAR driver paid in cryptocurrency

June 17, 2021

CHARLOTTE — Landon Cassill will be the first NASCAR driver paid entirely in cryptocurrency in a sponsorship deal with Voyager that begins at Nashville Superspeedway this weekend. Voyager, a cryptocurrency brokerage platform, reached a 19-race […]

Democrats divided between former chief justice, state senator as best U.S. Senate choice

June 17, 2021

RALEIGH — The Democratic primary for North Carolina’s 2022 U.S. Senate race is shaping up as a battle with two camps: those who believe Cheri Beasley, the first black female Supreme Court justice, would be […]

Charlotte talk-radio host Brett Winterble links past, present during Rush Limbaugh Show

June 17, 2021

CHARLOTTE — WBT radio’s afternoon host Brett Winterble said he learned a lot about business, life and more in his near decade working for the late Rush Limbaugh – and the opportunity to honor his […]

MOORE: The insurrection in Chicago

June 17, 2021

Almost exactly a year ago, race riots paralyzed more than a dozen of America’s great cities, from New York to Seattle. The smoke hasn’t gone away. As we should have learned from the last episode […]

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