June 2020 Archives

Minor leagues cancel 2020 baseball seasons

June 30, 2020 The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Baseball’s minor leagues canceled their seasons Tuesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the head of their governing body said more than half of the 160 teams were in danger of failing […]

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Gov. Roy Cooper will not announce school year plans at Wednesday briefing

June 30, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper will not announce his decision regarding the status of the 2020-21 school year on Wednesday. For weeks, Cooper had indicated he and his administration would make the announcement at the […]

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GOP lawmakers urge action after Russia-Afghanistan briefing

June 30, 2020 Zeke Miller, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eight Republican lawmakers attended a White House briefing about explosive allegations that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan — intelligence the White House insisted the […]

Hurricanes finally back on ice; Staal notes ‘different feel’

June 30, 2020 Cory Lavalette

Jordan Staal and some of his Carolina Hurricanes’ teammates returned to the ice for the first team-organized skate in more than three months, the latest step in NHL’s attempt to return and finish the 2019-20 […]

DPI candidate Truitt calls for local control of the reopening of N.C. schools

June 30, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – Catherine Truitt, the Republican nominee for N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction, outlined her approach to reopening North Carolina’s schools on Tuesday. Truitt currently serves as chancellor of nonprofit Western Governors University North Carolina […]

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