July 2020 Archives

Hawley draws hard line on Supreme Court nominees, abortion

July 31, 2020 The Associated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley on Thursday said he’ll only vote to confirm U.S. Supreme Court nominees who say the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide was wrong. Hawley during a […]

Bahamas, Florida brace as new Hurricane Isaias bears down

July 31, 2020 Danica Coto, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Isaias kept on a path early Friday toward the U.S. East Coast as it approached the Bahamas, parts of which are still recovering from the devastation of last year’s […]

Amid the pandemic, Big Tech reports mixed earnings

July 31, 2020 Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Big Tech companies reported mixed quarterly earnings on Thursday, a day after their top executives faced a tough congressional grilling over their market power and alleged monopolistic practices. Alphabet, Google’s holding company, reported its first-ever […]

100 in 100: Wilson County’s Julius Peppers, dominant pass rusher

July 31, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]

Slaying at US judge’s home raises concern about cyberthreats

July 31, 2020 Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — In 2005, U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow returned from work to find her husband and mother shot dead in the basement of her Chicago home. Investigators initially focused on a White Supremacist who […]

Pfizer executive targets end of year for COVID-19 vaccine

July 31, 2020 The Associated Press

BOSTON — An executive at a Massachusetts facility helping create a potential vaccine for the coronavirus said Thursday that the company hopes to have the treatment ready by the end of the year. “We have […]

260 Chinese boats fish near Galapagos; Ecuador on alert

July 30, 2020 Gonzalo Solano and Christopher Torchia, Associated Press

QUITO, Ecuador — Some call it a floating city, a flotilla of 260 mostly Chinese fishing vessels near the Galapagos archipelago that is stirring diplomatic tension and raising worries about the threat to sharks, manta […]

Trudeau says he didn’t offer charity preferential treatment

July 30, 2020 Rob Gllies, Associated Press

TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he did not intervene to make sure a charity his family did paid work for would win a government contract. Trudeau has apologized and said again […]

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reverse course, will start schools fully remote

July 30, 2020 North State Journal Staff

CHARLOTTE – The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education voted to revise its school reopening plan and approved a full-remote learning plan, known as Plan C, during an emergency meeting on Thursday. “With new information becoming available […]

Extra $600 in jobless aid set to lapse

July 30, 2020 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A deadlocked Senate on Thursday exited Washington for the weekend without acting to extend a $600 per-week expanded jobless benefit. Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell made a procedural move to make it […]

Month: July 2020