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From Chef to C-HR, an unpredictable journey
BOSTON — I was watching a movie the other day and it reminded me of the car I’ve been testing this week. The movie was Chef, a fantastic labor of love from Jon Favreau, the […]
Month: August 2020
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Yet another lawsuit filed over NC election laws
RALEIGH — Marc Elias, the lawyer who is leading efforts in several states to loosen restrictions on absentee ballot procedures, announced Monday night a new suit filed in N.C. The new lawsuit seeks to add […]
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Rise in national homicide rate hits home in NC
RALEIGH — Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden and Greensboro Police Chief Brian James each made public pleas to their respective cities this summer to put a halt to spiraling murder rates. Cities across North Carolina […]
Business
McDonald’s sues ousted CEO, alleging employee relationships
McDonald’s says it’s suing Stephen Easterbrook, the CEO it ousted last year over an inappropriate relationship with an employee, alleging Monday that he covered up relationships with three other employees and destroyed evidence. The company […]
News
Hong Kong newspaper raided, tycoon detained under new law
HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities arrested media tycoon Jimmy Lai on Monday, broadening their enforcement of a new national security law and stoking fears of a crackdown on the semi-autonomous region’s free press. Police […]
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Big Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall football amid pandemic
A crumbling college football season took a massive hit Tuesday as the Big Ten and Pac-12, two historic and powerful conferences, succumbed to the pandemic and canceled their fall football seasons. Five months almost to […]
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KAKADELIS: Setting the record straight on charter funding and PPP loans
Recent news coverage skews the facts on charter funding and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Because some public charter schools received PPP loans and a portion of CARES Act funding, critics accuse them of “double-dipping.” […]
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BOYD: Do these pearls go with my AK-47?
Does this gun go with my handbag? Does an AK go with pearls? It’s what I found myself asking, when I found myself deep in God’s country holding a friend’s Kalashnikova, sights set on some […]
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WILLIAMS: Are today’s leftists truly Marxists?
Most people who call themselves Marxists know very little of Karl Marx’s life and have never read his three-volume “Das Kapital.” Volume I was published in 1867, the only volume published before Marx’s death in […]
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MATTHEWS: Joe Biden’s comments about black voters part of a troubling pattern of disrespect
At a conference of Latino and black journalists last Tuesday, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gave some rather eye-opening statements during an interview on what he saw as the differences in diversity between the […]