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MATTHEWS: Goodbye, Dad
When you’re a child, you believe your parents will be around forever. But when you grow up you begin to understand that they won’t be. Once you learn that, you pray that God will push […]
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Lawyers call on intl court to investigate Uyghur treatment
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Lawyers on Monday renewed calls for the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in China’s Xinjiang region as they presented […]
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Illegal crossings at US border rise for 4th straight month
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. border authorities stopped migrants more often on the southern border for a fourth straight month in May, unaffected by expectations that pandemic-era limits on asylum may be lifted. Migrants were stopped 239,416 […]
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Interior phasing out plastic water bottles at national parks
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Interior Department said last week it will phase out sales of plastic water bottles and other single-use products at national parks and on other public lands over the next decade, targeting […]
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Harris Teeter says it will remove American-themed coozies
RALEIGH — A tweet from former state Rep. Christy Clark (D-Mecklenburg) has led Harris Teeter to pull several American-themed coozies from its stores. Clark wrote Monday, “I am disappointed these coozies are being sold in an […]
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Kavanaugh incident could lead to more security for judges
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A man armed with a machete once broke into Stephen Breyer’s vacation home in the Caribbean and took $1,000. Ruth Bader Ginsburg had her purse snatched on a Washington street. David Souter […]
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HARSANYI: Democrats wanted to intimidate Justices. Now it’s getting dangerous
“I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these […]
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What to watch in Alabama Senate runoff, DC mayor’s race
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The two Republican candidates in Alabama’s U.S. Senate primary runoff on Tuesday can each boast that at one point they had Donald Trump’s endorsement in the race. Trump first backed U.S. Rep. […]
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China says it successfully intercepted a missile in flight
BEIJING — China says it has successfully intercepted a missile in flight, in a test of an anti-ballistic missile system that could improve its defenses as it presses its territorial claims. A brief statement from […]
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Republicans: NC budget-writers close on spending adjustments
RALEIGH — North Carolina House and Senate budget-writers are close to completing their work on proposed adjustments to the second year of a two-year state spending plan approved last fall, top Republican legislators said Tuesday. […]