RALEIGH — Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, experts and activists have encouraged efforts to “flatten the curve” with the goal of mitigating a spike in hospital visits that could overwhelm the medical resources. […]
ASHEVILLE – A gunman exchanged fire with officers outside a North Carolina courthouse on Tuesday before authorities shot and killed him, the sheriff said. A deputy responding to the scene in the city of Asheville […]
MIAMI — Two ships carrying passengers and crew from an ill-fated South American cruise are pleading with Florida officials to let them carry off the sick and dead, but Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida’s health […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FBI has reached out to Sen. Richard Burr about his sale of stocks before the coronavirus caused markets to plummet, a person familiar with the matter said Monday. The outreach suggests […]
NEW YORK — A Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds is set to arrive Monday in New York City to help relieve the coronavirus crisis gripping the city’s hospitals. The USNS Comfort, which was sent […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Sunday extended the voluntary national shutdown for a month, bowing to public-health experts who told him the coronavirus pandemic could claim over 100,000 lives in the U.S. if […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn was stubborn as a mule and conservative to his core. But the Oklahoma family doctor, known for railing against federal earmarks, didn’t let political differences dictate whom […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s governor says that the first coronavirus-related unemployment payments will be paid starting next week as the state is flooded with tens of thousands of claims. Gov. Roy Cooper issued a statement […]
RALEIGH — As Gov. Roy Cooper announced Friday a statewide stay-at-home order starting Monday, he said the additional restrictions on all North Carolinians were required to prevent hospitals from being overrun by cases of COVID-19. […]
REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft said Friday it is pulling its investments from a facial-recognition startup that scans faces at Israeli military checkpoints, even though the tech giant couldn’t substantiate claims that the startup’s technology is […]
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