North Carolina

NASCAR co-owner Pitbull mixing racing with upcoming tour

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LEBANON, Tenn. — The man known as Mr. Worldwide is ready to get back to his main business, even as he spends more and...

Claudette regaining strength after 13 killed in Alabama

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ATLANTA — Claudette was regaining strength early Monday and expected to return to tropical storm status as it neared the coast of the Carolinas...

Mississippi city added to Marquis de Lafayette trail

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NATCHEZ, Miss. — A city in Mississippi is now part of a trail commemorating what was then a nationwide tour by a French general...

Search continues after 3 tubers die, 2 disappear at dam

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EDEN, N.C. — Rescue teams continued to scour a North Carolina river on Saturday for two missing tubers following a deadly accident in which...

11 U.S. mayors commit to develop reparations pilot projects

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Eleven U.S. mayors — from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee, Oklahoma — have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a...

General ‘shocked’ by AP report on AWOL guns, considers fix

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Shocked by an Associated Press investigation into the loss and theft of military guns, the Pentagon's top general signaled Thursday that he will consider...

US Mint to issue quarters honoring notable American women

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Poet and author Maya Angelou, America’s first woman in space and a revered Cherokee Nation leader are among female trailblazers whose likenesses will appear...

Museum loses contract over event deemed racially insensitive

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A North Carolina county cut ties on Tuesday with a historic museum that planned to put on a reenactment of a...

Appeals court refuses to reinstate N Carolina abortion ban

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RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's ban on most abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy must remain unenforceable, a federal appeals court ruled on...

North Carolina governor grants pardon to ex-death row inmate

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RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper granted a pardon Wednesday to a man who was once on death row for a shopkeeper’s...