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Sep 12 2024
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Harris puts pressure on Trump in an elusive battleground: North Carolina
Harris has raised Democratic hopes of winning North Carolina, a populous battleground that has been just beyond their grasp since Barack Obama briefly turned it blue in 2008. The elusive prize represents the party’s best chance of winning a state Biden couldn’t in 2020, and the race here is a dead heat eight weeks before Election Day, according to nonpartisan analysts and strategists from both
Washington Post
Sep 05 2024
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The Harris campaign hopes North Carolina will finally deliver
D fears his neighbour is a socialist. As a retiree he volunteers with his local Republican Party in Johnston County, a patch of North Carolina where pristine suburban streets yield to rambling country roads. The neighbour in question has put up a Black Lives Matter sign and Mr Johnson says she has accused him of being a white supremacist, which he denies. “She’s from Delaware,” he says. “Make
The Economist
Sep 12 2024
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Harris calls for another debate with Trump, predicts Democrats will flip North Carolina
Capitalizing on her strong debate performance against former President Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in North Carolina on Thursday, beaming with confidence that Democrats could flip the swing state. Ms. Harris held rallies in Charlotte and Greensboro, showing that her campaign believes the state is in play. Ms. Harris leads Mr. Trump by three percentage points (49% to
Washington Times
Jul 17 2024
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Chapel Hill police investigate after man fatally shot at apartment complex
Chapel Hill police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man early Wednesday morning at an apartment complex off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Officers responding to a call at 1:04 a.m. found a man with gunshot wounds in the 100 block of Ashley Forest Road, according to a news release. He was taken to UNC Hospitals, where he later died, police said. The shooting at the Ashley Forest
The News & Observer
Sep 10 2024
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North Carolina may not meet federal deadline for mailing ballots
North Carolina could miss a federal deadline to distribute mail-in ballots to members of the military and overseas voters, as the state scrambles to reprint ballots to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the list of presidential candidates. The state may seek a Department of Defense waiver in case it cannot meet the requirement to have ballots distributed at least 45 days before Election Day,
The Hill
Apr 17 2024
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University of North Carolina could be next college to cut DEI staff
The University of North Carolina could be the next public college system to axe its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts after its committee on university governance voted to reverse a related policy Wednesday. The five-person committee within the UNC Board of Governors voted to repeal the DEI policy in shockingly little time — less than four minutes — but the full 24-member board still
New York Post (News)
Sep 13 2023
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University of North Carolina lifts lockdown after reports of armed person on campus
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The University of North Carolina has given the “all clear” after a campus lockdown over a report of an armed person on campus. The lockdown was in place for more than an hour. Students were told to “go inside now” and avoid windows. Details on what led to the lockdown are unknown. The hospital on campus said that it didn’t know of any injuries related to the lockdown
KRDO
Sep 10 2024
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AMBER alert: North Carolina police searching for missing toddler
An AMBER alert was issued Tuesday as police in North Carolina search for a 3-year-old missing child. Local police in Boiling Spring Lakes are looking for Khloe Marlow, who went missing on September 8, and is thought to be with a family member. According to the alert, Khloe is approximately 3 feet tall and weighs 37 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes and is believed to be with Jamie Lee
Newsweek
Sep 10 2024
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New polls show momentum building for Harris in North Carolina
North Carolina may loom large among the swing states positioned to make the difference in the 2024 election, and the Kamala Harris presidential campaign appears to be gathering strength in the Tar Heel state, to go by fresh polling from a variety of sources. A just-released poll from WRAL and Survey USA finds Harris leading Trump in the state, 49 percent to 46 percent (the same 3-point Harris
Daily Kos
Jul 29 2023
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UNC-Chapel Hill bars use of race and sex in admissions
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling that gutted affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions, the University of North Carolina has voted to bar the use of “race, sex, color or ethnicity” in hiring and admissions.
“I’m confident that we’re taking all the necessary steps to fully comply,” UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said on Friday after the Board of Trustees at
Washington Examiner