The four officers were killed Monday in Charlotte when a task force made up of officers from different agencies attempted to arrest a man on gun charges. Four others were shot but are expected to recover.
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Current funding was only enough to serve lower-income students. But Democrats like Senator Gladys Robinson argued the money should be spent on public schools.
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Officials with the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles say the agency on Stantonsburg Rd, at the Stanton Square Shopping Center in Greenville, has been operated by James Locks since last November, and a new agency will open under a selected contractor at a later date.
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State Superintendent Catherine Truitt said the survey asks teachers for their perceptions of topics like retention, school leadership, safety and wellbeing, facilities and resources, equity and professional development.
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The discussion brought together leaders from around the state to hear from ECU Health and gain insight on how they are looking at shaping the future of rural health care in eastern North Carolina.
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Medical examiners say three-year-old Rylend Andrade died of starvation and dehydration. A Lenoir County grand jury indicted Chason Walker for the three-year-old’s murder last week and he is jailed without bond.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with White House senior advisor Tom Perez about the impending end of the Affordable Connectivity Program, which subsidized internet costs for millions of households.
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The African country of Chad goes holds its presidential election in the next few days — one of the first military led governments in the region to do so. Will the vote bring stability or more chaos?
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U.S. employers added 175,000 jobs in April. That's the smallest number in six months. A gradual cooling of the job market may help to ease concerns about inflation.
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Venzuela's opposition finally gets to name a candidate to take on President Nicolas Maduro in July's election. The authoritarian leader has used all sorts of underhanded tricks to seize the advantage.
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Congressman Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, has been charged with allegedly accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from foreign entities.
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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Kentucky Derby. Safety concerns are taking center stage after a dozen horses died in last year's spring meet.
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New York state forest ranger Robbi Mecus died climbing in Alaska. She's remembered by the many people she helped, through search and rescue missions and her leadership in the LGBTQ climbing community.
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Hope Hicks, a Trump-era White House adviser and communications director, is testifying in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial. Hick's name has come up several times before taking the stand.
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Palestinians in the West Bank are following the protests on US campuses and say this movement is giving them hope.
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Auster, who died April 30, rose to fame in the 1980s with The New York Trilogy novels. His memoir, Winter Journal, focused on the history of his body. Originally broadcast in 1997, 2004 and 2012.