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WASHINGTON (AP) - When Nikki Haley said she would withdraw from the 2024 presidential race following her underwhelming showing on Super Tuesday, she did so using a phrase that would seem at odds with the finality of her announcement. The former South Carolina governor and former U.N. ambassador said she was suspending her campaign. Not ending, not concluding, not terminating - suspending. "I am filled with gratitude for the outpouring of support we've

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal appeals court was scheduled to hear arguments Monday on whether former President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law requires full insurance coverage of certain types of preventive care, including HIV prevention and some types of cancer screenings. A federal judge in Texas said last year that it doesn't. U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor in Fort Worth ruled that some of the preventive care requirements of

RALEIGH - Governor Roy Cooper joined Vice President Harris and U.S. Department of the Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo for an announcement in Durham. Vice President Harris announced awards of $32 million to ten minority and women-led venture capital firms in North Carolina through funding by the American Rescue Plan. The funds, made available through the Treasury Department's State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), will help underserved small businesses and

NEW YORK (AP) - Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its longstanding guidance, saying that people can return to work or regular activities if their symptoms are mild and improving and it's been a day since they've had a fever. The change comes at a time when COVID-19 is

(Source: AP News) Scientists have created miniorgans from cells floating in the fluid that surrounds a fetus in the womb - an advance they believe could open up new areas of prenatal medicine. Miniorgans, or " organoids," are tiny simplified structures that can be used to test new medical treatments or study how the real organs they mimic work, whether they are healthy or diseased. Researchers from University College London and

NC NEWSLINE - On a day that brought the top two Republican presidential contenders to North Carolina, a crowd of nearly 2,000 gathered outside the state legislature to highlight issues they felt were widely being ignored this election cycle. Those  attending the "Moral March on Raleigh and to the Polls" rally carried signs calling for higher wages, an end to systemic poverty, gun control and LGBTQ+ rights. Bishop William Barber,

PRICHARD, Ala. (AP) - Water bubbles up in streets, pooling in neighborhoods for weeks or months. Homes burn to the ground if firefighters can't draw enough water from hydrants. Utility crews struggle to fix broken pipes while water flows through shut-off valves that don't work. For generations, the water infrastructure beneath this southern Alabama city was corroding, cracking and failing - out of sight and seemingly out of mind -

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to ban the Republican former president over the Capitol riot. The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing on ballots. That power resides with Congress, the court wrote in an unsigned opinion. Trump posted on his social

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The young crowd at a Nashville nightclub was ready to dance under the strobe lights to a throbbing mix of hip-hop, rap and Latin beats. But first they gathered to pray and praise God. The rules were announced on the dance floor by a mic-carrying emcee to more than 200 clubgoers blanketed by thick smoke machine fog: "Rule No. 1: No twerking. Second rule: No drinking.

Jordan Meadows Staff Writer On Saturday, Nikki Haley, the former U.N. Ambassador and current Republican Presidential candidate, hosted a rally at Union Station in Raleigh in anticipation of Tuesday's Primary election.  This event, drawing approximately 1500 attendees, coincided with Haley securing her first two endorsements from U.S. Congressional members, namely Republicans Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. The theme for Haley's rally could be summarized