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Scott Bessent is the person that Trump picked for Treasury Secretary
US President Donald Trump’s nominee for the secretary of transportation Sean Duffy has pledged to work to reduce the red tape that slows critical infrastructure projects, ensuring funds are spent efficiently. He said his first trip as the transportation secretary would be to the Appalachian mountain regions of Tennessee and North Carolina, where flooding from…
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Trump and Harris are in North Carolina
US President Donald Trump’s campaign said on Saturday that Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s claim that he’ll vote in the upcoming elections “is not true”. In a statement, Musk claimed that he’ll vote as he wants “to protect voting rights of people of colour, women and minorities”. Trump is planning to hold a rally in North…
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Harris needs the support of rural Democrats to win this swing state
Jakai, a 28-year-old non- affiliated voter in North Carolina, was walking out of his driveway in a black SUV, airport bound, when a canvasser from the organisation Down Home North Carolina approached his car. The 28-year-old non-affiliated voter said that he and his friend Cook decided not to vote due to President Donald Trump’s policies.…
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As millions are without power, the death toll has risen to over 90
At least 30 people have died after Hurricane Helene made landfall in the US’ Florida state, the state Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said on Monday. The states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee have been hit by the storm, which has killed over 100 people in the US. Over 20 lakh people are without…
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Rescue crews are responding to the damage from Hurricane Helene
The death toll from Hurricane Helene has risen to at least 89 in the US, emergency management officials said. Over 20 lakh people are without power in North Carolina, where the death toll stood at 30 on Sunday. The storm made landfall in the state on Friday as a category 1 hurricane. It also triggered…
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There are conversations and thoughts about the moment
Nicole Sidman, who is running for US’ North Carolina Governor’s Mansion, said she ran for the office to “make North Carolina ground zero in 2024”. “When you add issues like reproductive freedom, when you add the biggest Governor’s race in the country, those things, I think, come together to make North Carolina ground zero in…
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A storm in the weekend ended snow shortages and a bigger storm is on the way
The National Weather Service (NWS) has predicted that ice, sleet and snow will hit the East Coast on the first weekend of the new year. There is up to a foot of snow predicted this weekend in northern Rhode Island and wind gusts of up to 40 mph in eastern and western Massachusetts. Similar icy…
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The path for Israel aid is uncertain after the house dissolution
The US House of Representatives on Saturday elected Patrick McHenry as the acting Speaker after Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. McHenry, a North Carolina Republican, was appointed to the position after McCarthy’s removal. He has limited authority that does not include the right to take major legislative action, according to many House aides.
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Indiana and Idaho ban gender-affirming care
The governors of Indiana and Idaho have signed a bill that would ban gender-affirming medical care in their respective states. It comes after a US state, North Carolina, enacted a law that limits protections for transgender people. The US Supreme Court earlier declined to hear an appeal by West Virginia against a lower court’s ruling…
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A N.C. lawmaker has switched parties and made it harder to have an abortion
A Democratic legislator in North Carolina on Wednesday decided to switch parties and give the Republicans a majority in the state legislature. Ronna McDaniel said, “Even in a Biden district…Democrats are reading the sign and are failing Americans.” She added, “I know there was a problem…when we invited Cotham to the Human Rights Campaign dinner…
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Some states are looking to loosen their child labor rules
Children working as farmworkers in North Carolina were forced to work in dangerous conditions and faced wage theft, researchers said in a report. Thirty child farmworkers said they were coerced to work quickly in dangerous conditions, faced wage theft, and worked long hours in the heat. They were interviewed by researchers from the Division of…
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These dishes are from blue zones in the U.S
African, Asian, Latino and Native Americans ate a diet that is “nearly a dead ringer” for the blue zone style of life, according to a book. The book’s author said they ate recipes that were found in “Gullah Geechee cuisine, a way of cooking” developed by descendants of slaves who settled in the Sea Islands…
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How grown ups can help kids transition to school
Meredith Draughn, a school counsellor in North Carolina, has been named School Counselor of the Year by the National School Counselor’s Association. Draughn said that reestablishing structure and giving kids sense of control will lead to better self-regulation and more motivation to show up to school. She said her school combats chronic absenteeism by having…
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McClellan is poised to make history after her win in the Democratic primary.
Pennsylvania voters have elected Democratic Summer Lee as their state’s first Black woman to serve in Congress. In Maryland, voters have elected Democratic Wes Moore as their state’s first Black governor. North Carolina voters have also elected Democrats to five of the last six governors and two of the last six senators.
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There could be more than one thing that could rock American democracy.
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had said if a state legislature had been very, very generous to minority voters in their redistricting, the court would be making the same argument. This comes after North Carolina’s Supreme Court had thrown out the state’s congressional district map which was drawn in favour of Republicans. Thomas also…
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Georgia has had a record-breaking early voting period.
Republican US Senator from North Carolina Paul Budd introduced the Combat Voter Fraud Act, a bill that would make it illegal to vote in certain elections by absentee ballot. The bill has been introduced after an alleged voter fraud scandal in Budd’s state. The bill would also allow voter registration agencies to verify the identities…