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How much money does your family need to make to meet its basic needs in NC?
What do you need each year for housing? Transportation? Food? Use this tool for a county-by-county look. Powered by WPeMatico
This NC bar’s colossal Bloody Marys blur the line between cocktail and seafood tower
Steak, lobster tail, oysters and grilled cheese piled atop your beverage? Go for it. At the Blind Pelican, there’s nothing ...
EU ditches ban on oil tankers that ship Russian crude to third countries, but keeps restrictions on insurers, report says
Asian countries have been buying more Russian oil. SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images The EU will drop a planned ban on vessels ...
An order for high-strength steel sparks speculation about China building a bigger, faster naval frigate
Chinese navy Type 053H3 frigate Mianyang approaches Sydney Harbor on September 20, 2010. Torsten Blackwood/AFP via Getty Images) An order ...
UK scientist accuses lawyers arguing for the end of Roe v. Wade before the Supreme Court of misinterpreting his research
Protesters hold signs during a march at the US Supreme Court. Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Women’s March Inc The lawyers ...
Putin ended his highly-anticipated ‘Victory Day’ speech without declaring war on Ukraine as Western officials warned
Russian President Vladimir Putin seen on Victory Day in central Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS ...
Bill Gates says there’s a ‘strong argument’ we’re about to see a global economic slowdown
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates. Jeff J Mitchell/Pool/Getty Images Bill Gates said there’s a “strong argument” we’re about to see a ...
Global shares slide, as robust US jobs data pushes dollar near 20-year highs and investors brace for faster rate hikes
Oleg Elkov/Getty Images Global shares slid for a third day on Monday, as investors grew increasingly twitchy about the outlook ...
Beijing is cheering the election of a China loyalist as Hong Kong’s next leader, heralding the start of a ‘democracy with Hong Kong characteristics’
John Lee, a 64-year- old former police officer, secured 99.4 percent of the votes cast by members of Hong Kong’s ...
Sanctions have forced Russia to cut its oil output by 1 million barrels a day. That’s a ‘drop in the ocean,’ says the world’s largest independent oil trader.
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Russia produced about 11 million barrels of crude oil a day before it ...
Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil exporter, has cut prices from record highs for Asia – but not for the US
Saudi Aramco has cut oil prices for buyers in Asia and Europe amid lockdowns in China. Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters Saudi ...
Ohio GOP primary winner J.R. Majewski once displayed a 19,000-square-foot ‘Trump 2Q2Q’ sign on his lawn in an apparent reference to QAnon: report
J.R. Majewski, who won the GOP primary for Ohio’s 9th congressional district on May 5, and has a history of ...
Trump released an insult-laden message wishing everyone a Happy Mother’s Day, including ‘Very Unfair Radical Left Democrat Judges’
Former President Donald Trump has previously issued statements containing insults aimed at groups he has beef with on Father’s Day. ...
Video shows workers at an Apple and Tesla plant in Shanghai clashing with security guards over fears of an onsite COVID lockdown
Workers at an Apple supplier in Shanghai are operating under a “closed loop” system where they work, live, eat, and ...
Mark Esper says he prevented ‘dangerous things’ like military action against Venezuela and a blockade of Cuba while serving under Trump
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper in the White House’s press briefing room on April 1, 2020. Win ...
Michigan Attorney General says women are ‘going to die’ due to anti-abortion legislation
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Michigan AG Dana Nessel told Meet ...
Trump griped about how US Navy ships were ugly in comparison to ‘nicer, sleeker’ Russian and Italian ships, says Mark Esper
US President Donald Trump speaks as US Defense Secretary Mark Esper listens during the departure ceremony for the hospital ship ...
Only 10 vaquita porpoises remain in the wild, but scientists say the world’s smallest marine mammal could still make a comeback
A mother and calf vaquita, a critically endangered small tropical porpoise native to Mexico’s Gulf of California, surface in the ...
As anti-abortion legislation passes nationwide, enforcement problems loom as state attorneys vow not to prosecute abortion-related crimes
Hundreds of thousands of activist demonstrated for abortion rights in Washington. D.C., April 25, 2004 Alex Wong/Getty Images Leaked Supreme ...
A secret room inside the Moulin Rouge is being transformed into an Airbnb where visitors can stay for $1 a night
The room has been transformed into a Belle Époque inspired boudoir, reminiscent of the cabaret era. Daniel Alexander Harris A ...
Anti-abortion legislation in 5 states gives rapists and their families the right to sue abortion providers for at least $10k
Abortion rights activist protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington. Jose Luis Magana/AP Bounty-style ...
Who is Karine Jean-Pierre, the soon-to-be White House press secretary who called herself ‘everything that Donald Trump hates’
Karine Jean-Pierre has occasionally filled in for Psaki at the podium. Andrew Harnik/AP Karine Jean-Pierre will take over as White ...
Get all the healthcare coverage you need with the Digital Health Briefing from Insider Intelligence
Healthcare has finally begun to embrace digital transformation after years as a stubborn holdout. The coronavirus pandemic has only accelerated ...
Russia is quietly wielding its cyber weapons as its military struggles in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in remote electronic voting during parliamentary elections, September 17, 2021. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ...
THE ONLINE GROCERY REPORT: The market, drivers, key players, and opportunities in a rising segment of e-commerce
Business Insider Intelligence This is a preview of The Online Grocery Report from Business Insider Intelligence. Purchase this report. Business ...
Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson says a national abortion ban floated by McConnell is ‘inconsistent with what we’ve been fighting for’
Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Gov. Hutchinson during an ABC interview dismissed a national abortion ban ...
25 Bold Predictions for 2021
2020 was defined by the coronavirus pandemic. While in many ways the world was brought to a halt, digital transformation ...
US Ambassador to the United Nations calls the Taliban’s new decree that requires Afghan women to cover their faces ‘unconscionable’
President-elect Joe Biden has nominated veteran diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield to become the US Ambassador to the United Nations in his ...
Former GOP strategist Steve Schmidt slams Sarah Palin as ‘unwell’ and says she has no business serving the public ‘even as a crossing guard’
Mark Salter, right, and Steve Schmidt, center, then-senior advisors to Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, answer questions from reporters ...
Pelosi says McConnell got rid of the filibuster so he could push conservative judges on to the Supreme Court
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Scott J. Applewhite/AP Nancy Pelosi said Mitch McConnell worked hard to put in ...
