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HB2, COVID and Apple: An exit interview with outgoing NC Commerce Secretary Tony Copeland
From HB2 to the pandemic, Tony Copeland talks about his time leading North Carolina’s economic development. Powered by WPeMatico
Boris Johnson is under pressure to impose a national lockdown as the surge in coronavirus cases overwhelms hospitals and forces schools to close
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has his temperature checked during a visit to Chase Farm Hospital in north London, Britain ...
Stimulus extends unemployment benefits. Tens of thousands in NC may still be left out.
The program was set up to provide relief to people who aren’t eligible for state benefits. But tens of thousands ...
HB2, COVID and Apple: An exit interview with outgoing NC Commerce Secretary Tony Copeland
From HB2 to the pandemic, Tony Copeland talks about his time leading North Carolina’s economic development. Powered by WPeMatico
Stimulus extends unemployment benefits. Tens of thousands in NC may still be left out.
The program was set up to provide relief to people who aren’t eligible for state benefits. But tens of thousands ...
Where is Jack Ma? Alibaba’s billionaire founder is reportedly missing following China’s crackdowns on his companies
Once China’s richest man, Jack Ma’s net worth has fallen by $12 billion in just two months. Wang HE/Getty Images ...
A judge will decide Julian Assange’s extradition case at a London court today, as free press advocates step up calls for his release
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves Westminster magistrates court in London. Reuters A UK judge is set to rule today, January ...
10 things in tech you need to know today
Apple removed thousands of apps in China. Don Arnold/WireImage/Getty Images Good morning! This is the tech news you need to ...
All 10 living former defense secretaries issue a warning to Trump over threats to use the military to dispute the election
President Trump’s Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said in September: “In the event of a dispute over some aspect ...
Trump ally Sen. Tom Cotton said he will not join other Republicans in challenging Biden’s Electoral College win, but supports a ‘commission to study’ the election
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin GOP Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas said in a statement on Sunday that ...
AUDIO TRANSCRIPT: Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to ‘find’ votes to overturn Biden’s statewide win
President Donald Trump. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images In an hour-long phone recording released by The Washington Post, President Donald ...
A GOP lawmaker objected to seating US representatives from battleground states in response to colleagues that plan to object to the presidential election results
Roy is among a group of House Republicans that have said they do not support the effort to vote against ...
DC watchdog group calls for Trump to be impeached, again, over efforts to tamper with Georgia election
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House July ...
‘Go to hell’: Meghan McCain slams Arizona GOP for attacking her late father
Meghan McCain. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images Meghan McCain, a co-host of ABC’s “The View,” berated the Arizona GOP on Saturday for ...
Kyle Rittenhouse shooting victims seek $20 million in damages
Men walk towards law enforcement with their hands up on August 24, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Brandon Bell/Getty Images A ...
North Korea is showing off more than just massive missiles, but its new military hardware may be less than meets the eye
A new North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile on parade, October 10, 2020. Screenshot from KCTV broadcast North Korea’s October parade ...
White House Operation Warp Speed chief says that coronavirus variant ‘should be under control’ with vaccinations
Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser to Operation Warp Speed, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Nov. ...
A K-9 partner was removed from the home of a California police officer who was filmed repeatedly punching it
Tetra Images/Getty Images A Facebook video showed a Casaville, CA police officer punching a canine partner in the face. The ...
Epic Games buys Cary Towne Center, will turn it into headquarters
The Fortnite developer plans to finish redeveloping the mall site in 2024. Powered by WPeMatico
Epic Games buys Cary Towne Center, will turn it into headquarters
The Fortnite developer plans to finish redeveloping the mall site in 2024. Powered by WPeMatico
Maryland’s GOP governor criticized Republicans attempting to subvert the election results as a ‘mockery of our system and who we are as Americans’
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks at BD Life Sciences on the news of Maryland’s purchase of rapid Covid screening tests ...
Homeless parents’ lawsuit forcing New York City to provide WiFi for 114,000 homeless students will head to trial
Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge advanced a lawsuit to expedite the roll-out of WiFi to homeless ...
Leadership at United Way Worldwide consistently ignored allegations of inappropriate behavior, former employees said
Hello everyone! Welcome to this weekly roundup of stories from Insider from Business co-Editor in Chief Matt Turner. Subscribe here ...
A Harvard professor has claimed in his new book that alien debris passed near Earth in 2017. It has attracted both skepticism and intrigue.
This artist’s impression shows the first-known interstellar object to visit the solar system, “Oumuamua,” which was discovered on October 19, ...
NARAL President Ilyse Hogue says the organization is ‘certainly preparing’ for the end of Roe v. Wade
NARAL president Ilyse Hogue speaks at a protest against the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court ...
US daily COVID-19 hospitalizations have hovered above 100,000 for a month – but experts say the post-holiday surge is yet to come
Respiratory therapist Andrew Hoyt cares for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center ...
Americans have been escaping to Mexico to avoid COVID-19 restrictions back home. Now, Mexico is seeing a surge in coronavirus cases.
A beach in Cancun, Mexico, on December 29, 2020. Alberto Valdez / Eyepix Group/Barcroft Media via Getty Images (edited) Throughout ...
Fauci to Trump after he tweeted the CDC exaggerates the number of COVID-19 cases: ‘The deaths are real’
President Donald Trump. Getty President Donald Trump on Sunday said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — led by ...
Trump’s allies are rounding on Lin Wood after he tweeted about executing Mike Pence and arresting Mitch McConnell
Attorney Lin Wood at a rally in Alpharetta, Georgia, on December 2, 2020. Ben Margot/Associated Press On Friday, the pro-Trump ...
It’s time for America to finally take on Big Oil
Rusted out ‘pump-jacks’ are viewed on March 26, 2015 in the oil town of Luling, Texas. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The ...
