Duplin County Fire shrinks after rapid 600-acre expansion; handover to local crews at Chicken Farm Lane Fire; and Camp Lejeune blaze impacts Swansboro visibility.
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State Representative Chris Humphrey announced he met with cemetery management after several reports of large potholes, overgrown weeds, and severe flooding. The company has agreed to bring in local contractors over the next four to six weeks to fix the deteriorating roads.
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Eligible state employees will get 12 weeks paid leave for the birth, adoption, or placement of a child. Both mothers and fathers will be eligible.
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Organized alongside the America First Policy Institute, the tour aligns with the administration's broader push to return education decisions back to individual states.
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Mandy Wallace, MountainTrue’s artifact recovery technician, is helping storm survivors reclaim small pieces of what the flood carried away.
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Attorney General Jeff Jackson says cutting scammers off at the source will stop them from tricking consumers with legitimate numbers.
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For decades Hayes Baxley has pointed his camera at the wildest places on earth. Polar bears in the Arctic. Jaguars in Brazil. Among his favorites: the underwater assignments.
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One of the last hiking trails still closed after Hurricane Helene has reopened to visitors.
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The exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran appeared to have stopped overnight Thursday as Iran buried its Supreme Leader.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with retired four-star general Joseph Votel about U.S. bases in the Middle East in the midst of the Iran War.
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Prosecutors allege that Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Charlie Kirk's assassination, admitted to the murder in messages read aloud to the courtroom Thursday.
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During the last election, when struggling to find a memorable attack line against Kamala Harris, Trump eventually landed on "Comrade Kamala."
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Fighting between U.S. and Iran appears to have stopped as Iran buried its Supreme Leader, TPS holders close to losing work permits, investigation continues into Mississippi teen's death.
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The National Capital Planning Commission greenlit preliminary site and building plans after hours of public pushback. It wants more details before what could be its final review in September.
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With the release of the Rolling Stones' latest studio effort, "Foreign Tongues," NPR Music's Ann Powers reviews that album and makes the case for Mick and Keith to keep going as long as they want.
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It's been nearly four weeks since Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell was hospitalized. It's not the first time this year that a member of Congress has been absent for weeks with scant details.
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Some Republican states are starting a new college accreditation agency to increase what they call "intellectual diversity".
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The quarterfinals at the World Cup continue Friday with 2010 champions Spain taking on Belgium. Two more matches follow on Saturday.