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The recount involved ballots from three precincts across the district. Berger needed to gain two votes to trigger a full recount. He did not.

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Iran says no to President Trump's ceasefire plan and publicized a counterproposal that includes safeguards against future attacks on Iran and sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.
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OpenAI said Tuesday that it was "saying goodbye to the Sora app" and that it would share more soon about how to preserve what users already created on the app.
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The Wake County school board directed the district to find other budget cuts rather than eliminate 130 special education teaching positions that would drive up teacher-to-student ratios.
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The nasal swab detects early changes linked to the memory loss disease before cognitive problems develop.
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The soldiers are part of the 82nd Airborne Division "Immediate Response Force," which is available to fly anywhere in the world on less that a day’s notice.
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Residents in rural and urban areas in North Carolina are raising their voices against federal plans to open immigration jails in their communities.
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North Carolina’s government is on track for a 1%, $370 million revenue surplus this year, but the state will soon hit tax cut triggers that will result in decreasing annual revenue.
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Newly-confirmed DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin told senators the policy was “micromanaging.”
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The revision comes after Chancellor Lee Roberts got rid of an administrator-created policy that allowed the university to secretly record professors.
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After 26 years, legendary musician and record producer Mitch Easter had planned to sell the recording studio, but now says those plans are on "indefinite hiatus."
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TotalEnergies agreed to relinquish its offshore wind leases in North Carolina and New York. Total originally bought the Carolina Long Bay lease in 2022 for $160 million.
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We remember the late Rev. Jesse Jackson and lift up his voting rights activism while a student at North Carolina A&T State University. Then, poetry from the new book 'We (The People of The United States).'
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