North Carolina Dem AG Josh Stein viewed more favorably than GOP Lieutenant Gov. Mark Robinson: poll
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North Carolina Dem AG Josh Stein viewed more favorably than GOP Lieutenant Gov. Mark Robinson: poll

ByNews Polite

(The Center Square) – Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson struggles to maintain the approval of voters in North Carolina, even from those within his own party. While 30% hold a very or somewhat favorable view of Robinson, his opponent, Democrat Attorney General Josh Stein, garners 44% favorability. This is according to…

Taxpayers without student loans should not pay for those of others
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Taxpayers without student loans should not pay for those of others

ByNews Polite

(The Center Square) – North Carolinians without student loans “should not have to pay for someone else’s degree,” US Sen. Thom Tillis says. For the 87% in the state’s population without student loan debt, the state’s senior senator says worsening inequality and adding $1.4 trillion to national debt through President…

Three men — including ex-Marines — sentenced for plot to cripple power grid
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Three men — including ex-Marines — sentenced for plot to cripple power grid

ByNews Polite

Three men with alleged ties to white supremacist groups have been sentenced to prison for plotting a racially-motivated attack on the US power grid that was ultimately thwarted by federal agents. Liam Collins, 25, of Rhode Island, received a 10-year prison term Thursday for aiding and abetting the interstate transportation…

Here’s how Venus Williams plans to save Nina Simone’s home
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Here’s how Venus Williams plans to save Nina Simone’s home

ByNews Polite

Tennis superstar Venus Williams has teamed up with conceptual artist Adam Pendleton to preserve the house where the late singer Nina Simone grew up. In collaboration with the National Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, Williams is raising money to renovate the North Carolina property. The fundraising endeavor will…

Marine Christian Mark McGill charged in baby’s death
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Marine Christian Mark McGill charged in baby’s death

ByNews Polite

A Jacksonville, NC, Marine has been charged in the death of his four-month-old baby, according to police. Officers arrested Christian Mark McGill after responding to a call for someone who had trouble breathing, local news outlet WITN reported. First responders tried to revive the unconscious infant, who paramedics declared dead…

Biden tells boy to ‘go steal a pumpkin’ during ‘boring’ speech
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Biden tells boy to ‘go steal a pumpkin’ during ‘boring’ speech

ByNews Polite

President Biden on Monday told a boy that he could “go steal a pumpkin” to avoid his “boring” speech about Thanksgiving to Marine Corps members in North Carolina. Biden, 80, made the surprising stab at humor when he approached the eldest of four children whose Marine Corps mother had just…