Elections
Top state lawmakers want a presidential debate in N.C.
By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — At a time when many voters are growing weary of the contentious campaign ads that have ...
News Service Report, Author at Salisbury Post
Business
US hiring slows amid signs of longer-lasting economic damage
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hiring slowed in July as the coronavirus outbreak worsened, and the government’s jobs report offered signs Friday that the economic damage ...
by News Service Report, Friday, August 7, 2020 5:14 pm
Sports
Newton embracing new challenge, fresh start with Patriots
By Kyle Hightower AP Sports Writer Cam Newton is the first to admit he’s still getting used to his new life as a member of ...
by News Service Report, Friday, August 7, 2020 5:08 pm
Education
Most NC parents won’t have option to send kid back to school
By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — When K-12 public school students in North Carolina resume classes this fall, the vast majority of ...
by News Service Report, Friday, August 7, 2020 4:46 pm
Local
Gov. Cooper: Trump’s coronavirus strategy ‘nonexistent’
By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s administration still lacks a sufficient ...
by News Service Report, Thursday, August 6, 2020 2:32 pm
Local
Business, assembly, mask mandates extended longer in NC
By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina’s COVID-19 restrictions keeping some businesses with higher risks for spreading the virus closed and mass ...
by News Service Report, Wednesday, August 5, 2020 6:47 pm
News
Tropical Storm Isaias drives wild weather up I-95
By Bryan Anderson and Sarah Blake Morgan Associated Press WINDSOR — At least four people were killed as Tropical Storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped ...
by News Service Report, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:53 pm
Local
Isaias downgraded to tropical storm over eastern N. Carolina
By Sarah Blake Morgan Associated Press NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Hurricane Isaias has been downgraded down to a tropical storm after making landfall near ...
by News Service Report, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 8:03 am
News
SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years
By Marcia Dunn AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule ...
by News Service Report, Sunday, August 2, 2020 9:53 pm
Elections
RNC: Decision on private Trump renomination vote not final
By Kevin Freking Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The vote to renominate President Donald Trump is set to be conducted in private later this month, ...
by News Service Report, Sunday, August 2, 2020 9:28 pm
Racing
Keselowski wins in New Hampshire for third win since shutdown
By Jimmy Golen AP Sports Writer LOUDON, N.H. — With about 70 laps to go in his back-and-forth battle against Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin radioed ...
by News Service Report, Sunday, August 2, 2020 9:24 pm
Sports
Panthers DT Short anxious for return despite COVID-19
By Steve Reed AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE — Panthers two-time Pro Bowler Kawann Short thought about opting out, but the 6-foot-3, 315-pound defensive tackle simply ...
by News Service Report, Sunday, August 2, 2020 9:21 pm
Local
North Carolina officials caution residents about Isaias
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper cautioned residents on Sunday not to overlook the potential threats of Tropical Storm Isaias, which has weakened ...
by News Service Report, Sunday, August 2, 2020 9:18 pm
News
Isaias nears virus-hit Florida after lashing the Bahamas
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Early bands of heavy rain from Isaias lashed Florida’s east coast before dawn Sunday as authorities warily eyed the approaching ...
by News Service Report, Sunday, August 2, 2020 10:08 am
Local
Cooper: Hurricane brings “double trouble” with virus
By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency on Friday to help prepare for Hurricane ...
by News Service Report, Saturday, August 1, 2020 1:04 pm
Nation/World
Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A federal appeals court Friday threw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the ...
by News Service Report, Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:00 am
Nation/World
Astronauts pack up for rare splashdown in SpaceX capsule Sunday afternoon
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two U.S. astronauts about to make the first splashdown return in 45 years said ...
by News Service Report, Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:00 am
Coronavirus
Students begin returning to college campuses with virus protocols in place
By BRYAN ANDERSON and JOHN RABY Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — The first wave of college students returning to their dorms aren’t finding the typical ...
by News Service Report, Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:00 am
News
Judge orders release of videos in man’s jail death in Forsyth County
By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Two videos showing a jailed North Carolina man restrained in what reports described as a “hog-tie” ...
by News Service Report, Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:00 am
News
Bahamas, Florida brace as new Hurricane Isaias bears down
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters declared a hurricane watch for parts of the Florida coastline on Friday as Hurricane Isaias drenched the Bahamas ...
by News Service Report, Friday, July 31, 2020 12:01 pm
News
Utilities told to hold off on disconnections
By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina regulators have told the state’s big for-profit electric, natural gas and water utilities to ...
by News Service Report, Friday, July 31, 2020 12:20 am
News
NCDOT chief operating officer out
Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — A top executive’s departure from the North Carolina Department of Transportation has nothing to do with state Treasurer Dale Folwell’s ...
by News Service Report, Friday, July 31, 2020 12:19 am
Nation/World
Record economic plunge, bleak jobs numbers reveal virus toll
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy plunging by a record-shattering 32.9% annual ...
by News Service Report, Friday, July 31, 2020 12:16 am
Sports
7-inning games coming for doubleheaders
By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shortened season, shorter games. Big league doubleheaders will now become a pair of seven-inning games, ...
by News Service Report, Friday, July 31, 2020 12:12 am
Nation/World
Prosecutor: No charges for officer in Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri
By JIM SALTER Associated Press CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County’s prosecutor announced Thursday that he will not charge the former police officer who ...
by News Service Report, Friday, July 31, 2020 12:00 am
Nation/World
Trump offers, Democrats reject fix for $600 jobless benefit
By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With aid expiring, the White House offered a short-term extension Thursday of a $600 ...
by News Service Report, Friday, July 31, 2020 12:00 am
Sports
John McNamara, manager of ill-fated ’86 Red Sox, dies at 88
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — John McNamara, who managed the Boston Red Sox to within one strike of a World Series ...
by News Service Report, Thursday, July 30, 2020 12:00 am
Sports
Colorado State pauses football after 8 positive cases
Associated Press Colorado State says it will pause football team activities after eight known positive tests for COVID-19. A full team test will be administered ...
by News Service Report, Thursday, July 30, 2020 12:00 am
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