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A sharp rise in unemployment. Also in the programme. More angry protests across america follwing a decision not to purse a murder charge in the case of Breonna Taylor. The fbi says it is still investigating and federal charges are still possible. And the legacy lives on. As they gather to honour Ruth Bader Ginsburg in washington we will hear from 3 women whose lives were changed by the life of the late Supreme Courtjustice. Hello, i amjane obrien in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. The peaceful transition of power is the hallmark of this countrys democracy. Americas very first presid...

More NC Republicans switch parties following Capitol riot, impeachment trial Danielle Battaglia and David Raynor, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Mar. 4—RALEIGH — More than 15,000 registered Republicans switched parties since the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, with 85% of them becoming politically unaffiliated. Eighteen percent of those voters left the party on or after Feb. 14, the day after former President Donald Trump's second acquittal in a Senate impeachment trial. For the last two months, the party has faced one controversy after another beginning with the attack ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Gov. Roy Cooper said Friday that he has vetoed Senate Bill 37: In-Person Learning Choice for Families. The bill would compel the state's 115 K-12 public school districts to reopen with at least partial in-person instruction, while also allowing parents the option of keeping their children learning remotely. The plan introduced by Republican state lawmakers could still become law if enough of the handful of Democrats who supported the bill decide to help override the governor's veto. "Students learn best in the classroom, and I have strongly urged all schools to open sa...

WARRENTON — A settlement agreement between North Carolina’s government and civil-rights groups is expected to lead to some sort of early release for 3,500 state-prison inmates in hopes of getting them out of the immediate line of fire of COVID-19. The deal prospectively resolves a lawsuit against the state the State Conference of the NAACP and other groups had lodged on behalf of prisoners, a case that a judge had already warned both sides the state was likely to lose. The state has 180 days to complete the process once Wake County Superior Judge Vince Rozier, who’s overseeing ...

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