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Jubilant Iraqis thronged Baghdad’s main square at midnight Saturday to celebrate the end of the curfew imposed by U.S. troops in 2003, despite a rash of bombings in the morning…Click to Continue »

After 18 months of closely guarding the identity of a 26-year-old American aid worker believed to be the last American held hostage by the Islamic State, her family revealed her…Click to Continue »

As Gov. Pat McCrory wound down his 80-minute State of the State address last week, he tackled one of his less-thrilling agenda items: reorganizing the state government bureaucracy.Click to Continue »

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Vice President Joe Biden warned that “the United States and, God willing, all of Europe and the international community will continue to impose costs” on Russia until it stops providing…Click to Continue »

Organized by Christ Church in downtown Raleigh, the polo match raised money for Clark’s Promise, a charity started in honor of late church member Clark Grew.Click to Continue »

A landscaping deal for the State Employees Association of North Carolina follows work by the same firm at Executive Director Dana Cope’s home. A former treasurer embarks on a paper…Click to Continue »

Democrats meeting in Pittsboro on Saturday elected Patsy Keever of Asheville as chairwoman of the state party.Click to Continue »

Alice Gerrard of Durham has had a distinguished folk-music career, but she’s only now getting recognition from the Grammy Awards – at the age of 80.Click to Continue »

Ronald Lee Chewning Jr., 25, was charged with felony sex offense with a student.Click to Continue »