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WASHINGTON — Consumer spending was flat in May with incomes dropping for a second month as the impact of the government's pandemic stimulus payments waned. Inflation, however, posted a sizable gain with prices excluding food and energy jumping by the largest amount in nearly three decades. The flat reading for consumer spending in May represented a marked slowdown following gains of 0.9% in April and a 5% surge in March, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The spending surge in March had been fueled by distribution of payments of up to $1,400 per individual from a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, the...

RALEIGH, N.C. — The state is tracking roughly $81 billion in federal pandemic stimulus spending – so much that it started a new office last year to keep up with everything. Lots of this federal money was spent last year, on stimulus checks that went direct to families, forgivable loans to keep businesses afloat, virus testing, vaccine research and a $10 billion boost to unemployment checks that, at one time or another, went out to nearly a million people. But there are billions left, and that money will be spent over a span of years. Among other things, the state...

RALEIGH, N.C. — The White House announced on Sunday that President Joe Biden planned to travel to Raleigh on Thursday. According to the release, Biden plans to encourage COVID vaccination efforts in North Carolina. During his trip, he plans to highlight the ease of getting vaccinated, as well as mobilize grassroots vaccine education and outreach efforts.

The pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Southeast Calgary has been arrested for holding church services and “flouting” pandemic health orders, despite only 951 reported cases across all Canada yesterday. Disturbing footage of Pastor Tim Stephens being hauled into a police cruiser as his horrified children looked on, sobbing uncontrollably, circulated on the internet yesterday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although it may feel like North Carolina hit a crucial benchmark in returning to normalcy from COVID-19 this week, Dr. Anthony Fauci is voicing concern for states that have pulled back on regulating limits on social life. In an interview with "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd, Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, advised caution for what he feels is prematurely lifting restrictions among some states. North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia all eased major restrictions on Friday, as did Massachusetts, Arkansas and Wyoming. Several other states eased some level of...

The final report of the sexual misconduct of the late Ravi Zacharias was released last week. Many of us knew the findings would be devastating due to a preliminary report issued several months ago, and even before that report, credible accounts started to surface about his personal lifestyle, rife with sexual dalliances. Reading the report makes us shake our heads in disbelief. How could someone who came across as brilliant, gifted, and credible lead a secret life of such utter slavery to sexual sin? What do we say?

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CHAPEL HILL – An experimental drug created at a subsidiary of Emory University has shown potential to both prevent and treat COVID-19, according to researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill. The drug, known as EIDD-2801, is being developed by Miami-based Ridgeback Biotherapeutics. Ridgeback is partnered with drug giant Merck in the development process. The drug was invented at Drug Innovations at Emory, a not-for-profit biotechnology company wholly owned by Emory University, according to Ridgeback.

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North Carolina Chief Justice Cheri Beasley conceded the election on Saturday. North Carolina Chief Justice Cheri Beasley conceded the election to Justice Paul Newby on Saturday morning. She released a statement sharing her thoughts on the transition. “Today, I called Justice Newby to congratulate him on winning the election for Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. I offer my very best to him and his family as he moves into that new role." She shared her enduring gratitude for her volunteers, staff and supporters. "Their impact will echo far beyond a single year, campaign, or election. For that,...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Protesters from NC Born, ReOpenNC, the Proud Boys and groups from across the political spectrum clashed in front of the Governor's Mansion in downtown Raleigh on Saturday morning around 11:30 a.m. The energy between the groups was aggressive, with outraged remarks slung between speakers and chanters. The groups shouted back and forth, arguing over ideas like police violence, the mask mandate and the presidential election. "Y'all are gonna kill each other!" shouted one protester. A man speaking to the crowd said, "We're gonna reinstate the constitution. We're going to reinstate the Bill of Rights."

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(Cary is a suburb of Raleigh, NC) CARY, N.C. — Former second lady Dr. Jill Biden will stop in Cary on Election Day. According to a press release, Biden will travel to a voting site in Cary to thank poll workers and encourage North Carolinians to vote for her husband and Sen. Kamala Harris. The exact polling place and time was not announced. State Senator Wiley Nickel will join Biden during her visit. Joe Biden will travel to Scranton and Philadelphia on Tuesday before heading to Wilmington, Delaware, where he will address the nation. Biden held more campaign stops in...

Raleigh, N.C. — Judge Amy Coney Barrett is expected to be sworn in as a U.S. Supreme Court justice shortly after the U.S. Senate confirms her nomination on Monday night, and a North Carolina case could be among the first before the court with her as a member. Absentee ballots have been the focus of a fierce legal fight in North Carolina for weeks, following the State Board of Elections' decision to try to settle some lawsuits by changing the rules for voting by mail. While courts have dealt with the problem of fixing ballots that were mailed without the...

WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence plans to maintain an aggressive campaign schedule this week despite an apparent outbreak of the coronavirus among his senior aides, the White House says. Pence's chief of staff, Marc Short, and “a couple of key staff surrounding the vice president” have tested positive for the virus, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Sunday. The vice president, who along with his wife, Karen, tested negative on Sunday, according to his office, is considered a “close contact” of the aides under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria but will not quarantine, his spokesman...

RALEIGH, N.C. — President Donald Trump's campaign is trying to energize its base in North Carolina as the election nears and a state critical to his re-election bid remains up for grabs. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are staging separate rallies in eastern North Carolina this weekend, urging rural voters to get to the polls. On Friday, Trump's younger son courted religious conservatives with a speech strong on God and freedom at an evangelical church in Raleigh. "We love faith in America. We love faith in our country," Eric Trump told a cheering crowd at RFA Church. "Make no...

A granddaughter of the Rev. Billy Graham, Jerushah Duford is a committed evangelical Christian who describes herself as “pro-life.” For most of her life, she voted Republican. Yet this year, she is voting for Joe Biden and is encouraging fellow Christians to distance themselves from a president who she says is trying “to hijack our faith for votes.”