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Jose Perez-Santiago, right, holds his daughter Jordalis, 2, as they return to their home for the first time since it was flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Spring Lake, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. “I didn’t realize we would lose everything,” said Perez-Santiago. “We’ll just have to start from the bottom again.” (AP Photo/David Goldman) NCDG136 NCDG136

September 20, 2018 at 9:08 pm

Reckoning with loss of homes, livelihoods after Florence VIEW

SPRING LAKE, N.C. (AP) — With Florence's floodwaters receding in some places and still menacing others, tired and waterlogged North Carolinians are finally getting a...

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People drive along a flooded area as Hurricane Florence swept through the area in Wilmington, N.C., on Sept. 14, 2018. Florence, lashing the North Carolina coast with strong winds and blinding rain, made landfall Friday morning having already driven dangerous storm surges of several feet into beach and river towns. The eye of the storm came ashore at Wrightsville Beach, N.C., just east of Wilmington, with winds of about 90 miles an hour. (Eric Thayer/The New York Times) XNYT4 XNYT4

September 19, 2018 at 9:26 pm

Florence-weary South Carolina could get more record flooding WATCH

"I'm just ready for this to be over, to be honest" said Evan Jones, a student who evacuated from Wilmington and doesn't know when he...

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August 27, 2018 at 10:38 pm

UNC sets November deadline to plan Confederate statue’s fate

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Leaders of North Carolina's flagship university were given a three-month deadline Tuesday to figure out how to preserve — and...

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August 24, 2018 at 10:18 am

3 facing charges over toppling of Confederate statue

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Police filed charges Friday against three people accused of helping tear down a century-old Confederate statue during a protest this week...

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August 20, 2018 at 3:14 pm

DA: No charges for police videotaped subduing man with baton

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — No charges will be filed against North Carolina police captured on video striking a suspect with a baton, the district attorney...

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August 3, 2018 at 8:31 am

Jury tells pork giant to pay $473.5M in nuisance lawsuit

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal jury decided Friday that the world's largest pork producer should pay $473.5 million to neighbors of three North Carolina...

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July 31, 2018 at 11:21 am

North Carolina gov: Endangered wolf protection should stay

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is urging federal authorities not to reduce protections for endangered red wolves, a species unique to...

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July 27, 2018 at 12:10 pm

Board chairman urges support for UNC system president

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The chairman of the North Carolina university system's Board of Governors asked members Friday to unite behind the system's president...

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July 25, 2018 at 10:14 am

Federal immigration officials detain registered sex offender

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal agents arrested an immigrant who is in the U.S. illegally after a North Carolina sheriff declined their request to keep...

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