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200mm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — North Korea for the first time responded to messages regarding U.S. Army Private 2nd Class Travis King, who ran across the demilitarized zone two weeks ago, according to defense officials. “I can confirm that the [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] has responded to United Nations Command, but I don’t have any substantial […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the week since U.S. Army Private 2nd Class Travis King crossed into North Korea, American officials have been unable to extract even the most basic information about his condition from tight-lipped officials in Pyongyang — a move experts say could be a play by the country’s authoritarian leader Kim […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that flew about 621 miles before falling in the East Sea, neighboring Japan and South Korea said Wednesday. The launch amounted to a “serious provocation that undermines the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula as well as the international community,” South […]
Stephen Yang/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on Wednesday jumped into the 2024 presidential race — becoming the 12th Republican candidate on the list, with a pitch to voters focused on lessons he learned out West. “We need new leadership for the changing economy. We need a leader who understands the real work […]
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — North Carolina’s Fort Bragg, named after Confederate Army Gen. Braxton Bragg, was officially redesignated to Fort Liberty on Friday. The renaming ceremony Friday was part of a national campaign to change the names of nine U.S. Army installations, as recommended by the Department of Defense’s Naming Commission to […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea acknowledged on Wednesday its failure to launch a military spy satellite, an attempt that U.S. officials called a “brazen violation” of U.N. resolutions. After admitting the failure in an unusually short time, North Korea’s state news agency reported that a second launch attempt will be made as […]
Mlenny/Getty Images (RALEIGH, N.C.) — The North Carolina Legislature voted Tuesday night to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a 12-week abortion ban. Republican lawmakers passed the bill along party lines last week, which reduced the state’s ban on abortion from 20 weeks to the end of the first trimester, but it was quickly blocked […]
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (RALEIGH, N.C.) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Saturday vetoed a Republican bill that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks, though the politics of the state mean that the possibility of a veto override is imminent. The Democratic governor would likely need just one Republican defector to prevent the GOP-led legislature […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.) — A North Carolina police officer shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself, state authorities said Wednesday amid an investigation into their deaths. Fayetteville police officers responded to the home of fellow officer Domingo Tavarez-Rodriguez on Friday when he didn’t report to work at 6 p.m., […]
matejphoto/Getty Images (RALEIGH, N.C.)– North Carolina legislators have introduced a new abortion bill that would ban the procedure after 12 weeks. Republican leaders announced in a news conference Tuesday there was agreement in the GOP-controlled House and Senate to reduce the state’s abortion ban, which currently sits at 20 weeks, to the end of the first trimester. […]