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More than a dozen states have enacted tougher requirements for registering and voting since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a key provision of the Voting Rights Act three years ago. That has led to confusion and claims that certain groups, mostly minorities who tend to vote with Democrats, are being disenfranchised.
Hurricane Matthew might have been the death knell for many Eastern North Carolina farmers, according to federal officials touring devastated farms Thursday in Edgecombe County. U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-1st District, said many farmers were already operating at a margin when the storm blew into town in early October.
Republican Gov. Pat McCrory has been unable to quash the firestorm over his signing of a law limiting protections for LGBT people, while trying to focus his re-election bid on North Carolina's economy, taxes, teacher pay and his recent response to historic flooding. That legislation has reinforced this election as a referendum on North Carolina's conservative shift under McCrory and the Republican-led legislature.
A little-known clock has been ticking down for New Yorkers. Critically important draft rules, adopting the first-ever set of official sea level projections for our state, are on the brink of expiring.
CW44 Station Bio- WTOG-TV first began operations on November 4, 1968, broadcasting on UHF channel 44. Originally owned my Minnesota-based Hubbard Broadcasting Corp., WTOG solidified itself in the Tampa Bay market by being the area's only [] 4 Years After Storm, Some Places Changed by Sandy Forever For four years, people have worked hard and mostly successfully to erase the deep scars Superstorm Sandy left on the New York and New Jersey coastlines when it crashed ashore with deadly force on Oct. 29, 2012. Trump Campaign Downplays Clinton Cash Advantage The Trump campaign on Friday downplayed federal filings showing Hillary Clinton with an $85 million cash advantage in the final stretch of the campaign.
Taking advantage of federal and state funds, Effingham County commissioners agreed Monday to hire debris removal and monitoring companies to clean up after Hurricane Matthew. Clint Hodges, the director of the county's Emergency Management Agency, said the county will be reimbursed more funding if it cleans up the debris quickly - up to 85 percent of the cleanup cost by FEMA and 13 percent by the state.
"The way things have been going up in Athens this fall I think firing Coach Mark Richt to bring in a new coach might not have been a very smart idea." "To the caller that said it's interesting that since the Republicans don't like their candidate, they think us Democrats don't like ours.
As Keith and Felicia Scott looked at the ruins of their flooded-out house in North Carolina, the mould growing up the walls and the loose floorboards lying waterlogged at their feet, the presidential election was about the furthest thing from their minds. "I know it's something we need to focus on, but it's kind of hard to focus on that when you've got all this going on," said Keith Scott, a 49-year-old state prison employee who lives outside Lumberton, one of the areas inundated by Hurricane Matthew nearly two weeks ago.
Republican vice presidential hopeful Mike Pence is condemning the firebombing of a North Carolina Republican campaign office as an "act of political terrorism." The Indiana governor made a surprise stop Tuesday at the Orange County Republican headquarters, encouraging local GOP officials and volunteers as he stood among stacks of Donald Trump campaign signs left charred by a Molotov cocktail.
This op-ed from IBD points out what we have been saying for years, that even though there is no trend in hurricane frequency of intensity, alarmists like Mashable's Andrew Freedman are trying to get the definition of a hurricane redefined, so that the trend will become a positive one. Recall that hateful science blogger Greg Laden asked Should There be a Category 6 for Hurricanes? after super typhoon Haiyan hit in 2013, something that ABC news opined had " already happened " without one shred of evidence to back up that opinion for a Category 6 storm.
Boeckman is a former Arkansas judge accused of giving lighter sentences to defendants in exchange for nude photos and sexual act... . FILE - Joseph Boeckmann is shown in this 2004 photo provided by the Wynne Progress.
The vote pits Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic's long-ruling Democratic Party of Socialists against a cluster of pro-Russian and... . A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Podgorica, Montenegro, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016.
Writer-director Reichar... . Actor Leonardo DiCaprio poses for photographers during a photo call to promote the film 'Before the Flood', showing as part of the London Film Festival in London, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016.
Leaders of BRICS countries, from left, Brazilian President Michel Temer, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and South African President Jacob Zuma raise their han... . Leaders of BRICS countries, from left, Brazilian President Michel Temer, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and South African President Jacob Zuma leave after a gr... Four people were killed and nine were injured on Saturday after an out-of-control pickup truck plunged off the San Diego-Coronado Bridge and plowed into crowd gathered at a festival below, authorities said.
Several hundred people have gathered in Madrid to p... . People, some holding posters against the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership or TTIP, march during a protest, in Madrid, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016.
A tornado struck an Oregon beach town, sending debris flying and toppling power lines and trees as strong winds and heavy rain walloped the Pacific Northwest. Trees and power lines snapped Saturday as a powerful storm bearing the remnants of a Pacific typhoon hit the Northwest.
Law enforcement sought Saturday to reassure immigrants in a diverse western Kansas community of their safety after three men were accused of plotting to target Somali immigrants there. Law enforcement sought Saturday to reassure immigrants in a diverse western Kansas community of their safety after three men were accused of plotting to target Somali immigrants there.
Tiajuana Williams lives in a one-story apartment building in Princeville, North Carolina, that was flooded by a river bulging with rainwater from Hurricane Matthew. Before driving out of town in her Honda Civic ahead of the storm, she hurriedly packed a small bag with little more than a change of clothes.