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MAIN News Archives for November 2017

11/30 -  White supremacists who took DNA tests aren't happy with the results
11/30 -  Could Justice Roberts be moving left?
11/30 -  The irony of the Garrison Keillor story
11/30 -  AARP: 5.2 million seniors could see taxes increased by GOP bill
11/29 -  There are no such thing as 'ghost voters,' despite GOP claims
11/29 -  NBC News fires 'Today' anchor Matt Lauer after sexual misconduct review
11/29 -  The US Coast Guard is operating floating prisons in the Pacific Ocean, outside US legal protections
11/29 -  Trump still privately questions Obama's birth certificate
11/28 -  Trump endorses publication that has reported that the Pope uses magic to control world events
11/28 -  Migrating birds winter in Israel as climate change makes desert too dangerous
11/28 -  Farmers will suffer under GOP tax bill
11/28 -  Trump brings up 'Pocohontas' at event honoring Navaho 'Code Talkers'
11/27 -  NC House GOP tax plan would raise taxes on teachers by $2 billion
11/27 -  More than 180 women have reported sexual assaults at Massage Envy
11/27 -  Trump is apparently saying that the Access Hollywood tape is a fake
11/26 -  Food bank shocked when someone donates a 46-year-old can of soup
11/26 -  How Mark Halperin poisoned American politics
11/26 -  The CFPB has two acting directors, insuring chaos
11/25 -  When will climate change make Earth uninhabitable for humans?
11/25 -  Federal judge permanently blocks new Texas abortion law as unconstitutional
11/25 -  Polls show partisan gap in attitudes toward sexual harassment
11/24 -  An Art-Pope funded conservative think tank claims credit for some new UNC policies
11/24 -  Alex Jones says he knows that the Las Vegas shooter was a liberal because he drank Pepsi
11/24 -  Franken issues new apologies following accusations
11/24 -  Slow-killing parasite from Vietnam may be killing veterans
11/23 -  Two more women accuse Sen. Al Franken of inappropriate touching during photo shoot
11/23 -  MIssion to save critically endangered vaquita porpoise suffers blow
11/23 -  Poll: Economists unanimous that debt would balloon under GOP tax plan
11/22 -  The forgotten flyers of UNCA's predecessor, Biltmore College
11/22 -  Bad news from Mashable, BuzzFeed, and Vice shows times are rough for ad-supported digital media
11/22 -  Franklin Graham says Roy Moore's critics are lying
11/22 -  More details on corruption allegations under Greene administration of Buncome County
11/21 -  How Duke Energy corrupted UNC Charlotte
11/21 -  'I am by nature civil': The rise and fall of Charlie Rose
11/21 -  McMaster mocked Trump's intelligence at a private dinner
11/21 -  FCC plans December vote to kill net neutrality rules
11/20 -  Future of Germany's Merkel in doubt as coalition talks collapse
11/20 -  NC Speaker Moore's boasting about education doesn't add up
11/20 -  Doubts surface about key witness in Uranium One probe of Clinton
11/20 -  GOP tax bill includes tax break for private jets
11/18 -  Chemours plant in Fayetteville is leaking like a sieve, this time into the air
11/18 -  Rev. Jesse Jackson diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease
11/18 -  The Koch Brothers may buy Time, People, Sports Illustrated
11/18 -  Congress has paid $17 million in sexual misconduct and discrimination settlements
11/17 -  Jim Bakker claims 'Merry Christmas' was outlawed
11/17 -  North Carolina just took its toughest action yet against the company behind the GenX pollution
11/17 -  George HW Bush accused of groping woman while president
11/17 -  Keystone Pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota
11/16 -  For five months, undocumented pastor has been hiding in Durham religious center
11/16 -  Taxpayers pay legal bill to protect Trump business profits
11/16 -  Republicans seek to derail Roy Moore and salvage Senate seat
11/15 -  Watchdog group calls for investigation of Lieutenant Gov. Dan Forest
11/15 -  Tillis, Burr call on Moore to ‘withdraw’ from Alabama Senate race
11/15 -  Roy Moore's pursuit of a young girl is the symptom of a larger problem in evangelical circles
11/15 -  The forgotten flyers of UNCA's predecessor
11/14 -  About Republican nihilism
11/14 -  Emails reveal Duke edited scientific reports on coal ash, coordinated with advisory board chair
11/14 -  Expert proposes legislative maps in NC redistricting case
11/13 -  Shadowy non-profit sets up TV studio for NC Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest
11/13 -  GOP tax plan retains special benefit for golf course owners like Trump
11/13 -  Trump says Putin 'means it' about not meddling with US election
11/13 -  Moore threatens to sue Washington Post over report of his sexual activities with minors
11/10 -  Why are conservatives more susceptible to believing lies?
11/10 -  LGBTQ candidates win elections in seven NC races
11/10 -  Sex allegations against Roy Moore send Republians reeling
11/10 -  Why the Republican tax plan gives fetuses the right to save for college
11/09 -  Democrats score big in Tuesday’s election, and say NC is next
11/09 -  Nine of the ten Republicans in the US House voted to criminalize abortion after six weeks of pregnancy
11/09 -  Women are fueling the anti-Trump surge
11/09 -  The GOP tax plan tells us who matters to them in the US
11/08 -  New report suggests Trump may have lied about ties to mob-linked Russian businessman
11/08 -  Kapoor, Smith, Wisler AVL Council winners: 3/4 of voters say no to districts
11/08 -  Democrat Vi Lyles makes history in Charlotte win as city's first female African-American mayor
11/08 -  Maine OKs Medicaid expansion in first-of-its-kind referendum
11/07 -  Voting in Asheville: Note a few voting location changes!
11/07 -  On Monday, did Mueller signal where his investigation is headed?
11/07 -  Paradise Papers leak reveals secrets of the world elite's hidden wealth
11/07 -  Carter Page reveals new contacts with Trump campaign, Russians
11/07 -  Apple built a tax home on the Jersey Islands
11/06 -  Two popular conservative Twitter personalities were just outed as Russian trolls
11/06 -  Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate
11/06 -  In the 307 days of 2017, there have been 377 mass shootings
11/06 -  Most of America's terrorists are white, right-wing, statistics show
11/06 -  What we know about Texas church shooting suspect Devin Patrick Kelley
11/05 -  GOP tax bill would allow politics from the pulpit
11/05 -  Saudi Arabia arrests 11 princes, including billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal
11/05 -  Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort obtains permission to hire 70 foreign workers
11/05 -  Hotel lobbyists, Grove Park funding Asheville districts campaign
11/03 -  Rick Perry thinks fossil fuels can help stop sexual assaults
11/03 -  DuPont downlayed its own research on toxicity of GenX
11/03 -  Was NPR's meltdown inevitable?
11/03 -  Brazile says 2016 Democratic primaries were rigged
11/02 -  Trump is apoplectic as allies fear impeachment, insiders say
11/02 -  Judges elaborate on decision to dismiss Gov. Cooper's lawsuit over NC elections board
11/02 -  Why the GOP is worried about the special master appointed to redraw district maps
11/01 -  BREAKING: Court rules all parties in NC redistricting must accept decision of special master
11/01 -  Why a judge ruled Paul Manafort isn’t entitled to attorney-client privilege
11/01 -  NC plaintiffs: Legislature should not get another opportunity to redraw districts
11/01 -  Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork for a Saturday Night Massacre
11/01 -  New Yorkers defiant after deadliest terror attack in the city since 9/11