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MAIN News Archives for April 2023

04/30 -  Climate change: Spain breaks record temperature for April
04/30 -  Biden denies ‘bomb train’ permit to ship liquid gas through populated areas
04/30 -  Nearly 500 grams of meth, 300 grams of suspected fentanyl seized in Haywood arrest
04/30 -  Kicked off Medicaid: Millions at risk as states trim rolls
04/29 -  Frustration grows over wait on OxyContin maker’s settlement
04/29 -  Russians call for "neutralisation of Odesa" after fire in Sevastopol
04/29 -  'A big boom:' TikTok challenge leaves Wake Forest teen with burns on nearly 80 percent of his body
04/29 -  GOP gets big wins with three NC Supreme Court election rulings
04/28 -  North Carolina residents urge UN to investigate toxic PFAS pollution
04/28 -  End tenure for North Carolina professors? GOP bill would shift system to contracts
04/28 -  Two NC State students died by suicide within 24 hours; counseling services to be offered Friday
04/28 -  'I've never seen it so bad:' Concerns mount over trash piled under Asheville bridge
04/27 -  Climate change behind 'devastating drought' in Horn of Africa, report says
04/27 -  Eye drops recall: FDA finds contaminated conditions at manufacturer
04/27 -  NC House members back more license plate reader cameras
04/27 -  'I'm fighting against wokeism:' Some Hendersonville residents object to $147K DEI proposal
04/26 -  Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists
04/26 -  Jailed Kremlin foe Navalny says he may face life sentence
04/26 -  Judge rebukes Trump for ‘entirely inappropriate’ post before E Jean Carroll testimony
04/26 -  Council approves water rate hike for Asheville residents
04/25 -  Biden announces 2024 reelection bid: ‘Let’s finish this job’
04/25 -  Firefighters suddenly trapped inside burning house, one falls through floor
04/25 -  Actor Danny Masterson drugged, raped women, prosecutor says
04/25 -  Why did Tucker Carlson leave Fox News? Here's what we know
04/24 -  Foreigners airlifted out; Sudanese seek refuge from fighting
04/24 -  EPA accused of failing to regulate use of toxic herbicides despite court order
04/24 -  Field of dreams: New farmers struggle to find land in WNC
04/24 -  Mark Robinson joins race for North Carolina governor
04/21 -  A silent crisis in men’s health gets worse
04/21 -  US to begin training Ukrainian troops on Abrams tank
04/21 -  Rightwing extremists defeated by Democrats in US school board elections
04/21 -  Downtown business owners welcome news of 60-day initiative to address ongoing crime
04/20 -  In grim drought, Tunisians ration water in state-ordered ban
04/20 -  Judicial record undermines Clarence Thomas defence in luxury gifts scandal
04/20 -  NC Republicans propose banning drag shows, with felony charges
04/20 -  Hendersonville man pleads guilty to operating a continuing criminal enterprise
04/18 -  Here’s why downpour in Florida just wouldn’t stop
04/18 -  Colorado River snaking through Grand Canyon most endangered US waterway – report
04/18 -  Buncombe County deputies to help Asheville police patrol downtown
04/18 -  Argument escalates into fight when substitute teacher confiscates cell phone at Rocky Mount High
04/17 -  Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory
04/17 -  Chauvin murder conviction upheld in George Floyd killing
04/17 -  According to recent poll, many North Carolinians are skeptical of health insurance providers
04/17 -  Officials release more details following deadly plane crash in the mountains
04/14 -  FBI arrests 21-year-old Guardsman in leak of classified military documents
04/14 -  Alexei Navalny in ‘critical’ situation after possible poisoning, says ally
04/14 -  Car stolen from Raleigh gas station with baby inside
04/14 -  Couple robbed at gunpoint the latest victims in Asheville's increase in violent crime
04/13 -  Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to stay out of prison
04/13 -  Pentagon leaks linked to young gun enthusiast who worked at military base – report
04/13 -  No federal charges being filed in case of NC woman months after her death in Mexico
04/13 -  'It's been a disaster:' Residents warn neighboring areas of crypto mine impacts
04/11 -  Illustrated Anne Frank book removed by Florida school
04/11 -  ‘People will die’: why is Ron DeSantis loosening gun laws that most Floridians support?
04/11 -  More than a third of community college students have vanished
04/11 -  Authorities search for woman last seen April 6 in Swannanoa area
04/10 -  A North Carolina Democrat left the party — and shifted the balance of power
04/10 -  Baltimore mayor calls for ‘youth curfew’ after 2 teens shot
04/10 -  Fewer pronouns, more guns: Ron DeSantis’s plan to turn the US into Florida
04/10 -  'Most spectacular view in Asheville:' Creation of park on Spivey Mountain being considered
04/09 -  AOC calls to impeach Clarence Thomas over lavish vacations
04/09 -  What does 1870s Comstock Act have to do with abortion pills?
04/09 -  Not just abortion: Cotham switch opens door to controversial GOP bills
04/09 -  Smokey Park Highway closed off for hours due to fuel spill from crash; 2 hospitalized
04/08 -  Report: Florida officials cut key data from vaccine study
04/08 -  Dueling federal rulings plunge future of abortion pill into legal uncertainty
04/08 -  ‘Headed off the charts’: world’s ocean surface temperature hits record high
04/08 -  'Definitely a set fire': Investigation underway after outside fire spreads to business
04/06 -  Fight lands Cruso teen in jail for murder
04/06 -  Baltimore’s Catholic Church sexually abused at least 600 children over 60 years, Maryland AG says
04/06 -  Rocket fire from Gaza, Lebanon at Israel as Passover begins
04/06 -  Clarence Thomas accused of accepting luxury trips from billionaire Republican donor
04/04 -  Stephen Smith exhumed, examined almost 2 years after Murdaugh case prompts renewed scrutiny
04/04 -  Netherlands train crashes into maintenance crane, killing one; dozens hurt
04/04 -  Buncombe may put temporary block on crypto mines
04/04 -  NC General Assembly debates if charter schools can dip into public school funds
04/03 -  New cars sold in EU must be zero-emission from 2035
04/03 -  Zelenskyy to visit Warsaw to meet with Poles, Ukrainians
04/03 -  Finland to join Nato on Tuesday as Russia sounds border warning
04/03 -  Biltmore employee killed after tree falls during strong winds
04/02 -  Public urged to disregard false mill story
04/02 -  Drug trafficking blamed as homicides soar in Costa Rica
04/02 -  Boy Scouts insurers seek to delay $2.5 billion abuse deal, bankruptcy exit
04/02 -  Spivey Mountain wildfire burns 75+ acres; crews respond to more than 30 brush fires in WNC
04/01 -  Proposed Tribal Constitution receives EBCI Community Club Council endorsement
04/01 -  Drought or no drought? California left pondering after record winter deluge
04/01 -  Trump indictment ends decades of perceived invincibility
04/01 -  Driver sought in hit-and-run that sends Asheville pedestrian to hospital