Greenville’s Planning and Zoning Commission is recommending the city open more areas where businesses can operate small-scale breweries and distilleries.
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Finalists have been selected and voting is now open for the Winterville Chamber of Commerce annual Community Awards.
Food & Wine Festival: The ECU School of Hospitality Leadership is hosting its Food & Wine Festival from 6:30-8:30 p.m. today at Darden Dining Hall and Golden Corral Culinary Center in the ECU Rivers Building. Tickets are $75 at business.ecu.edu/shl/luncheons.
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The East Carolina brand has a wide reach, with gear and apparel infiltrating parts of the country that might seem off. So the idea of building a successful program at a place where the fan base is clamoring to support a winner is part of what attracted softball coach Shane Winkler to the program.
Katherine Stanley is enjoying the present, but she has an eye toward her immediate future.
East Carolina trailed early after Campbell scored one run in both the first and third innings of Wednesday’s neutral-site game, and the Pirates couldn’t claw back in a 2-1 loss in Fayetteville at Segra Stadium that featured two top-20-pranked programs.
East Carolina football coach Mike Houston spoke on Tuesday to the Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce during its March Power Luncheon at the Hilton Greenville.
The East Carolina women’s basketball season came to an end on Saturday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Martin Zelenka showed off some serious power over the weekend for the Pitt Community College baseball team.
Widely reported in the press is that President Joe Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express his concern about judicial reforms that are currently being considered in Israel.
Are you an employee or a contractor? This isn’t simply a matter of what you call yourself, or how you think about your relationship to those who pay you to perform services. Because formal employment is the subject of so many local, state, and federal rules, its definition is spelled out in …
Are you an employee or a contractor? This isn’t simply a matter of what you call yourself, or how you think about your relationship to those who pay you to perform services. Because formal employment is the subject of so many local, state, and federal rules, its definition is spelled out in …
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The Republican-controlled North Carolina legislature has given final approval to a Medicaid expansion agreement. Thursday's state House vote reverses longstanding opposition to the measure, which now goes to expansion advocate and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper for his signature. GOP legislative leaders reached a deal earlier this month, capping years of debate over whether the politically closely divided state should accept the federal government’s coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income adults. North Carolina was one of 11 states that hadn't yet adopted expansion. The bill contains one caveat: A state budget law must be passed before expansion can be carried out.
North Carolina’s elected auditor has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for leaving the scene of a December crash in which she drove her state-owned vehicle into a parked car. Four-term Democratic State Auditor Beth Wood told a Wake County judge on Thursday that she made a “grave mistake” and should have remained at the accident. A judge sentenced Wood to about $300 in court costs and fines in the hit-and-run plea. He pointed out that Wood already had personally paid over $11,000 to cover damages to both cars. Wood said in court that she had drunk two glasses of wine at the party but was not impaired.
Mexico's president says forensic tests have confirmed that a body found in northern Mexico was that of a drug gang leader accused of murdering two Jesuit priests last year. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador did not say Thursday whether the tests involved a DNA match or fingerprints. The sister of accused killer José Noriel Portillo Gil, alias “El Chueco,” or “The Crooked One,” had earlier identified his body by sight. The murder of the two beloved Jesuit priests in June 2022 had shocked Mexico. The Jesuits said the suspect’s death proves the government can’t catch criminals and has lost control of parts of the country.
Proposals in several states would allow or require schools to deadname transgender students or out them to their parents without consent. Transgender kids and their families say the proposals could eliminate K-12 public schools as one of the last remaining havens to explore their identities. The stated aim of the bills is to give parents greater control over their childrens' education. Some parents and teachers argue they have a right to know. But others warn the proposals could jeopardize children's health and safety. And some teachers say the reporting requirements force educators to betray the trust of their students or risk losing their job.
An agreement to expand Medicaid in North Carolina has reached the cusp of final legislative approval following a state House vote. The House chamber voted 95-21 on Wednesday for legislation that would direct state health officials to accept Medicaid coverage for potentially 600,000 low-income adults. One more affirmative House vote is needed Thursday before it goes to the desk of longtime expansion advocate Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. The Senate voted last week for the agreement reached between Republican lawmakers three weeks ago. GOP lawmakers had been skeptical for nearly a decade about accepting expansion, which originated from the 2010 federal Affordable Care Act.
North Carolina’s Republican-controlled House has advanced a previously vetoed proposal to restrict how teachers can discuss certain racial topics that some lawmakers equate to “critical race theory.” The House voted 68-49 along party lines Wednesday for legislation banning public school teachers from compelling students to believe they should feel guilty or responsible for past actions committed by people of the same race or sex. House Democrats challenged Republican claims that the bill would reduce discrimination and argued that a comprehensive history education should make students uncomfortable. Republicans are one seat short of a veto-proof supermajority and will likely need some Democratic support for the measure to become law.
Authorities in South Carolina say a former soldier shot and killed three children as they slept in their home while their mother frantically sought help. The ex-soldier then killed himself. Sumter Police Chief Russell Roark says Charles Slacks Jr. also killed an Army solider who worked with the children’s mother and happened to be at the home. Slacks and the woman were divorced, but he still had a key and let himself in around 10 p.m. Tuesday. Slacks shot the co-worker in the backyard, pushed past the mother and shot the children upstairs. They were a 5-year-old, 6-year-old and an 11-year-old.
Conservationists want South Carolina to make the Venus fly trap the state’s official carnivorous plant. Supporters say honoring the Venus fly trap isn’t about one extra thing students see on an elementary school worksheet. Instead, it’s to protect and increase awareness of an interesting species found only in the upper part of the South Carolina coast and a small sliver of southeast North Carolina. In all, South Carolina has about five dozen different official state things, such as the state bird, state opera and even a state snack, which is boiled peanuts.
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Shares in Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest lender, fell sharply on Friday, dragging down major European banks as fears about weaknesses in the global financial system send fresh shudders through the markets.
King Charles III’s state visit to France has been postponed indefinitely amid widespread protests over President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms, putting a damper on the new monarch’s debut on the international stage. Charles will still travel to Germany on Wednesday in what was scheduled to be the second-leg of his first overseas trip since ascending the throne in September. The original six-day visit to France and Germany, the two biggest countries in the European Union, was designed to highlight efforts to rebuild relations between Britain and its neighbors after six years of squabbling over Brexit. But the prospect of Charles being confronted by protesters and piles of garbage in the streets of Paris forced officials in France and Britain to rethink their plans.
Gwyneth Paltrow is expected to testify Friday about a collision on a beginner run at a Utah ski resort between her and a retired optometrist who's suing her. Paltrow has claimed Terry Sanderson was the culprit in the 2016 collision. Her lawyers questioned his daughter on the third day of trial Thursday about her father’s mentions of Paltrow’s wealth and celebrity. Sanderson is suing Paltrow for at least $300,000 in damages, claiming she recklessly crashed into him while the two were skiing at Deer Valley Resort in Park City. In a counterclaim, Paltrow is seeking $1 and attorney fees.
Irma Reyes feels like she can't wake up from nightmare. In a Texas case involving her daughter, prosecutors gave two men charged with sex trafficking a deal to walk free with five years' probation. Reyes’ daughter was 16 when the men were accused of keeping her at a motel where men paid to have sex with the girl. Their cases are among thousands under a cloud of dysfunction at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office. The Republican's staff declined to answer questions about the cases. One of the men's lawyer's said his client would have been acquitted but trial was too risky. Reyes addressed the men in court, her voice breaking. Hundreds of miles away, her daughter struggles to cope. They're both are still grasping for closure.
French citizens angry at President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms are engaging in scattered protest actions. The ongoing unrest across the country persuaded officials to postpone a planned state visit by Britain’s King Charles III. Demonstrators had demanded that Charles cancel his trip, which was scheduled to start Sunday. The protests and labor strikes against Macron’s decision to raise France’s retirement age from 62 to 64 already had promised to impact his visit. Workers refused to roll out the red carpet for the king’s arrival. Although no major protests were planned for Friday, debris littered Paris' streets following the previous day’s demonstrations. France's interior minister said 441 police officers and gendarmes were injured on Thursday.
China is threatening “serious consequences” after the United States Navy sailed a destroyer around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea for the second day in a row. Beijing claims that's a violation of its sovereignty and security. Tensions have been rising between China and the United States in the region. Washington has been pushing back at Beijing’s growingly assertive posture in the South China Sea, a strategic waterway it claims virtually in its entirety. The U.S. 7th Fleet said Friday that the USS Milius guided-missile destroyer had sailed near the Paracel Islands as part of a “freedom of navigation operation.”
Shares have fallen in Europe and Asia as worries over turmoil in the banking sector and the risks of recession overshadow gains on Wall Street. European benchmarks sank as shares in Deutsche Bank plunged 14% after an overnight surge in credit default swaps _ a hedge against defaults for bond investors. Other European banks also lost ground. U.S. futures turned lower and oil prices fell more than $2. On Thursday, the S&P 500 added 0.3% while the Dow closed with a modest gain. Strength for technology stocks helped the Nasdaq composite hold up better than the rest of the market. Treasury yields sank sharply.
The Ukrainian army is using Soviet-era helicopters on missions to the front lines in the fight against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Each day, they might fly three or four sorties, says the commander, whose Mi-24 attack helicopter, built about 40 years ago, is older than himself. The conflict in Ukraine is largely an artillery war, with territory being fought inch by inch under a barrage of shells and missiles. But the pilot says Ukraine’s aviation capabilities play a significant role in the fight. Several countries, including the United States and Britain, have pledged to send or have already sent helicopters to Ukraine since the war started more than a year ago.
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