Pitt County Schools has reported eight new cases of COVID-19 in the last five school days, according to a report released Friday. Read more
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A man rushed, assaulted and robbed a resident of Eastbrook Apartments on Saturday and police are hoping a a video of the incident will help th… Read more
A longtime ECU professor who had been the university’s historian, a retired neurosurgeon, a retired nurse and a landscaper are among the most … Read more
Pitt County Schools reported that 15 cases of COVID-… Read more
An Ayden Elementary School student who tested positi… Read more
Curtis Hyler had not been with his 88-year-old fathe… Read more
State and local officials on Tuesday announced an expansion of COVID-19 testing sites on Tuesday as new daily case totals continued at high le… Read more
A Corey Road trampoline park that has operated in violation of state virus control measures since May shut its doors Tuesday after the Pitt Co… Read more
At least 70 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Pitt County over the holiday weekend as cases reported statewide continued to total more than… Read more
Fewer than half of parents who responded to a Pitt C… Read more
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LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — The coronavirus has reached the upper echelons of the White House again, with an outbreak among aides to Vice President Mike Pence just over a week from Election Day. A top White House official declared: “We’re not going to control the pandemic.” Read more
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence plans to maintain an aggressive campaign schedule this week despite an apparent outbreak of the coronavirus among his senior aides, the White House says. Read more
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SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — The ’Tis the Season Spectacular Parade will return for the third consecutive year, but this time people who normally watch the parade are going to be part of it. Read more
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Five workers on a North Carolina ferry route have tested positive for COVID-19, the N.C. Department of Transportation said Wednesday. Read more
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ATLANTA (AP) — At 90 years old and living through a global pandemic, Hannah Carson knows time may be short. She wasted no time returning her absentee ballot for this year’s election. Read more
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The president of a historically Black college in North Carolina has died of complications from COVID-19, the chairman of the board of trustees said Friday. Read more
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MEXICO CITY — Mexican health authorities acknowledge the country’s true death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is far higher than previously thought, saying there were 193,170 “excess” deaths in the year up to Sept. 26. Read more
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Health policy specialists questioned White House officials' claim that federal rules on essential workers allow Vice President Mike Pence to continue to campaign and not quarantine himself after being exposed to the coronavirus. Read more
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Preslie Paur breaks down in tears when she thinks of her state’s refusal to mandate face masks. Read more
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. coronavirus caseload has reached record heights with more than 83,000 infections reported in a single day, the latest ominous sign of the disease’s grip on the nation, as states from Connecticut to the Rocky Mountain West reel under the surge. Read more
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MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s northern border state of Chihuahua returned to the highest level of alert and lockdown Friday after coronavirus cases jumped there and hospitals began to fill up. Read more