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A sorry excuse for a congress critter: Lauren Boebert
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Lauren Boebert accused of sex with three staffers in complaint alleging $200K hush payment
An explosive sworn complaint filed with the House Ethics Committee alleges Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) carried on a sexual relationship
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September 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM
A sorry excuse for a congress critter: Lauren Boebert
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Ugh. UATX — the university
founded by Bari Weiss & Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale — announced their plan for an unaccredited law school at an event featuring Judge James Ho who tried to ban mifepristone. Remember how Ho’s wife took $$ from the ADF, which brought the mifepristone case to court? 1/
founded by Bari Weiss & Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale — announced their plan for an unaccredited law school at an event featuring Judge James Ho who tried to ban mifepristone. Remember how Ho’s wife took $$ from the ADF, which brought the mifepristone case to court? 1/
September 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Ugh. UATX — the university
founded by Bari Weiss & Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale — announced their plan for an unaccredited law school at an event featuring Judge James Ho who tried to ban mifepristone. Remember how Ho’s wife took $$ from the ADF, which brought the mifepristone case to court? 1/
founded by Bari Weiss & Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale — announced their plan for an unaccredited law school at an event featuring Judge James Ho who tried to ban mifepristone. Remember how Ho’s wife took $$ from the ADF, which brought the mifepristone case to court? 1/
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A comprehensive preview, including betting odds and predictions, for the NCAAF game between the Charlotte 49ers at Appalachian State Mountaineers.
Charlotte 49ers at Appalachian State Mountaineers Prediction, Picks & Odds for Sept. 19, 2026
A comprehensive preview, including betting odds and predictions, for the NCAAF game between the Charlotte 49ers at Appalachian State Mountaineers.
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September 19, 2026 at 1:12 PM
A comprehensive preview, including betting odds and predictions, for the NCAAF game between the Charlotte 49ers at Appalachian State Mountaineers.
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"The universe consists of 5% protons, 5% neutrons, 5% electrons and 85% morons." ~ Frank Zappa
September 19, 2026 at 5:18 PM
"The universe consists of 5% protons, 5% neutrons, 5% electrons and 85% morons." ~ Frank Zappa
Former UNC GM Lombardi returns to NFL analysis with a football writing project
Michael Lombardi, who was the highest-paid general manager in college football, said he has started an NFL-focused Substack. www.wral.com/sports/north...
Michael Lombardi, who was the highest-paid general manager in college football, said he has started an NFL-focused Substack. www.wral.com/sports/north...
Former UNC GM Lombardi returns to NFL analysis with new football writing project
Michael Lombardi, who was the highest-paid general manager in college football, said he has started an NFL-focused Substack.
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September 19, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Former UNC GM Lombardi returns to NFL analysis with a football writing project
Michael Lombardi, who was the highest-paid general manager in college football, said he has started an NFL-focused Substack. www.wral.com/sports/north...
Michael Lombardi, who was the highest-paid general manager in college football, said he has started an NFL-focused Substack. www.wral.com/sports/north...
NC AG Jackson requests new Duke rate class for data centers
Jackson argued the separate class would prevent data centers from shifting energy costs to residential consumers. ncnewsline.com/2026/09/14/n...
Jackson argued the separate class would prevent data centers from shifting energy costs to residential consumers. ncnewsline.com/2026/09/14/n...
NC AG Jackson requests new Duke rate class for data centers • NC Newsline
Jackson argued the separate class would prevent data centers from shifting energy costs to residential consumers.
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September 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
NC AG Jackson requests new Duke rate class for data centers
Jackson argued the separate class would prevent data centers from shifting energy costs to residential consumers. ncnewsline.com/2026/09/14/n...
Jackson argued the separate class would prevent data centers from shifting energy costs to residential consumers. ncnewsline.com/2026/09/14/n...
Heavy traffic in Boone. There's a football game today.
September 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Heavy traffic in Boone. There's a football game today.
If an invasive black bear in the Asheville area can be captured, wildlife officials say she will be sent to the NC Zoo, rather than euthanized. This follows a campaign to save the bear, which broke into homes and injured a person as it tried to escape.
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September 19, 2026 at 3:10 PM
If an invasive black bear in the Asheville area can be captured, wildlife officials say she will be sent to the NC Zoo, rather than euthanized. This follows a campaign to save the bear, which broke into homes and injured a person as it tried to escape.
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Trump says he is banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House, a move likely unconstitutional.
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Trump says he is banning media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he is banning three major news outlets – CNN, MS NOW and Politico – from the White House in his latest move to crack down on the independent press.
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September 18, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Trump says he is banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House, a move likely unconstitutional.
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Three years after the 2023 shooting that killed a professor and caused the UNC-Chapel Hill campus to go under a three-hour lockdown, an Orange County judge finds the accused grad student not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Three years after the 2023 UNC-Chapel Hill shooting, judge finds accused grad student not guilty by reason of insanity
Three years after the 2023 shooting that fatally killed a professor and caused the UNC-Chapel Hill campus to go under a three-hour lockdown, an Orange County judge finds the accused grad student not g...
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September 18, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Three years after the 2023 shooting that killed a professor and caused the UNC-Chapel Hill campus to go under a three-hour lockdown, an Orange County judge finds the accused grad student not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Trump says he is banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House, a move likely unconstitutional.
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Trump says he is banning media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he is banning three major news outlets – CNN, MS NOW and Politico – from the White House in his latest move to crack down on the independent press.
www.reuters.com
September 18, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Trump says he is banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House, a move likely unconstitutional.
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Young soldier from Apex killed in an army training accident
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Apex soldier killed in military vehicle rollover during training
An Apex soldier assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division died after a military vehicle rollover during training at Fort Hood, the Army said.
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September 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Young soldier from Apex killed in an army training accident
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US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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September 18, 2026 at 6:38 PM
US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
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"She *lived* for her job.
"For 40 years.
"And now it’s gone."
-- Dave Barry, writing about how his wife, longtime Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman, just got laid off by "two corporate guys she did not know, who did not know her." davebarry.substack.com/p/michelle
"For 40 years.
"And now it’s gone."
-- Dave Barry, writing about how his wife, longtime Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman, just got laid off by "two corporate guys she did not know, who did not know her." davebarry.substack.com/p/michelle
Michelle
A tribute.
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September 18, 2026 at 7:21 PM
"She *lived* for her job.
"For 40 years.
"And now it’s gone."
-- Dave Barry, writing about how his wife, longtime Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman, just got laid off by "two corporate guys she did not know, who did not know her." davebarry.substack.com/p/michelle
"For 40 years.
"And now it’s gone."
-- Dave Barry, writing about how his wife, longtime Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman, just got laid off by "two corporate guys she did not know, who did not know her." davebarry.substack.com/p/michelle
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A coalition of civil rights groups and union organizations Friday sued the Trump administration to prevent the deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling locations during November’s midterm elections.
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Trump administration faces second lawsuit to block ICE agents at polls | Colorado Newsline
A coalition of civil rights groups and union organizations sued the Trump administration to prevent ICE from going to polling locations.
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September 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
A coalition of civil rights groups and union organizations Friday sued the Trump administration to prevent the deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling locations during November’s midterm elections.
By @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social
By @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social
Poll finds voters favor US Senate candidates with plan for averting Social Security cut ncnewsline.com/2026/09/16/r...?
Poll finds voters favor US Senate candidates with plan for averting Social Security cut • NC Newsline
Voters are much more likely to support U.S. Senate candidates in the November midterm elections if they have a plan to avoid an automatic cut to Social Security benefits in 2032, according to a poll…
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September 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Poll finds voters favor US Senate candidates with plan for averting Social Security cut ncnewsline.com/2026/09/16/r...?
Yeah... right... Trump says he was ‘only kidding’ after threatening Helene aid cut for NC
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Trump says he was ‘only kidding’ after threatening Helene aid cut for NC
Trump said he was kidding after threatening to withhold Helene relief if Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley did not win.
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September 18, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Yeah... right... Trump says he was ‘only kidding’ after threatening Helene aid cut for NC
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A Western NC heating oil distributor says families could pay close to $2,000 to fill their home heating oil tanks this winter as fuel costs continue to rise. wlos.com/news/local/h...?
Heating oil distributor warns of steep price increase as costs rise
A local heating oil distributor says families could pay close to $2,000 to fill their home heating oil tanks this winter as fuel costs continue to rise.
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September 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM
A Western NC heating oil distributor says families could pay close to $2,000 to fill their home heating oil tanks this winter as fuel costs continue to rise. wlos.com/news/local/h...?
UNC defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, the son of head coach Bill Belichick, is resigning following an investigation that found actions within the football program that showed "a disregard for Carolina values and standards of conduct," the University said Thursday. www.wral.com/sports/north...
UNC's Steve Belichick to resign; investigation finds 'a disregard for Carolina’s values'
Investigators confirmed to WRAL that they investigated allegations of drug use and sexual relationships within the program. The investigation consisted of about 60 interviews, including one with Bill…
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September 18, 2026 at 2:10 PM
UNC defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, the son of head coach Bill Belichick, is resigning following an investigation that found actions within the football program that showed "a disregard for Carolina values and standards of conduct," the University said Thursday. www.wral.com/sports/north...