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EU agency: AstraZeneca vaccine safe, will add clot warning

March 18, 2021 The North State Journal

Pharmacy Technician Katrina Bonwick administers a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Wheatfield surgery in Luton, England, Thursday, March 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) LONDON — The European Union’s drug regulatory agency said […]

NC to receive Johnson & Johnson vaccine beginning Wednesday

March 1, 2021 The North State Journal

FILE – This Dec. 2, 2020, file photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows vials of the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the […]

UN to rich nations: Don’t undermine COVAX vaccine program

February 22, 2021 The North State Journal

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, and Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, left on the screen, brief the media on a virtual joint news conference at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, […]

Stanly County has shortage of COVID vaccine

January 25, 2021 Stanly County Journal Staff

ALBEMARLE — Following a call by N.C. hospitals for Gov. Roy Cooper to provide “a better plan and way forward on vaccine deployment,” counties are experiencing shortages of the COVID vaccines. In a release Monday, […]

New study on COVID transmission in NC schools shows no reported child-to-adult transmission

January 13, 2021 The North State Journal

FILE – In this Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 file photo, an American flag hangs in a classroom as students work on laptops in an Elementary School. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) RALEIGH — A pre-publication release […]

Newly formed NC Bar Owners Association files suit against Gov. Cooper’s COVID orders

January 6, 2021 The North State Journal

Logo for the NC Bar Owners Association RALEIGH — Board members of the newly formed NC Bar Owner’s Association have filed suit against Gov. Roy Cooper over executive orders that have kept most private bars […]

Churches across NC require reservations to attend Christmas services

December 23, 2020 The North State Journal

This image from Elevation Church shows the church’s app where worshippers are asked to make reservations for Christmas Eve services. Photo via Elevation Church RALEIGH — On the first Christmas, the Holy Family was turned […]

Executive order allows for carry out, delivery of mixed alcoholic drinks

December 21, 2020 The North State Journal

Sugar House bartender Shelby Minnix creates a Lavender Lemonade cocktail in a to-go bottle, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, in Detroit. At least 33 states and the District of Columbia are temporarily allowing cocktails to-go during […]

Cooper, cabinet leaders again push local leaders to enact additional restrictions

December 14, 2020 The North State Journal

Gov. Roy Cooper briefs media from the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh. Photo via N.C. Dept. of Public Safety RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper, N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services secretary Mandy Cohen and […]

Vaccine puts spotlight on German pharma company BioNTech

December 2, 2020 The North State Journal

File — In this Tuesday, Nov.10, 2020 file photo windows are illuminated at the headquarters of the German biotechnology company BioNTech in Mainz, Germany. Pfizer and BioNTech say they’ve won permission Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, […]

Hurricanes making hard look easy
RALEIGH — Things have gone about as well as they can for the Hurricanes through two rounds of the NHL playoffs. Carolina is unbeaten through eight games — the first team in NHL history to […]
GOP leaders come to budget agreement
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s top Republican legislative leaders said Tuesday they have reached a framework agreement to break a nearly yearlong budget impasse, announcing plans for the largest average teacher pay raise in nearly two […]
Former law enforcement reveal Cooper evacuated during May 2020 rioting
RALEIGH — Protesting, chanting and marching. Property damage, arson and rioting. This was the oscillating pattern in downtown Raleigh over the weekend of May 30 to June 1 in 2020 following the death of George Floyd. Each […]
Trump: US will reduce troops in Germany beyond initial withdrawal
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump said last week that the U.S. will significantly reduce its troop presence in Germany, escalating a dispute with Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he seeks to scale back […]
Suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise kills 3 people
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at least three others, […]
Hornets’ Diabate wins Hustle Award, Knueppel misses rookie honor
CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Hornets came away from NBA awards season with both a leaguewide honor and a near miss. Last week, Hornets center Moussa Diabate was named the winner of the 2025-26 NBA Hustle […]