CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. Billy Graham’s funeral Friday featured rousing music along with heartfelt words from his adult children in the culmination of more than a week of tributes to “America’s Pastor.” The noon service commenced with the evangelist’s family bringing in his casket before an invitation-only crowd of about 2,000. It was […]
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John R. Hinkley
CHESTERVILLE — John R. Hinkley, 81, of Chesterville, died late Saturday evening at his home. He was born in Plymouth, N.H., April 30, 1936, a son of Kenneth and Alice (Hodgdon) Hinkley and attended schools in Upton and Rangeley, graduating from Rangeley High School in 1956. On Oct. 24, 1964, he married Louise Bean of Vienna […]
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NCAA to cautiously consider North Carolina for championship venues
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The NCAA says it will consider North Carolina as a host for championship events again after the state rolled back a law that limited protections for LGBT people. In a statement Tuesday, the governing body said its Board of Governors had reviewed moves to repeal repealed the so-called “bathroom bill” and replace […]
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Ex-congregants from Word of Faith Fellowship reveal years of ungodly abuse
SPINDALE, N.C. — From all over the world, they flocked to this tiny town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, lured by promises of inner peace and eternal life. What many found instead: years of terror — waged in the name of the Lord. Congregants of the Word of Faith Fellowship were regularly […]
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Dylann Roof sentenced to death for killing black church members
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal jury has sentenced Dylann Roof to death for killing nine black church members in a racially motivated attack in 2015. Roof, who is white, faced either life in prison or execution for the slayings on June 17, 2015. The Justice Department says he is the first person to get the […]
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Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump condemn Republican Party office firebombing
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Authorities are investigating after a local Republican Party office in North Carolina was vandalized and set on fire in what a state GOP official called an act of “political terrorism.” A bottle filled with flammable liquid was thrown through the window of the Orange County Republican Party headquarters overnight, damaging the interior […]
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North Carolina fights back on bathroom use
Standing on principle, not to mention common sense, is so rare these days that when someone does it they make headlines. That’s because you can quickly be labeled a “bigot” if you oppose a lot of the sludge dumped on us by the secular left, and few can withstand the onslaught. North Carolina’s Republican governor, […]
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North Carolina sues feds over LGBT rights
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration sued the federal government Monday in a fight for a state law that requires transgender people to use the public restroom matching the sex on their birth certificate. The lawsuit seeks to keep in place the law, which the U.S. Justice Department said last week violated the […]
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Portland won’t fund trips to Mississippi or North Carolina
PORTLAND — Portland is banning all non-essential travel of city employees to states that enact legislation that discriminates against the gay and transsexual communities. The Portland City Council made Portland the first city in the state to take such a step on Monday night. City leaders say they were prompted by legislation in Mississippi and […]
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Businesses push back at N.C. ant-discrimination restrictions
RALEIGH, N.C. — Corporations expressed disappointment and the NCAA vowed to monitor what North Carolina does next now that the state has banned any local government measures protecting people from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. American Airlines, which operates its second-largest hub in Charlotte; IBM and Biogen, which have facilities […]