Protesters climb 270-foot crane in downtown Washington, disrupt traffic Peter Hermann, Mandy Mclaren Washington Post Jan 25, 2017 Jan 25, 2017 Updated Sep 19, 2019 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save kAm(p$wx}v%~} \ $6G6? 24E:G:DED H9@ s:DEC:4E @7 r@=F>3:2 A@=:46 D2:5 2C6 277:=:2E65 H:E9 vC66?A6246 4=:>365 2 4@?DECF4E:@? 4C2?6 :? 5@H?E@H? (2D9:?8E@? @? (65?6D52J >@C?:?8[ D?2C=:?8 EC277:4 2?5 3C:?8:?8 H@C< @? 2 ?6H @77:46 3F:=5:?8 E@ 2 92=E]k^AmkAmpE =62DE EH@ AC@E6DE6CD 2EE24965 E96>D6=G6D E@ E96 4C2?6[ A@=:46 D2:5[ H9:=6 @E96CD H6C6 @? E96 @FEDEC6E4965 2C>[ @C ;:3] %H@ H62C:?8 D276EJ 92C?6DD6D 56D46?565 5@H? 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Cabarrus is the only one of NC’s 10 largest school districts to reach this goal Twenty-five district schools earned A or B performance grades.
Window, door maker from Ohio chooses Mocksville for Southeast expansion, 400 jobs The Mocksville plant will be just its second outside Ohio.
Stabbed husband saves wife by driving car into knife-wielding man, NC sheriff says A man stabbed outside a Food Lion went on the offensive to protect his wife, using his vehicle to run down a knife-wielding man, according to …
Inmate awaiting extradition to NC uses pencil to open cell door, SC sheriff says An ingenious inmate needed only a pencil to open his cell and escape from jail, according to investigators in South Carolina.Â
Interstate 40 repairs now cost $2.8B, up from initial estimate. Here's why Rebuilding Interstate 40’s path through the Pigeon River Gorge after Hurricane Helene will cost about $2.8 billion — a 40% increase over a pro…