Saturday, November 16, 2024

US boosting vaccine deliveries amid complaints of shortages

Answering growing frustration over vaccine shortages, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. is ramping up deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

US boosting vaccine deliveries amid complaints of shortages

Answering growing frustration over vaccine shortages, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. is ramping up deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

US boosting vaccine deliveries amid complaints of shortages

Answering growing frustration over vaccine shortages, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. is ramping up deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

US surging vaccine to states amid complaints of shortages

Answering growing frustration over vaccine shortages, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. is surging deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Biden administration to boost vaccine supply amid shortages

The Biden administration is boosting purchases of coronavirus vaccines to deliver enough to protect 300 million Americans by the end of the summer, as it surges deliveries to states for the next three weeks following complaints of shortages and inconsistent supplies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Capitol riot: Confederate flag photo leads to man's arrest

A Delaware man photographed carrying a Confederate battle flag during a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol was arrested Thursday after authorities used the image to help identify him, federal prosecutors said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

A guide to key down-ballot North Carolina races

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democrats flipped two open U.S. House seats that they had been favored to win in North Carolina on Tuesday while Republicans defended two seats that had turned into competitive races, leaving the state's congressional delegation with an 8-5 split in favor of the GOP.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Supreme Court leaves NC absentee ballot deadline at Nov. 12

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will allow absentee ballots in North Carolina to be received and counted up to nine days after Election Day, in a win for Democrats.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Supreme Court leaves NC absentee ballot deadline at Nov. 12

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will allow absentee ballots in North Carolina to be received and counted up to nine days after Election Day, in a win for Democrats.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

GOP to high court: Halt longer N. Carolina absentee deadline

President Donald Trump’s campaign and North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to return the state to a shorter deadline for accepting late-arriving absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

GOP to high court: Halt longer N. Carolina absentee deadline

President Donald Trump’s campaign and North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to return the state to a shorter deadline for accepting late-arriving absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

GOP to high court: Shorten North Carolina absentee deadline

President Donald Trump's campaign and North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to shorten the state's recently extended deadline for accepting late-arriving absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

GOP to high court: Move up N. Carolina absentee deadline

Republican officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to move up North Carolina’s recently extended deadline for accepting late-arriving absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

North Carolina scrambles to inform voters of absentee errors

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Time was dwindling for thousands of North Carolina voters to fix absentee voting errors as elections officials hustled out an updated process for handling mail-in ballot problems two weeks before Election Day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Court lets North Carolina keep absentee deadline extension

North Carolina can accept absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day for more than a week afterward, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Court lets North Carolina keep absentee deadline extension

North Carolina can accept absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day for more than a week afterward, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

North Carolina resumes processing deficient absentee ballots

North Carolina issued new guidance Monday for counties to proceed with dealing with more than 10,000 deficient absentee ballots, which have been in limbo because of ongoing court battles over a witness requirement for voting by mail.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Deficient NC absentee ballots frozen pending further rulings

A lawyer for North Carolina's State Board of Elections said Friday that time is running out to process 10,000 absentee ballots with incomplete witness information and other errors after state and federal judges put additional freezes on the process.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Trump, GOP leaders will appeal North Carolina ballot ruling

President Donald Trump's campaign said Thursday that it will ask a federal appeals court to force North Carolina to revert to stricter absentee ballot rules.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Judge: North Carolina must strengthen absentee witness rule

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge ordered North Carolina on Wednesday to ensure that absentee ballots have a witness signature in a mixed ruling that allows voters to fix other minor problems without casting a new ballot from scratch.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Judge: North Carolina must strengthen absentee witness rule

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge ordered North Carolina on Wednesday to ensure that absentee ballots have a witness signature in a mixed ruling that allows voters to fix other minor problems without casting a new ballot from scratch.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Major North Carolina donor convicted of bribery, conspiracy

A major political donor was convicted Thursday of trying to bribe a North Carolina insurance regulator with millions of dollars in campaign funds in hopes of reducing scrutiny of his insurance business.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Parents who kidnapped son caught 2,000 miles away

Authorities say two North Carolina parents kidnapped their own infant son from social services, then apparently drove across the country in a stolen minivan
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Marines deactivate decorated 'Walking Dead' unit

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Decades before the television show, a Marine Corps battalion decorated for extensive combat in World War II and Vietnam earned the nickname the “Walking Dead.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO