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Bongino's tenure was at times tumultuous, including a clash with Justice Department leadership over the Epstein files. But it also involved the arrest of a suspect in the Jan. 6 pipe bomber case.
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Although the U.S. birth rate is on the decline, the number of women having babies in one age group has increased. Those new mothers are 40 and older.
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The initiatives are part of a larger, federally-funded effort to rebuild housing after Hurricane Helene in fall 2024. -
News of the funding’s release comes one day after U.S. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis (R) released their holds on some of President Trump’s Homeland Security nominees. -
DK Wesley was unanimously approved to be Asheville’s next city manager. The announcement comes after former city manager Debra Campbell announced her retirement to the Asheville City Council in early February. -
When Hurricane Helene struck Western North Carolina over a year ago, it left behind millions of cubic yards of debris in waterways. Although the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cleaned a lot of it, the environmental group MountainTrue continues the cleanup effort for smaller waterways in the region. -
The classification comes even as the hospital continues to face scrutiny over patient safety and complaints of understaffing.
