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Senate leader Phil Berger is calling for a second recount in his close Republican primary race with Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page. A machine recount wrapped up Thursday without changing Page's 23-vote lead. But state law allows Berger to seek a hand-to-eye recount of randomly selected ballots, a process that would likely begin next week.
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At issue was the 2017 arrest in Texas of a journalist who published news stories about a border agent's public suicide and a car crash.
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A pilot and co-pilot were killed after a collision at New York's LaGuardia Airport. An Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on the runway after landing late Sunday night.
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Buncombe County Commissioner Martin Moore will become the first Black district attorney in the county’s history after winning the March 3 primary. He joins County Commissioner Al Whitesides and Sheriff Quinten Miller as the first African American men to hold their respective countywide positions.
