Puerto Rico Debates Status Ahead Of Elections
Puerto Rico marks 25 years as a commonwealth while the status question dominates. The island faces a gubernatorial race with four parties on the ballot and increased attention to a United Nations decolonization effort led by Cuba. A House subcommittee considers broader freedom within the commonwealth.
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Caribbean
United Nations
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U.S
House
Subcommittee On Insular Affairs
Washington
Weather diary notes drought and scattered storms across Carolinas
Central North Carolina endures a severe drought with a man attempting rain by heating water in a large vat and only light rainfall finally arriving midweek. Triad area forecast mirrors recent days with partly cloudy skies and a 40 percent rain chance today and Saturday, 30 percent tonight. Highs reach 80s in mountains and coast, 90s inland. lows vary from 50s to 70s. South Carolina stays partly cloudy and hot through Saturday with scattered afternoon and evening storms. highs in the 90s, lows in the 70s.
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North Carolina
Triad
South Carolina
Martin Twin Theatre Antiques Sale Proceeds Aid Boys Home
A sale at Martin Twin Theatre lists antiques household items clothing tennis camping books radios and misc equipment with all proceeds benefiting the Nat Greene Boys Home. The event highlights a community effort to support the shelter and its programs.
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Martin Twin Theatre
Nat Greene Boys Home
Rainmaker Takes Credit For Shower
Winston-Salem AP Ray Williams a Forsyth County resident spent 75 dollars on a 6 by 8 foot vat and used a creek water pump and a fire to create steam hoping to induce rain. He kept the blaze burning in a perched field until Wednesday when the shower began. Williams a retired furniture worker says the method aims to moisten the air to trigger a storm though he notes it’s not guaranteed and depends on higher powers.
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Winston-Salem
Ray Williams
Blue Ridge Mountains
Forsyth County
Williams
Fighting Continues Amid Lebanon Peace Talk Stalemate
Beirut reports intense fighting across Lebanon despite Syria and Palestinian cease-fire plans. A truce committee and Arab League force are proposed, but clashes persist with 124 killed and 165 wounded in 36 hours. Abductions rise as a Christian hospital worker is among the kidnapped. Red Cross mercy evacuation delayed.
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Damascus Radio
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Arab League
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International Red Cross
Tal Zaatar
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Bank Robbers Escape At Friendship Bank
Greensboro AP report says two masked gunmen robbed the Friendship branch of First Citizens Bank in North Carolina. The FBI says they escaped in a 1962 Chevrolet with a third person, car recovered a mile away in an industrial lot. About $30.10 in coins was found discarded in the lot.
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Friendship
First Citizens Bank & Trust Co
North Carolina
FBI
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