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22+ min ago (27+ words) After the announcement of closing down their McKinley Avenue Garden Cafe location, the Kravitz Deli team purchased its new location at 127 Penn Avenue in Salem....

55+ min ago (76+ words) Some school systems in the Piedmont Triad are making decisions about school on Tuesday due to the weather. Search location by ZIP code North Carolina school closings, delays, remote learning list for Tuesday, Dec. 2 Some school systems in the Piedmont Triad are making decisions about school on Tuesday due to the weather. Check out the full listing of remote learning days, school delays and closures here as school systems voluntarily submit them to our site....

1+ hour, 14+ min ago (259+ words) The United States is not commemorating World AIDS Day this year as it has done for decades in the past. The commemoration has been marked every Dec. 1 since 1988. The day is meant to raise awareness of efforts to fight the deadly disease and remember those died from it. Globally, about 39.9 million people are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, including about 1.2 million people in the United States. In the U.S., about 13% of people who have HIV don't know it " one driver of the virus' continued spread. Observance of the day was started by the World Health Organization, from which the Trump administration withdrew this year. However, it has expanded beyond WHO to organizations and communities around the world. A U.S. senior administration official stressed that the U.S. would continue its work to combat HIV/AIDS, both through the new global health…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago (309+ words) A day of celebration turned to tragedy in Stockton, California, when shots rang out at a birthday party that Patrice Williams was holding for her 2-year-old daughter on Saturday. Three children and a 21-year-old were killed, and 11 others were injured. Williams said they were getting ready to begin cutting her daughter's birthday cake when the gunfire began. "Everybody was getting ready to gather round," Williams said. "All we heard was gunshots, and everybody just dove to the ground. It was just unexpected." Williams said she initially thought the sound of gunshots was balloons popping, a sound more at place in a child's birthday party. She said her daughter's father lost two nieces in the shooting. "My sister actually got shot. My cousin got shot. My son's friend got shot. Three of my friends got shot," Williams said. Her 2-year-old daughter…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago (473+ words) Dolly the dachshund was in the car when thieves stole it. Her story went viral on social media, with thousands hoping to help find her. Multiple cars were reported stolen Saturday at the parking lot of a shopping plaza in Cincinnati, Ohio, and inside one of them was a puppy named Dolly. Dolly's story went viral on Cincinnati social media. Thieves dumped the pup in the freezing cold, but Sunday, she was reunited with her owners. On Saturday night, around 8 p.m. at Rookwood, which is a shopping plaza, thieves went on a stealing spree. "Three cars were stolen that day. One car was stolen two minutes before ours from the lot as well," Jimmy Hermann said. "Immediately I thought, well, 'Oakley Hyde Park Moms' [Facebook group] will be all over this," Olivia Molina said. "I had strangers messaging me saying they…...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago (237+ words) A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, which was hidden for more than four centuries, sold at 2.3 million euros ($2.7 million) at an auction Sunday in Versailles. The painting was recently found in a private townhouse in Paris. It depicts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It was part of a French collection and was initially thought to be from one of the many Rubens workshops that existed at the time. The artwork was rarely valued at more than 10,000 euros ($11,500). Nils B'ttner, an expert known for his research on Rubens, explained before the auction that the master often painted crucifixions but rarely depicted "the crucified Christ as a dead body on the cross." "So this is the one and only painting showing blood and water coming out of the side wound of Christ, and this is something that Rubens only…...

2+ hour, 13+ min ago (216+ words) Wreaths adorn veterans' graves at Winchester National Cemetery for a previous year's National Wreaths Across America Day. WINCHESTER " National Wreaths Across America Day will be observed Dec. 13 at Winchester National Cemetery. A public ceremony,led bythe Civil Air Patrol's Winchester Composite Squadron, will be held at noon to honor armed forces veterans who gave their lives while in service to the United States. Those wanting to help lay wreaths on veterans' graves should arrive at 11 a.m.Any wreaths not laid at that time will be placed on graves following the ceremony. As of Monday, more than 450 people already had volunteered to help lay more than 2,400 wreaths, said Winchester Composite Squad Commander Lt. Col. Jacob Bixler. The cemetery's goal isto raise enough funds to place 5,561 sponsored veterans' wreaths on headstones, Bixler said. That will "ensure that the individuals (interred there) who served…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago (332+ words) CHARLOTTE, N.C. " Charlotte City Council'officially welcomed three new members Monday night, marking a significant political shift that leaves only one Republican. The changes come after a term filled with controversy and transparency concerns that dominated local politics. Council elected James Mitchell as Mayor Pro Tem, and Mayor Vi Lyles officially began her fifth term during the ceremony. In District 3, Joi Mayo is replacing Tiawana Brown, who is still facing federal fraud charges to which she has pleaded not guilty. Mayo said accessibility will be her top priority as she takes office. "I think it's important to be accessible to residents and stakeholders," Mayo said. " I think that's imperative that we keep residents informed and help them to elevate their voices." District 6 elected its first-ever Democratic representative when Kimberly Owens defeated Republican Krista Bokhari, wife of former councilman Tariq Bokhari, who left…...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago (392+ words) The White House on Monday confirmed that U.S. forces conducted a second strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea and insisted the action was lawful. Bipartisan lawmakers have sought answers following The Washington Post's report that the follow-up attack killed two survivors of the initial strike. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not dispute the report that said there were two survivors clinging to the wreckage after the first attack on Sept. 2, but offered broader justification for the strikes. Leavitt's comments came a day after President Donald Trump said he "wouldn't have wanted that, not a second strike" when pressed by reporters about the incident. The White House said Secretary Hegseth spoke with concerned lawmakers over the weekend and that details of all recent military strikes have been made available to Congress. Republican Congressman Mike Turner of…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago (44+ words) A female boxer is trending on social media for her controversial weigh-in outfit. Ebanie Bridges, a 39-year-old boxer, has trended on social media for the clothes she decides to wear to her weigh-ins ... Family mourning Greensboro teen killed in crash...