September 23, 2016
6:04 am

Captain Mike Campagna talks with a demonstrator during protests on September 22, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images/AFP)

Third night of protests in Charlotte amid heavy security

Curfew imposed on city in North Carolina as protests over shooting of black man swell

By Michael Mathes

September 9, 2016
2:33 pm

In this Aug. 9, 2016 file photo, Chairwoman Kathryn Lindley, right, is approached by people during the Guilford County Board of Elections meeting at the Old Guilford County Courthouse in Greensboro, N.C. (Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record via AP)

Early voting formally kicks off in US election

North Carolina residents can now submit ballots by mail; absentee voting for members of armed services, US citizens abroad begins September 19

By Hope Yen

September 9, 2016
1:54 am

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, with 'Today' show co-anchor Matt Lauer, left, speaks at the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier Intrepid, New York, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Clinton hammers ‘dangerous’ Trump after Putin praise

In retort, Republican nominee accuses former secretary of state of racing to ‘invade, intervene and topple regimes’

By Jerome Cartillier and Michael Mathes

September 3, 2016
12:12 pm

In this Aug. 10, 2016 photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a coal mining roundtable at Fitzgerald Peterbilt in Glade Spring, Virginia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Early voting, which starts next week, may play decisive role in US elections

Mail-in ballots expected to make up to 75% of votes in key battleground states; Trump chances may hinge on non-whites

By Hope Yen

August 16, 2016
8:00 am

Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism legislative assistants at a rally May 1 in Baltimore. (Courtesy of Religious Action Center/via JTA)

Reform Jews, black groups aim to protect voting rights

Starting in North Carolina, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism will educate and encourage voters

By JTA

August 13, 2016
11:56 am

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a gathering of the National Association of Home Builders in Miami Beach, Florida, on August 11, 2016. (AP/Evan Vucci)

On the national stage, the Trump train stalls

Republican candidate’s team is struggling to transform his winning primary campaign model into an unbeatable election machine

By Ivan Couronne

August 12, 2016
5:10 am

Trump’s NC campaign director pointed gun at aide, lawsuit alleges

Vincent Bordini says Earl Phillip placed loaded gun against his kneecap; Phillip denies accusation, plans to countersue for defamation

By Michael Biesecker and Jeff Horwitz

June 30, 2016
5:18 am

Democratic nominee for president Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters at the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers Hall on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)

Statistics wiz Nate Silver gives Clinton 80% chance of winning presidency

Editor of popular FiveThirtyEight blog says polling and demographics data shows Donald Trump to be clear underdog

By Times of Israel staff

June 29, 2016
11:05 pm

FIUS President Barack Obama (right), accompanied by then-secretary of state Hillary Clinton, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, September 12, 2012. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)LE: US President Barack Obama, accompanied by then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, September 12, 2012 (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Obama to campaign with Clinton, as Trump shrinks gap

National poll shows presumptive Democratic nominee with slight lead, but analyst Nate Silver notes she is ahead in all swing states

By Michael Mathes

May 18, 2016
10:15 am

In this Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2010 file photo, Itzhak Perlman plays the violin during the National Menorah lighting in celebration of Hanukkah near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Itzhak Perlman joins North Carolina boycott over LGBT law

Renowned violinist cancels Raleigh concert, won’t return until ‘discriminatory’ transgender bathroom law repealed

By AFP

April 29, 2016
6:16 am

Holocaust survivors walk with others through the main gate of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz in Poland, on January 27, 2016, the 71st anniversary of the death camp's liberation by the Soviet Red Army in 1945. (AP/Czarek Sokolowski)

Holocaust Remembrance Day to connect 9 US states with plays

Second annual Remembrance Readings program will include reading of ‘2.5 Minute Ride’ by Lisa Kron and ‘The Timekeepers’ by Dan Clancy

By AP

April 9, 2016
8:21 am

File. President Barack Obama, accompanied by singer Bruce Springsteen, waves as he arrives at a campaign event near the State Capitol Building in Madison, Wis., Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Springsteen drops North Carolina show over anti-LGBT law

Rock legend vows to fight ‘prejudice and bigotry’ as he protests GOP governor’s ban on local governments preventing discrimination

By Shaun Tandon

March 16, 2016
2:58 am

Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets supporters during her primary night gathering on March 15, 2016 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)

Clinton beats Sanders in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina

Democrat front-runner solidifies lead; exit polls show voters believe Sanders is honest, Clinton is realistic

By Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas

March 15, 2016
10:36 pm

Voters cast ballots in the Illinois primary at Su Nueva Laundromat in West Lawn, Chicago, March 15, 2016. (AFP/Tasos Katopodis)

Millions vote in make-or-break test for White House hopefuls

Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton hope to consolidate leads in ‘Titanic Tuesday’ big-state battles

By Michael Mathes and Jim Mannion

March 15, 2016
2:52 am

Pastor Mark Burns speaks at a Donald Trump rally in Hickory, North Carolina, Monday, March 14, 2016. (Screen capture YouTube)

At Trump rally, pastor calls for Bernie Sanders to ‘meet Jesus’

Pastor Mark Burns excoriates Jewish Vermont senator ‘who doesn’t believe in God,’ says he’s ‘gotta get saved’