Guides & Databases: News &amp; Current Events: Articles

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International News

BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Reuters
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day.

National News

NPR
National Public Radio is an American nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States
PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour is the primary daily, breaking and special news producer for PBS. It produces PBS NewsHour. The nightly news program is known for the solid, reliable reporting that has made it the most objective news program on television.

State News

News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
The News & Observer is an American regional daily newspaper that serves the greater Triangle area based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The paper is the largest in circulation in the state.
Charlotte Observer
The Charlotte Observer is an American newspaper serving Charlotte, North Carolina, and its metro area. The Observer was founded in 1886. As of 2020, it has the second-largest circulation of any newspaper in the Carolinas.

Local News

Laurinburg Exchange
The Laurinburg Exchange covers Scotland County and surrounding areas and is published Tuesday - Saturday.

If you cannot access an article from their site, please contact the library director.
Border Belt Independent
The Border Belt Independent is a private, non-profit online newspaper serving Robeson, Scotland, Columbus, and Bladen counties.

Inter-library Loan (ILL)

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If you need the full text of an article that is not available or a book or chapter, contact your Librarian. Articles can be requested from other Libraries at no cost. Send the citation information to your Librarian allensw@sa.edu or place a request directly through WorldCat.

News & Current Events Databases

Find articles for major international, national, and local news sources, plus more in-depth reporting/analysis of current events.