ELECTION 2022-POLITICS Trump’s bid to shape GOP faces test with voters in May races NEW YORK (AP) — Voters across a dozen states are set to decide primary elections this month that will determine the people and priorities leading the GOP into the fall midterms and beyond. Donald Trump is not on the ballot, but…… read more »
FORT BENNING COMMANDER Fort Benning top commander to retire later this year FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) — The top commander at Fort Benning plans to retire, and his replacement has already been named. Army officials say Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe plans to step down in July as commanding general at the base in Georgia. His…… read more »
UKRAINE-AMERICAN KILLED Relatives say former US Marine killed fighting in Ukraine WASHINGTON (AP) — Relatives say a former U.S. Marine has been killed alongside Ukrainian forces in the war with Russia in what’s the first known death of an American citizen fighting in Ukraine. Rebecca Cabrera tells CNN her 22-year-old son, Willy Joseph Cancel, was…… read more »
ELECTION 2022-SENATE-NORTH CAROLINA McCrory, Walker attend last NC Senate debate; Budd absent HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) — The final scheduled debate for North Carolina’s Republican Senate primary next month featured former Gov. Pat McCrory and former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker largely agreeing on issues and criticizing rival Rep. Ted Budd for his absence from another…… read more »
TSA: Airport security finds loaded gun in Cawthorn’s bag Officials say a loaded gun was found in North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s carry-on bag at an airport security checkpoint. It’s the second time in a little more than a year that a weapon has been found in his possession at an airport in his home…… read more »
EDUCATION REPORT Blue-ribbon panel makes NC education recommendations MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A blue-ribbon commission has recommended ways to improve North Carolina’s public education, from preschool to universities. The Hunt-Lee Commission backed 16 proposals in a report released Monday. The commission was formed to address inequities in student outcomes. The bipartisan commission included education leaders,…… read more »
OBIT-DOWLESS-NORTH CAROLINA-DISPUTED ELECTION Dowless, key figure in NC absentee ballot fraud probe, dies RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The key player in a North Carolina absentee ballot fraud probe that led to a do-over congressional election has died. The family of Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. and a friend confirmed he died Sunday at his daughter’s Bladen…… read more »
AP-US-STINKY-PEAR-INVASION- Callery pears: An invader ‘worse than murder hornets!’ NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape tree has become an aggressive invader. Callery pears create dense thickets that overwhelm native plants and bear four-inch spikes that can flatten tractor tires. Bradford pears and other ornamental Callery pears were cultivated from…… read more »
AP-US-STINKY-PEAR-INVASION- Callery pears: An invader ‘worse than murder hornets!’ NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape tree has become an aggressive invader. Callery pears create dense thickets that overwhelm native plants and bear four-inch spikes that can flatten tractor tires. Bradford pears and other ornamental Callery pears were cultivated from…… read more »
ELECTION 2022-SENATE-ROBINSON NC Senate ad emphasizes lieutenant governor backing of Budd RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson endorses Ted Budd for next month’s U.S. Senate Republican primary in a new commercial in which he also criticizes ex-Gov. Pat McCrory. Robinson appears in an ad from the Club for Growth Action super…… read more »
