ELECTION 2022-SENATE McCrory, Budd still close in NC Senate campaign fundraising RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Senate hopeful Ted Budd is benefitting from President Donald Trump’s endorsement and a super PAC’s commitment to flood airwaves and mailboxes to help him as the May 17 Republican primary approaches. But rival and former Gov. Pat McCrory still…… read more »
CARJACKING-TWO ARRESTED 2 accused of carjacking woman, 74, caught in North Carolina ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina have apprehended a man and a woman accused of assaulting and carjacking a 74-year-old woman. News outlets report the Craven County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responding to the call learned that the woman had been…… read more »
AP-US-MEADOWS-VOTER-REGISTRATION Mark Meadows removed as North Carolina registered voter RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An elections board in a North Carolina county has removed Mark Meadows, a former chief of staff to President Donald Trump, from its list of registered voters after documents showed he lived in Virginia and voted in the 2021 election there. Questions…… read more »
AP-US-SCI-RAINIER-HURRICANE-SEASON Pouring it on: Climate change made 2020 hurricanes rainier Human-caused climate change made the record-smashing 2020 Atlantic hurricane season even wetter. A new study on the record busy hurricane year found it was 5% rainier than it would have been had their been no global warming from the burning of fossil fuels. There were…… read more »
CHILD KILLED-WATERFALL Pennsylvania child swept over North Carolina waterfall SYLVA, N.C. (AP) — A sheriff’s office says a 3-year-old Pennsylvania girl was killed after she was swept over Whitewater Falls in North Carolina. News outlets report the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that Nevaeh Jade Newswanger of Denver, Pennsylvania, had been…… read more »
FATAL POLICE PURSUIT Report of state park intruder leads to fatal police pursuit STUART, Va. (AP) — A police pursuit prompted by a call about an intruder at a state park in Virginia has left an elderly man dead and a North Carolina woman charged with vehicular homicide. Authorities say rangers at Staunton River State…… read more »
CAPITOL-RIOT-PROUD-BOYS Proud Boys member pleads guilty to conspiracy in Jan. 6 riot WASHINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man has become the second member of the Proud Boys to plead guilty to conspiring with other members of the extremist group to stop Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote. Charles Donohoe pleaded guilty Friday to…… read more »
RACIAL INJUSTICE-BUILDING RENAMED NC college removes name of white supremacist from building RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina women’s college says it’s renaming a building named for a white supremacist who supported unequal funding for schools based on race. The board of trustees of Meredith College in Raleigh voted at a meeting last month…… read more »
CLIMATE CHANGE-BLACKOUTS Storms batter aging power grid as climate disasters spread Power outages from severe weather have roughly doubled over the past two decades across the U.S. as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms. An Associated Press analysis found the number of outages tied to severe weather rose from about 50 annually nationwide in…… read more »
RACIAL-INJUSTICE-NORTH-CAROLINA-DEATH Nurse indicted in custody death, no indictment for officers WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a nurse on an involuntary manslaughter charge in the 2019 death of a Black man at a North Carolina jail, but declined to indict five former detention officers involved in the incident. News outlets report Forsyth…… read more »
