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 »
Category Archives: State News
North Carolina News – April 29, 2022
North Carolina News – April 28, 2022
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 »
North Carolina News – April 27, 2022
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 »
North Carolina News – April 26, 2022
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 »
North Carolina News – April 25, 2022
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 »
North Carolina News – April 22, 2022
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 »
North Carolina News – April 21, 2022
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 »
North Carolina News – April 20, 2022
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 »
North Carolina News – April 19, 2022
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 »
North Carolina News – April 18, 2022
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 »
