IDENTITY THEFT-WOMAN SENTENCED North Carolina woman sentenced to identity theft, mail fraud RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal prosecutor’s office says a North Carolina woman has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for impersonating two people by illegally accessing a state agency’s computers. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of…… read more »

ELECTION 2022-FILING OPENS NC candidate filing for 2022 elections to begin Monday RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Candidate filing for 2022 elections in North Carolina is starting as scheduled. The State Board of Elections and election offices in all 100 counties begin accepting candidate documents and filing fees at noon Monday. Filing ends at midday Dec.…… read more »

AP-US-AWOL-WEAPONS-EXPLOSIVES AP: US military explosives vanish, emerge in civilian world An Associated Press investigation has found that the U.S. military has a missing explosives problem. Hundreds of pounds of plastic explosives have vanished over the past decade, as have hundreds — and possibly thousands — of armor-piercing grenades. These were not rusty war trophies cast…… read more »

GENERAL ASSEMBLY-ADJOURNMENT NC General Assembly wraps up most of its 2021 work RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly has wrapped up nearly all of its work for the calendar year. The Republican-controlled legislature held floor votes Monday on several measures before leaving Raleigh. Some bills are heading to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.…… read more »

SECOND SHOOTING Suspect, victim in SC shooting shot each other at NC mall ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say the man charged with killing someone in South Carolina this week had wounded the same victim in a shootout at a North Carolina mall earlier this year. Police say 32-year-old Kevion Harris was found dead…… read more »