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Nash County man injured in road rage shooting
One person shot in apparent road rage incident in Nash County. Nash County police are investigating a shooting Thursday afternoon that left one person injured. Officers responded to the scene after 6:30 p.m. on Tarboro Road near 301. A man was shot in the legs and taken to Nash Emergency...
NC anti-mask bill could violate federal law, disability rights and free speech advocates say
An effort by North Carolina lawmakers that would prohibit people from wearing masks for health reasons would violate federal laws that protect free speech and access to government services, disability rights and free speech advocates say. Under the proposed law, House Bill 237, many people who want to wear a...
How sewage floods at home turned into nightmares for Raleigh families
Raleigh families describe exasperation in dealing with homes flooded by sewage. From the pictures, it looks like someone scattered potting soil all over Katherine Bryant and Paul Sullivan’s home and sprayed water over it. But the reality is sewage overflowed from the drains in their home, saturating their carpet,...
Google wants judge, not jury, decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
Google on Thursday asked that a judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. To bolster its case, the tech giant wrote a multimillion-dollar check to the U.S. government that it says renders moot the...
Watchdog: EPA's lead pipe fix sent about $3 billion to states based on unverified data
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency distributed about $3 billion to states last year to replace harmful lead pipes based on unverified data, according to an agency inspector general's memo, likely meaning some states got too much money and others got too little. Investigators found two states...
A year later, impact from NC's 12-week abortion ban coming into focus
It's been a year since a historic slate of abortion restrictions passed in North Carolina. You may remember the intense, last ditch effort by Gov. Roy Cooper – barnstorming the state, trying to appeal to state lawmakers who promised not to pass new restrictions. But on May 16, 2023,...
Key Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems is laying off 450 after production of troubled 737s slows
A key Boeing supplier that makes the fuselages for its popular 737 Max airplanes is laying off about 450 workers because production has slowed down ever since a panel flew off one of those airplanes operated by Alaska Airlines in midair in January. A spokesman for Spirit AeroSystems confirmed the...
Diesel fuel leak shuts down I-540 WB ramp at Creedmoor Road in Raleigh
Hazmat crews on scene of crash on I-540W ramp onto Creedmoor Road. Raleigh Hazmat crews are responding to a diesel fuel leak from a tanker truck on Thursday afternoon. The leak has caused the closure of the I-540 WB ramp onto Creedmoor Road. A Northern Wake battalion chief says that...
Cumberland County families unite to honor officers killed in the line of duty
Cumberland County service honors those who died in line of duty. Residents in Cumberland County paused Thursday morning to remember law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. One family shared their story of loss at the Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony. The memorial service outside...
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Justice Dept. makes arrests in North Korean identity theft scheme involving thousands of IT workers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced Thursday multiple arrests in a series of complex stolen identity theft cases that officials say are part of a wide-ranging scheme that generates enormous proceeds for the North Korean government, including for its weapons program. The conspiracy involves thousands of North Korean...
31-year-old Wake County man faces 12 charges of second-degree child sex exploitation
A man was arrested and charged Thursday by the Wake County Sheriff's Office for multiple counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. The WCSO received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding 31-year-old Alexander Morgan Stirewalt's possession of child sexual abuse material. Following an...
Saving the bees, tracking mosquitos and attacking cancer: NCInnovation approves first round of grants
University professors around North Carolina stand to receive around $5 million in new support for their academic research projects, that a group of state leaders believe could have the potential to boost economic development. The round of grants is the first-ever to be approved by NCInnovation, a public-private partnership approved...
UNC interim chancellor backs AD Bubba Cunningham after trustee criticism, audit push
North Carolina interim chancellor Lee Roberts publicly backed athletics director Bubba Cunningham on Thursday, three days after the school’s board of trustees approved an audit of the athletics department due to financial concerns growing amid the volatile landscape of college sports. Roberts also said the athletics department has been...
McDonald's plans $5 US meal deal next month to counter customer frustration over high prices
McDonald’s plans to introduce a $5 meal deal in the U.S. next month to counter slowing sales and customers’ frustration with high prices. The deal would let customers get a four-piece McNugget, small fries, a small drink and either a McDouble burger or a McChicken sandwich for $5 in most areas, according to a person familiar with the deal who wasn’t authorized to discuss its details.
Francis Ford Coppola debuts 'Megalopolis' in Cannes, and the reviews are in
CANNES, France (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday premiered his self-financed opus “Megalopolis” at the Cannes Film Festival, unveiling a wildly ambitious passion project the 85-year-old director has been pondering for decades. Reviews ranged from “a folly of gargantuan proportions" to “the craziest thing I've ever...
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