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Parents Charged After Their 7-Year-Old Dies Crossing Road

Parents face charges after son hit while walking with brother

(Newser) - A North Carolina family's tragedy has taken a startling turn after the parents of a 7-year-old boy who was fatally struck by an SUV were arrested and charged for leaving him unsupervised. Police say Legend Jenkins was walking to a nearby grocery store with his 10-year-old brother when...

12 Shot at House Party in North Carolina

One person died, and the others are hospitalized

(Newser) - Twelve people were shot early Sunday at a house party in North Carolina, one of whom died, police said. More than 100 people were at the party near Hickory, many of them high school students, WSOC reports. The Catawba County Sheriff's Office said 11 victims are hospitalized: one in...

NC Mountain Towns Were No Match for Helene's Fury
NC Mountain Towns Were
No Match for Helene's Fury
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May 26, 2025 12:39 PM CDT

NC Mountain Towns Were No Match for Helene's Fury

ProPublica focuses on what it was like in devastated Yancey County during the storm

(Newser) - When Hurricane Helene barreled into North Carolina's remote mountain communities last year, the results were both catastrophic and unprecedented. Now ProPublica has a harrowing account of what it is like for residents in Yancey County in particular. People there along Cattail and Tudy creeks received warnings, dire ones,...

Last Election Race of 2024 Is Settled

Republican concedes in NC Supreme Court election

(Newser) - The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat conceded last November's election on Wednesday to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs, two days after a federal judge ruled that potentially thousands of disputed ballots challenged by Jefferson Griffin must remain in the final tally.
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Fear an Alien Invasion? These States May Be Safe Havens

Virginia is most likely to survive an alien attack, per GIGAcalculator.com ranking

(Newser) - If you've ever watched a sci-fi film about an alien invasion and wondered how you and your family would fare if something that fantastical ever happened—well, maybe it depends on where you live. Citing stats analyzed by the folks who run the online calculator site GIGAcalculator.com , Mental...

Botched SWAT Raid Wrecked Home, Traumatized Family: Suit

North Carolina deputies held 9-year-old down at gunpoint, filing says

(Newser) - Two sheriff's offices in North Carolina are being sued by a family that says its home was destroyed when a SWAT team tossing flash-bang grenades raided the wrong house. The filing by Alisa Carr and Avery Marshall says that during the traumatizing midnight raid, officers took their children, ages...

Wife Accused in 'Horrific' Killing of Ex-Green Beret

Shana Cloud accused of killing, dismembering Clinton Bonnell over desire for divorce

(Newser) - A retired Green Beret told his wife he wanted a divorce, so North Carolina police say she killed and dismembered him. Authorities pleaded for the public's help in locating 50-year-old Clinton Bonnell after he vanished Jan. 27 in Fayetteville, where he was stationed at Fort Bragg before retiring in...

Hunger Games' District 12 Hits the Market

Sale of North Carolina property includes 20 'charming, albeit abandoned' houses

(Newser) - A former mill village in North Carolina made famous by the Hunger Games movies is for sale with a price tag under $2 million. The two parcels of land that make up Henry River Mill Village, around 60 miles northwest of Charlotte, have hit the market for $800,000 and...

Evacuations Ordered as Wildfires Spread in NC, SC

Debris from Hurricane Helene is fueling the fires and blocking logging roads used by firefighters

(Newser) - More people have been asked to leave their homes in the North Carolina and South Carolina mountains as wildfires spread. The forecast for the rest of the week is not encouraging—dry and windy. A half-dozen large fires are burning in the Blue Ridge Mountains, putting a lot more gray...

Family Suing Over Teen's Unwanted Vaccination

North Carolina family says teen was given first dose of COVID vaccine without consent

(Newser) - A North Carolina mother's lawsuit regarding a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine that she says was given to her son without consent is moving forward. The state supreme court ruled Friday that the lawsuit against a public school board could proceed, the Washington Post reports. Emily Happel says the...

Angry Constituents Confront GOP Lawmaker at Town Hall

Rep. Chuck Edwards needed an escort from the building in North Carolina town

(Newser) - Things did ... not go well for GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards at a town hall in Asheville, North Carolina, this week as he was grilled about cuts made by the Trump administration and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. ABC News reports that the Edwards town hall, held in a...

Wildfires in North and South Carolina Cause Evacuations

Officials have not said what caused any of the fires

(Newser) - Crews battled wildfires in North and South Carolina on Sunday amid dry conditions and gusty winds as residents were forced to evacuate in some areas, the AP reports. The National Weather Service warned of increased fire danger in the region due to a combination of critically dry fuels and very...

Army May Resurrect 'Fort Bragg'
Fort Liberty Is
Once Again Fort Bragg
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Feb 11, 2025 12:00 AM CST

Fort Liberty Is Once Again Fort Bragg

Though it's now named after a different Bragg

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday signed a memorandum making good on one of President Trump's campaign promises: Fort Liberty is once again Fort Bragg. The memo declared the Army would rename it as such, though it's now named after Private First Class Roland L. Bragg, who won...

Only 20 Red Wolves Exist in Wild. A New Plan May Help

Wildlife crossing to be built in North Carolina refuge

(Newser) - Hunters were once the greatest human threat to the country's only unique wolf species. Today, it's motorists. That fact was brought home last June, when red wolf breeding male No. 2444 was struck and killed on US 64 near Manns Harbor, North Carolina. His death likely meant five...

Governor Candidate Sues CNN, Alleges Defamation

Ex-Candidate
Drops Libel
Suit Against
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Jan 31, 2025 1:57 PM CST

Ex-Candidate Drops Libel Suit Against CNN

North Carolina's Mark Robinson disputed allegations about porn comments

(Newser) - Mark Robinson, who unsuccessfully ran for governor in North Carolina, has dropped a libel suit against CNN, reports Politico . His run got derailed by a CNN investigation alleging he posted offensive comments on a porn site. In a statement about dropping the suit, Robinson suggested he didn't think it...

Best States for Drivers
Best States for Drivers
Jan 26, 2025 12:00 PM CST

Best States for Drivers

Hawaii ranks last on WalletHub's list; Kansas is handing out the fahrvergnügen

(Newser) - Your commute can make or break you before it's even 9am, as can a five-minute drive to the grocery store that turns into 30 due to traffic. WalletHub wanted to find where it's not so onerous to get behind the wheel, so it looked at driving conditions in...

Trump Begins First Trip, Says FEMA Might Be Axed

Trump is visiting North Carolina and California to assess disaster areas

(Newser) - President Trump has begun the first trip of his second presidency with a stop in North Carolina to see areas that got slammed by Hurricane Helene . Later, he is visiting the Los Angeles area to see the damage from still-burning wildfires.
  • FEMA: In Asheville, North Carolina, Trump reiterated to reporters
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These States Are Cutting Income Taxes in 2025

If you're looking for a tax break, these 9 states are offering a bit of relief in the coming year

(Newser) - Trying to save a buck or two can be tough with living expenses, inflation, and everyone's favorite: taxes. Some states are trying to help out with the latter, cutting individual income-tax rates for the upcoming year, per an analysis from the Tax Foundation think tank. CBS News sifted through...

15 Men Are No Longer on Death Row in NC

Gov. Roy Cooper commuted 15 death row sentences on Tuesday

(Newser) - In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of murder to life in prison without parole on Tuesday, reducing the state's death row population by more than 10%. Cooper, who was barred from seeking a third...

NC Town Sues Energy Giant, Alleges Decades of Deception

Town of Carrboro accuses Duke Energy of covering up climate change in the name of profits

(Newser) - A small North Carolina town about 40 minutes outside of Raleigh is taking on a utility giant. On Wednesday, the town of Carrboro filed its 70-page complaint against Duke Energy in Orange County Superior Court, alleging the utility "actively participated in a far-reaching, decades-long campaign to deceive the public...

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