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6,000 urged to evacuate as North Carolina fertilizer plant fire threatens an ammonium nitrate explosion
CNN - Tue Feb 1, 2022
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina - A fire burning at a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, fertilizer plant Tuesday has forced emergency responders to urge the evacuation of about 6,000 people, including Wake Forest University students and more than 200 inmates from a nearby prison. More»

NC Catholic priest, diagnosed with rare brain disease just last month, dies at age 53
Charlotte Observer` - Mon May 24, 2021
Father Michael Kottar, a Roman Catholic priest who had served in the Diocese of Charlotte for more than 21 years and who revealed earlier this month that a rare brain disease would soon take his life, died on Saturday night in Pickerington, Ohio. More»

U.S. Declares Emergency in 17 States Over Fuel Pipeline Cyber Attack
The Hacker News - Tue May 11, 2021
The ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline's networks has prompted the US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to issue a regional emergency declaration in 17 states and the District of Columbia (DC). More»

Radiation Fears: Truck carrying radioactive uranium compound crashes in North Carolina
The Sun - Wed Mar 31, 2021
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, North Carolina - A truck carrying a radioactive uranium compound crashed on Wednesday as drivers were evacuated from the area, reports say. More»

FBI warns of armed protests in ALL 50 states if Trump is removed before Inauguration Day
Daily Mail - Mon Jan 11, 2021
The FBI is warning of possible armed protests at capitols in all 50 states in the days leading to Inauguration Day as cities around the country brace for violence in the wake of last week's deadly riots at the US Capitol. More»

GOP's Coronavirus Insider Trading Scandal
Raw Story - Fri Mar 20, 2020
In a series of bombshell news reports, two GOP senators, Richard Burr of North Carolina and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, are facing serious questions surrounding their dumping of hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars worth of stock as the coronavirus began to unfold and become a major international news story. More»

Trump claims 'there's a lot of talk' about Ilhan Omar being 'married to her brother'
Daily Mail - Thu Jul 18, 2019
Donald Trump suggested Representative Ilhan Omar was 'married to her brother' on Wednesday, ratcheting up his attacks on the four Democratic women of color known as the 'squad'. More»

Trump continues attack against congresswomen while crowd chants "send her back"
CBS News - Wed Jul 17, 2019
President Trump at a campaign rally on Wednesday doubled down on his racist remarks about four progressive congresswomen of color, casting them as an existential threat to modern American society and saying "let them leave. More»

North Carolina Jail Staff Accused Of Beating And Abusing Mentally Ill Veteran
The Appeal - Fri May 17, 2019
GOLDSBORO, North Carolina - A civil rights lawsuit claims officers pepper sprayed him, stripped him naked, and then surrounded him and beat him to death. More»

More than 200 million eggs sold in nine US states are recalled over salmonella
Daily Mail - Sat Apr 14, 2018
More than 200 million eggs sold in nine US states are being recalled over salmonella fears. More»

CIA rendition flights from rustic North Carolina called to account by citizens
The Guardian - Wed Jan 17, 2018
A year after he was released from captivity in Guantánamo, Binyam Mohamed received a letter from Christina Cowger, an agricultural researcher from North Carolina. More»

OUTRAGE: Is your name 'Joe Garcia' in Ohio or North Carolina? No vote for you!
Daily KOS - Thu Sep 15, 2016
Democrats need to pay more attention to these shenanigans. More»

Cop Who Allegedly Said 'We Don't Have Time For This' Before Shooting Schizophrenic Teen Dead Has Been Indicted
Think Progress - Thu Feb 12, 2015
A police officer who allegedly yelled "we don't have time for this" before shooting and killing a schizophrenic teen has been indicted on manslaughter charges. More»

Atom bomb nearly detonated over North Carolina in 1961
AFP - Sat Sep 21, 2013
LONDON - The US Air Force came dramatically close to detonating a huge atomic bomb over North Carolina in 1961, according to a newly declassified document published by Britain's Guardian newspaper on Saturday. More»

FDIC closes banks in North Carolina, Georgia
Associated Press - Sat May 11, 2013
WASHINGTON - Regulators say they have closed banks in North Carolina and Georgia, bringing the number of US bank failures to 12 this year. More»

Banks closed in Ga, NC, NJ, Ill; 80 failed in 2011
Associated Press - Fri Oct 14, 2011
WASHINGTON - Regulators on Friday closed small banks in Georgia, North Carolina, New Jersey and Illinois, boosting to 80 the number of US bank failures this year. More»

Explosion at North Carolina chemical plant
CNN - Sat May 28, 2011
An explosion at a North Carolina chemical plant Saturday ignited a fire and forced the evacuation of some 750 people, an official said. More»

Lettuce Recall due to E.Coli - FDA investigating
Associated Press - Thu May 6, 2010
WASHINGTON - A food company is recalling lettuce sold in 23 states and the District of Columbia because of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 19 people, three of them with life-threatening symptoms. More»

Marine base's ex-residents, many ill, only now learning of toxic water
McClatchy Newspapers - Mon Feb 15, 2010
WASHINGTON - Paul Akers was in his oncologist's office last summer when his adult daughter handed him a magazine. More»

Germans probing whether Bayer pesticide caused honeybee colony collapse
Raleigh News & Observer - Wed Aug 27, 2008
Bayer CropScience officials are rejecting claims that some of the company's pesticides played a role in the disappearance of millions of US honeybees. More»

Patient dies after being left in chair 22 hours
Associated Press - Tue Aug 19, 2008
RALEIGH, North Carolina - A mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding him or helping him use the bathroom, said federal officials who have threatened to cut off the facility's funding. More»

Soldier in famous photo never defeated 'demons'
Associated Press - Sat Jul 19, 2008
PINEHURST, North Carolina - Officers had been to the white ranch house at 560 West Longleaf many times before over the past year to respond to a "barricade situation". More»

North Carolina suspends Highway Patrol K-9 operations
WRAL-TV - Tue Apr 29, 2008
Raleigh, North Carolina - State officials suspended all K-9 operations in the Highway Patrol Wednesday afternoon, following testimony in an administrative hearing regarding controversial training techniques. More»

Army widens probe after finding bad conditions at Fort Bragg
Associated Press - Mon Apr 28, 2008
Army officials said Tuesday they are inspecting every barracks building worldwide to see whether plumbing and other problems revealed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, last week are widespread. More»

In Stun Gun Training, Officer's Spine Is Fractured
New York Times - Tue Sep 18, 2007
Advocates for the use of stun guns by police departments like to point to evidence that they are a generally safe way to subdue aggressive suspects. More»

Female airman won't face court-martial
Associated Press - Thu Sep 13, 2007
RALEIGH, North Carolina - The Air Force has dropped a criminal indecency charge filed against a female airman who refused to testify against another airman she had accused of rape, her lawyer said Friday. More»

$82 Buys E-Voting Secrets
Wired - Thu Feb 15, 2007
For a mere $82 a computer scientist and electronic voting critic managed to purchase five $5,000 Sequoia electronic voting machines over the internet last month from a government auction site. More»

Man Bursts into Flames after Police Use Taser
WTVD-TV - Thu Oct 20, 2005
A Fayetteville man suspected of stealing concrete from construction sites is in the hospital after bursting into flames during his arrest. More»

Childhood UFO Sighting And Persisting Intrigue Brought Me To Roswell, N.M., UFO Capital Of The World
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star - Fri May 6, 2005
I MILL AROUND MY BEDROOM, sorting books and clothes for the next school day. More»

Center studies military-related extrasensory perception
The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer - Sat Dec 27, 2003
DURHAM - One night in mid-December 1944, Virginia Olive got out of bed and began to pace, wringing her hands with worry for her son, a soldier in Europe. More»

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