The Republican Party kicked off their national convention Monday following a dramatic attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, PA. Republicans from across the country started arriving in Milwaukee, WI last week to prepare for the multi-day event, culminating in the official nomination of Trump as the Party’s nominee on...
A state Supreme Court decision in May involving media access to law enforcement video recordings could help resolve two similar high-profile legal disputes dating back to 2021. One involves the shooting death of Andrew Brown in Elizabeth City. The other focuses on a driving while impaired traffic stop of two Duke basketball players in Orange County.
A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel has ruled against media outlets seeking law enforcement recordings linked to the April 2021 shooting death of Andrew Brown in Elizabeth City. Appellate judges agreed the media outlets should have filed a lawsuit to seek access to “custodial law enforcement agency recordings.”
The Twitter account for news satire site The Babylon Bee has been suspended for naming transgender U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine the Bee’s “Man of the Year.” I just received this notice that we’ve been locked out of our account for “hateful conduct.” pic.twitter.com/udMriKcDr6 — Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) March 20, 2022 Known...
A new meta-analysis from Johns Hopkins University shows that government-mandated lockdowns in America and Europe during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic only reduced the death rate by 0.2%, on average. Researchers concluded that lockdowns “have had little to no public health effects” while imposing “enormous economic and social costs” and should be “rejected...
Family members and lawmakers, in Washington, D.C., and Raleigh, representing N.C. residents are mourning the deaths of a Marine and soldier who died in a terrorist attack while helping Americans and others evacuate from Afghanistan. Thirteen service members, including a Fort Bragg soldier and Camp Lejuene Marine, died while supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, the Department...
The Lee County School Board voted unanimously to take no action against Republican board member Sherry-Lynn Womack after board attorney Jimmy Love found she violated no board policies by attending the Trump Rally in Washington, D.C., last month. Womack was cleared after a long school board meeting Tuesday, Feb. 9. As reported by the News...
It’s a beautiful day for golfing in Pinehurst, or so North Carolina’s politicians would have you believe. Look closer, experts say, and you’ll see it’s a beautiful day for government handouts and corporate welfare. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, the U.S. Golf Association — already set to hold the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort —...
N.C. lawmakers, one could argue, have had unprecedented success this legislative session in reforming the state’s archaic laws governing spirituous liquor. Senate Bill 290 — which passed the Senate, 39-4, and was sent to the House, where it passed the House ABC Committee and now sits in the House’s Rules Committee — is one example. ...
GREENSBORO — Without a passenger facility charge, PTI would have to increase landing fees, said PTI Director Kevin Baker. Landing fees are based on the weight of planes using the runways. Increasing them would compromise the airport’s competitiveness, he warned.
RALEIGH — Although much of critics’ firepower has been leveled at the bill’s expansion of federal power, another objection is that it falls short in addressing potential fraud.
