RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The federal judge who blocked the newest version of North Carolina’s voter identification law cited the state’s “sordid history of racial discrimination and voter suppression” as she ordered officials not to enforce the law in 2020. U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Biggs’ decision was released Tuesday and prevents North Carolina from […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina law that prohibits convicted felons from voting until their full sentence is completed — not just their prison time — is being challenged in court with arguments that were successfully used in recent election-related litigation. Three groups that help ex-prisoners rejoin society, with six defendants barred from voting […]
A North Carolina School Resource Officer has reportedly been fired and charged with a misdemeanor days after surveillance video showed him slamming a middle school student to the ground twice. Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame told ABC11 on Monday that Warren Durham had been fired “effective immediately.” The deputy was previously on paid administrative leave. The […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Federal authorities are accusing a former Wells Fargo employee of stealing more than $88,000 in cash from the vault of a bank in North Carolina. An indictment unsealed this week alleges 29-year-old Arlando M. Henderson took the cash from customer deposits on at least 18 occasions throughout 2019 and then rigged […]
Keia Jones-Baldwin and her husband Richardro, a Black couple from North Carolina, are sharing their experiences as adoptive parents to 2-year old Princeton, who is white. Back in September, Keia opened up in an interview with Today about how often the police have been called on her and how she has been accused of kidnapping. Jones-Baldwin recalled the day she was […]
SOPHIA, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina woman ran to man’s house Wednesday to say she had just escaped an attempted kidnapping by a stranger. Virginia Saavedra, 37, then allegedly took advantage of the Good Samaritan’s kindness by stealing his truck before leading authorities on a high-speed chase, according to the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office. […]
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Employees at a Bed, Bath & Beyond in North Carolina discovered an uninvited sleepover guest hiding in the store when they opened up Monday morning. The Greenville employees called local police around 8:30 a.m. and officers responded to a “breaking and entering in progress,” according to The News & Observer. The intruder […]
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — As he labors to win over black voters whose support is vital to his Democratic presidential bid, Pete Buttigieg found a receptive host on Sunday in a civil rights activist who has sought to continue the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s push for a racially diverse national campaign against poverty. After […]
An assistant high school football coach in Wake County, North Carolina is out of a job after he posted a video making racist remarks to his Instagram. “15 seconds of fame in the wrong way. I’ve ruined the last 12 years of my career,” John Hoskins told ABC11. The 32-year-old He said it happened one […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The state of North Carolina is moving away from using the phrase “race riot” to describe the violent overthrow of the Wilmington government in 1898 and is instead using the word “coup” on the highway historical marker that will commemorate the dark event. The marker, which is already in place and […]
LUMBER BRIDGE, N.C. (AP) — “Okay, Mommy. I love you.” That was Brenda Scurlock’s last text from her son, Avery, before he was shot eight times, his body abandoned in a field in eastern North Carolina. Scurlock had always worried about Avery’s safety. He was young and black in a society where those qualities could […]
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Dorian howled over North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Friday — a much weaker version of the brute that wreaked havoc in the Bahamas — flooding homes in the low-lying ribbon of islands and throwing a scare into year-round residents who chose to tough it out. Hundreds were feared trapped on […]
