North Carolina’s elected officials on Tuesday pledged cooperation and prepared for expanded social distancing restrictions as COVID-19- related deaths jumped by a third statewide. Worries also deepened about the growing number of infections behind prison and jail bars. “We will ...
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Read More »North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and health researchers laid groundwork on Monday to convince the public that social distancing orders could be needed beyond April to preserve hospital beds, dull COVID-19’s spread and save lives. Cooper’s current statewide stay-at-home order, ...
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Read More »The Supreme Court on Friday announced it is postponing arguments scheduled for April because of the coronavirus, but the court didn’t rule out hearing some arguments within months. The announcement means a total of 20 arguments scheduled for March and ...
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Read More »A gunman exchanged fire with officers outside a North Carolina courthouse on Tuesday before authorities shot and killed him, a sheriff said. A deputy responding to the scene in the city of Asheville was hurt but expected to survive, said ...
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Read More »North Carolina’s capital county on Thursday added another 1.1 million state residents to those now or soon under stay-at-home orders to dampen the coronavirus spread, which state officials say has contributed to another death. Elected leaders of Raleigh, Cary and ...
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Read More »The Republican National Convention in Charlotte and the North Carolina GOP convention are on as scheduled later this year for now despite uncertainty over the new coronavirus, the state party’s top leader says. In an open letter to state Republicans ...
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Read More »A North Carolina appeals court threw out the threat conviction Tuesday of a man for social media comments strongly criticizing a local district attorney, saying they did not meet the legal definition of a “true threat.” Three state Court of ...
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Read More »Three judges in North Carolina will decide whether to exonerate four men who were convicted as boys in the killing of NBA star Chris Paul’s grandfather. The men won a major victory late Friday when the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry ...
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Read More »A lawsuit accuses a former counselor at a North Carolina YMCA sexually abused a group of young boys at a branch, which failed to properly supervise him. The 20-page lawsuit filed on behalf of seven men in February in Forsyth ...
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Read More »A police shooting that wounded a suspect during a foot chase in North Carolina sparked protests early Wednesday from hundreds who demanded answers and burned a flag outside the governor’s mansion. Firearms-related charges were later filed against the man, who ...
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