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Arrest made in armed stickup of lemonade stand in North Carolina
North Carolina authorities on Wednesday arrested a juvenile who they say robbed a 9-year-old lemonade vendor of $17 at gunpoint — a stickup that prompted an outpouring of sympathy and donations for the young entrepreneur. Tony Underwood, a spokesman for the Union County Sheriff's Office, ...
Senior leader Joe Berry II hoping Tar Heels are repeat champs
Joel Berry II is ready to take any big shot North Carolina needs in his final NCAA Tournament. The senior was last year's most outstanding player at the Final Four after helping the Tar Heels win the national championship that had painfully eluded them in ...
South Carolina added a missing piece to its rich basketball history. The school of Frank McGuire, Kevin Joyce, Brian Winters, Mike Dunleavy and Alex English is going to the Final Four for the first time. Add the names Sindarius Thornwell and Frank Martin to the top ...
Top court drops plan to hear key transgender rights case as Trump camp ends 'bathroom bill' fight
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday scrapped plans to hear a major transgender rights case and threw out a lower court's ruling in favor of a transgender Virginia student after President Donald Trump rescinded a policy protecting such youths under federal law. The justices sent ...
North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper proposed Tuesday what he called a compromise to repeal the state's so-called bathroom bill, saying a new measure is designed to allay fears by some over public bathroom safety. But a powerful leader in the Republican-controlled General Assembly dismissed ...
Virginia search turns up woman, 71, great-granddaughter missing for days on road trip
A New Jersey woman and her 5-year-old great-granddaughter were found alive in Virginia on Wednesday, days after their disappearance during a holiday road trip prompted a multi-state search, authorities said. Barbara and La'Myra Briley were found inside their vehicle on private property in Dinwiddie County, ...
Cop on rescue patrol kills armed man as North Carolina flood disaster worsens
A North Carolina state trooper shot and killed an armed man during a search and rescue operation, authorities said Tuesday, and thousands of people were told to get to higher ground as the flooding from Hurricane Matthew moved downstream. In Greenville, officials warned the Tar ...
Hurricane-triggered floods strand, imperil hundreds in North Carolina
Hundreds of people were rescued by boat and helicopter as floodwaters inundated North Carolina towns on Monday in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, and officials warned that life-threatening flooding from swollen rivers would continue for days. Matthew, the most powerful Atlantic storm since 2007, was ...
North Carolina's soaring ranks of educated, tech workers not buying Trump trade tirade
Hillary Clinton "owes the state of North Carolina a very big apology," Donald Trump thundered, condemning the loss of manufacturing jobs due to free-trade deals supported by the Democratic presidential nominee. The attack line drew no more than polite applause at his event last week ...
North Carolina public feels financially punished by boycott over LGBT law
Stagehand Kery Eller doesn't own any Bruce Springsteen albums, but he would smash them if he did. Eller says he expected to earn at least $3,000 working the sold-out Springsteen concert and other high-profile shows around the state before artists canceled the events in protest ...
Canada will introduce legislation to protect transgender people from discrimination, the prime minister said on Monday, as the political debate around such rights heats up in the United States. Recently elected Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said legislation ensuring "the full protection" of transgender Canadians ...
Ruling backing gay marriage sent transgender toilet access debate raging across U.S.
There was a showdown in Houston last fall. This spring, North Carolina became the battleground. By now, confrontations have flared across the country over whether to protect or curtail the right of transgender people to use public restrooms in accordance with their gender identity. The ...
