May 18, 2021 North Carolina DA: Andrew Brown Jr.'s death 'tragic' but 'justified' North Carolina District Attorney Andrew Womble said at a press conference on Tuesday that the deputy-involved shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. "while tragic, was justified."
May 18, 2021 First 90-degree heat of 2021 predicted for major cities this week The eastern U.S. is heating up, with temperatures rocketing into the 80s through the weekend for major cities.
May 17, 2021 COVID restrictions: What states have eased rules following updated CDC guidance The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its guidance on masks, allowing states to ease or outright remove certain COVID-19 restrictions.
May 17, 2021 Trump heading to battleground NC to headline state GOP convention Former President Trump will attend the North Carolina GOP's state convention in Greenville on June 5 and will speak at the convention dinner, the state party shared first with Fox News.
May 14, 2021 North Carolina softball player forced to cut beads from hair, sparks calls to change 'culturally biased' rule A North Carolina high school softball player was forced to cut her hair beads during a game last month, sparking outrage.
May 13, 2021 North Carolina school district goes remote because of gas shortage With parts of the Southeastern U.S. still recovering from a pipeline hack that resulted in fuel shortages, a North Carolina school district is reverting to remote learning on Friday due to concerns staff and students don’t have enough gas to get to class.
May 13, 2021 Times Square shooting suspect speaks out from Florida jail: 'I still don't know nothing,' report says The New York City man accused of shooting three innocent bystanders – including a 4-year-old girl – during a dispute in Times Square over the weekend spoke publicly from the jail where he was being held as he awaits jurisdiction, telling a local news station he wasn’t in New York City during the shooting and knows "nothing."
May 12, 2021 Gas shortage: Police in NC city tell residents to ‘limit non-essential travel’ as ‘fuel crisis’ spirals The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is warning residents in and around the North Carolina city to “limit non-essential travel” as panic buying following the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline last week is increasingly causing the state’s gas pumps to run dry.
May 12, 2021 Drivers fight at North Carolina gas station as fuel shortage persists, video shows A man and woman have been caught on video fighting at a gas station in North Carolina as fuel shortages continue to plague the East Coast following the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline last week.
May 11, 2021 Andrew Brown Jr.’s family reacts after viewing bodycam video showing deadly police encounter The family of a Black man who was fatally shot by sheriff's deputies in North Carolina last month said he did not deserve to die and posed no threat to the officers who shot him.
