Category: North Carolina

Supreme Court Allows GOP Legal Defense of North Carolina’s Embattled Voter ID Law

The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 on June 23 that North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature must be allowed to step in to advocate for a heavily litigated voter ID law in court because Josh Stein, the state’s Democratic attorney general, allegedly isn’t doing enough to defend the statute. Republican lawmakers have long complained that Stein’s advocacy has…


SCOTUS Seems Likely to Take Up Case That Could Recognize States’ Power to Regulate Elections

The Supreme Court seems likely to accept a new election law case that Republicans hope will recognize what they say is the preeminent constitutional authority of state legislatures to set the rules for redistricting and congressional and presidential elections, as well as curb the power of state courts to intervene in such disputes. “The U.S….


North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Lied About CRT Content Collaboration: Watchdog Group

An education watchdog group is calling for an audit of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) after obtaining emails indicating that, despite its denial of such awareness, the department might have known about critical race theory (CRT) content incorporated in a professional development program for pre-kindergarten teachers of disabled children. The $7 million…


Teen Charged in Shooting That Injured 3 People at NC Mall

GASTONIA, N.C.—A 17-year-old boy has been charged in a shooting that wounded three people at a North Carolina mall, police said. Two men and a woman were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening after they were shot in the parking lot of the Eastridge Mall in Gastonia on Friday, according to…


1 Dead, 3 Wounded After Fire Causes Stored Fireworks to Explode in North Carolina

A brush fire Friday afternoon had led to an explosion at a farm in Lenior County, North Carolina, killing one person and injuring three firefighters, authorities said. Murry Stroud, the county’s emergency services director, told broadcasting network WITN that firefighters were dispatched at approximately 3:15 p.m. on June 10 after a blaze was reported near…


3 Wounded in Shooting at North Carolina Mall Food Court

GASTONIA, N.C.—Three people were being treated for wounds that were not life-threatening after a shooting Friday at a mall in North Carolina, police said. Rick Goodale, a spokesman for the Gastonia Police Department, said the shooting happened around noon Friday in the food court of the Eastridge Mall in Gastonia. The city of about 77,000…


Mobile Art Dealer Sues Town Over Requiring Donation of All Profit to Charity

A mobile art gallery owner is suing a North Carolina town over a local ordinance that forces itinerant vendors like her to give 100 percent of profits to charity in exchange for the right to sell during the high tourism season. Ami Hill is the proprietor of mobile art gallery #Bus252 and of the Muse Markets,…


Australia’s Minjee Lee Wins U.S. Women’s Open Golf

Australia’s Minjee Lee has won the prestigious U.S. Women’s Open in North Carolina, earning her $US1.8 million, the biggest ever prize in women’s golf. The 26-year-old from Perth, Western Australia, took the event with 13 under par, four shots ahead of American Mina Harigae, and setting a new scoring record for the tournament, Golf Australia…


Australia’s Minjee Lee Wins US Women’s Open Golf

Australia’s Minjee Lee has won the prestigious U.S. Women’s Open in North Carolina, earning her $US1.8 million, the biggest ever prize in women’s golf. The 26-year-old from Perth, Western Australia, took the event with 13 under par, four shots ahead of American Mina Harigae, and setting a new scoring record for the tournament, Golf Australia…


Officials at Airport Seize Cocaine Stashed in Wheelchair

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Federal authorities say a man has been arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina, after he was stopped in the city’s airport with more than 23 pounds of cocaine concealed in the seat cushions of a motorized wheelchair. U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers encountered the traveler as he was arriving at Charlotte Douglas International…