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Victims Identified After Fiery Plane Crash in South Carolina Resort Town Killed All 5 People on Board

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.—Five people are dead after a single-engine plane crashed over the weekend in a South Carolina coastal resort town. Officials said Sunday’s fiery wreck near a golf course in North Myrtle Beach killed all four passengers and the pilot, The Myrtle Beach Sun News reported. The Monday update raised the death toll…


Pilot Killed When Small Plane Hits North Carolina Home, 3 Inside Unharmed, Officials Say

SOUTHPORT, N.C.—A pilot was killed when a single-engine plane crashed into a home a few blocks from an airport in coastal North Carolina on Sunday, and three people in the home escaped without injury, officials said. Firefighters found the plane fully engulfed in flames, with the exterior of the home burning, too, Southport Fire Chief…


Store Owner Charged With Killing a Teen Shot at People He Suspected of Shoplifting Before

COLUMBIA, S.C.—A store owner in South Carolina charged with murder after shooting a teen he wrongly thought stole water has shot at suspected shoplifters two other times in the past eight years and not faced charges, authorities said. In 2018, Rick Chow confronted a shoplifter at his Xpress Mart Shell station in Columbia and the…


Fire Chief: 2 Missing After Massive Blaze at North Carolina Construction Site

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Two construction workers were still unaccounted for late Thursday after a massive, fast-moving fire broke out at a North Carolina construction site earlier in the day, the city’s fire chief said. Fifteen workers, including a crane operator, were rescued by the more than 90 firefighters called to the five-alarm blaze in the South Park…


Neighbor: Girl, 6, and Parents Shot, Wounded Over Stray Ball

GASTONIA, N.C.—A North Carolina man shot and wounded a 6-year-old girl and her parents after children went to retrieve a basketball that had rolled into his yard, according to neighbors and the girl’s family—another in a string of recent shootings sparked by seemingly trivial circumstances. Gaston County Police Chief Stephen Zill said at a news…


2 Teens Killed, 1 Wounded in Shooting Near North Carolina Middle School

DURHAM, N.C.—Two 16-year-old boys were killed and one was wounded in a shooting in Durham, North Carolina, officials said. The three teens were shot Tuesday night near Brogden Middle School, news outlets reported, citing the Durham Police Department. Officers initially responded to a report of a juvenile shot and found the victim’s parents had taken…


Sheriff: Vehicle Crashes in Airport Terminal, Driver Charged

WILMINGTON, N.C.—A vehicle crashed inside a terminal at the Wilmington International Airport in North Carolina, but no one was injured, officials said. Deputies with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office responded Thursday night to a report that a car had breached the airport’s fence and drove onto the tarmac, the agency said. The vehicle then…


Wife Sues Over Meteorologist’s Death in North Carolina Helicopter Crash

The family of a meteorologist who was killed last year in a helicopter crash in North Carolina is suing a maintenance facility and the companies that owned and operated the aircraft. The complaint filed this week in Mecklenburg County Court in Charlotte alleges negligence and claims the helicopter was running on contaminated fuel, which can…


Deadly Mexico Kidnapping Hits Home in South Carolina

LAKE CITY, S.C.—Americans who officials said got caught in a deadly drug cartel shootout in Mexico last week all had ties to a small town in South Carolina, where leaders have called for community support of the families and two captives returned to U.S. soil Tuesday. Elected officials and religious figures rallied the community in…


Volkswagen’s Scout to Build $2 Billion Plant in South Carolina

WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT—Volkswagen’s off-road brand Scout Motors said on Friday it would build a $2 billion manufacturing plant near Columbia, South Carolina, for trucks and SUVs. The investment could potentially create 4,000 or more permanent jobs and more than 200,000 Scout vehicles could be produced annually at the facility. In May, VW said it would reintroduce the…