Category: North Carolina

North Carolina Authorities Seize Counterfeit Candy Laced With THC, Marketed to Children

November 4, 2022
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Thousands of dollars’ worth of counterfeit candy and snack foods laced with THC—including imitations of brands such as Skittles and Cheetos—have been confiscated from gas stations, convenience stores, and vape shops in North Carolina. THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Authorities confiscated nearly $224,000 worth of THC-infused snacks concealed by popular brand…

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Police Investigating After Shot Fired at Family Home of GOP Candidate in North Carolina

November 3, 2022
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Authorities in North Carolina are investigating a recent shooting that happened at the home of the parents of Republican congressional candidate Pat Harrigan, according to his family. Harrigan’s children, aged 3 and 5, were sleeping at the home when someone shot at the house on Oct. 18, Marla, Harrigan’s 74-year-old mother, said on Nov. 3….

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Shot Fired at Family Home of GOP Congressional Candidate in North Carolina

November 3, 2022
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Authorities in North Carolina are investigating a shooting that happened last month at the Hickory home of the parents of Republican congressional candidate Pat Harrigan, according to his family. Harrigan’s children, aged 3 and 5, were sleeping at the home when the shooting transpired on Oct. 18, Marla, Harrigan’s 74-year-old mother, said on Nov. 3….

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Shot Fired Into Family Home of GOP Congressional Candidate in North Carolina

November 3, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsCrime and IncidentsLocal NewsNorth CarolinaPat HarriganPoliticsRegional-Local NewsRepublicansshootingUSUS News
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Authorities in North Carolina are investigating a shooting that happened last month at the Hickory home of the parents of Republican congressional candidate Pat Harrigan, according to his family. Harrigan’s children, aged 3 and 5, were sleeping at the home when the shooting transpired on Oct. 18, Marla, Harrigan’s 74-year-old mother, said on Nov. 3….

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North Carolina’s Under-the-Radar Race Between Budd and Beasley Staying Tight

November 1, 2022
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The race between Ted Budd and Cheri Beasley for North Carolina’s open Senate seat has stayed tight as it enters the last week. It’s a competition that hasn’t gotten the attention that Senate races in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, or Arizona have, but maybe it should have. The seat of the retiring Richard Burr is one…

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Racially Discriminatory College Admission Policies Receive Rough Ride at Supreme Court

October 31, 2022
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Most Supreme Court justices seemed receptive on Oct. 31 to a student group’s argument that racially discriminatory admissions policies at U.S. colleges are unconstitutional and must be struck down. The Biden administration countered that such policies should be allowed to continue indefinitely because they promote diversity, which it claims benefit the nation. Although left-wing activists…

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North Carolina Treasurer’s Office Says Hospitals Reaping Billions from Medicare Despite Claiming Otherwise

October 28, 2022
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A report prepared for the North Carolina State Treasurer’s Office revealed that many state hospitals and lobbyists haven’t lost billions of dollars on Medicare patients as they previously claimed, but in fact made large profits from 2015 to 2020. “What we’re seeing is the biggest transfer of wealth in my lifetime in North Carolina,” state…

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Red, Blue, and Prickly Purple Across America’s Eight Orange Counties

October 28, 2022
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More than 5.4 million Americans live in eight Orange counties across the United States, including Orange counties within the nation’s four most populous states—California, Texas, Florida, and New York. The newest Orange counties in California, Texas, and Florida are named for the fruit, although the citrus industry in these places has long since given way…

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‘Rogue Nurse’ Charged With Murder After 2 Patients Die of Insulin Overdose

October 27, 2022
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A former nurse in North Carolina has been charged with murder after allegedly giving lethal doses of insulin to three patients, killing two of them, officials announced on Tuesday. Johnathan Howard Hayes, 47, who worked at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has been charged with two counts of murder…

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Biden DOJ Urges Supreme Court Not to Take Away Judges’ Power to Intervene in Federal Elections

October 27, 2022
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The Biden administration has urged the Supreme Court to reject a Republican bid to re-empower state legislatures to regulate congressional and presidential elections as they say the U.S. Constitution requires, including removing the judiciary’s power to weigh in on redistricting and other disputes. The legal filing came in a high-stakes case, Moore v. Harper, court…

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