North Carolina
Community Bands Together To Help Father of Five
In Raleigh, North Carolina, a community is coming together to help an arrested father of five children. Victor King was arrested Tuesday, but he’s already back at work thanks to the kindness and generosity of others. King was arrested for leaving his five children, all under the age of eight, home alone. A complete stranger bailed…
Read MoreNorth Carolina Deputy Charged with Child Sex Crimes Committed While Working as School Safety Officer
A former Durham County, North Carolina, sheriff’s office deputy was arrested on Monday for sex crimes involving a 15-year old student at the school for which he served as a safety officer. Christopher Kelly, 40, was placed on administrative leave on April 21 and terminated one week later, according to police records, after being accused…
Read MorePossible Cancer-Causing DuPont Chemical Has Been Dumped in a NC River — Since 1980
Tens of thousands of unwitting North Carolina residents might have been ingesting a potentially cancer-causing chemical manufactured by a DuPont subsidiary for nearly four decades — but even the mayor of the most heavily-populated city nearby has not been told the whole story. “We were alarmed. And we want to know how long that compound…
Read MoreMan Tries to Bite Flight Attendant, Then Jumps Out of Plane Onto Tarmac
At this point, I’m not sure if it is harder to be an airline employee or a passenger, but either way, flying sounds pretty unappealing these days. Yesterday, a man allegedly tried to bite an American Airlines flight attendant…and then he opened an exit door and jumped off the plane. Thankfully, the plane was sitting…
Read MoreFake News Put Out By Police Caused Innocent People to be Harassed by Racists
David Harris is the franchise owner of many Smithfield’s Chicken and Barbeques, as well as the one located off of Jones Sausage Rd., in Raleigh, North Carolina. As such, he’s authorized his restaurant to give a 25 percent discount to all uniformed police officers who frequent his restaurant, which now has dozens of locations across…
Read MoreWATCH: “I will kill you” — Cops Hold Pistol to Unarmed Man’s Head, Severely Beat Him
Charlotte, NC — Dramatic body camera footage was released this week showing officers pile on top of a suspect, hold a gun to his head, beat him into the earth, and threaten to kill him. The unarmed suspect’s only ‘crime’ was running away from police. To add insult to assault with a deadly weapon, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg…
Read MoreAlarming Photos of Elderly Patients Being Neglected at Veterans Affairs Hospital Spark Outrage
Image credit: Hanna McMenamin/Facebook Photos of elderly veterans in extreme pain waiting for treatment at a VA hospital in Durham, North Carolina, have gone viral and are causing outrage directed at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Retired Marine Stephen McMenamin and his wife, Hanna, were waiting at the Durham VA Medical Center when they noticed two veterans who were…
Read MorePresident Obama “ORDERS” Schools to Allow Transgender Students to Use Whatever Bathroom They Want
So this is happening. #BREAKING: Pres. Obama to order public schools to allow transgender students to choose own bathroomshttps://t.co/XAdQlroNlj — ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) May 13, 2016 Via ABC7 News: The Obama administration is telling public schools that they must allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity. The directive…
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