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Martin Roberts Missing
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Jason Huber
June 12, 2018 - 12:41 pm

Documentary airs on missing N.C. college student

It's been slightly over two years since James "Martin" Roberts , a 19-year old student has been seen. Roberts was last seen on April 21, 2016, at an AppalCart bus stop in Boone, N.C. , and has been reported as missing since. Roberts attended Appalachian State University but was attending Caldwell...
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Dreamstime
Mark Garrison
April 04, 2018 - 5:03 pm

CMPD release body-cam footage of Autry officer shooting

*Due to the graphic nature of the videos, discretion is strongly advised. Charlotte police have released body cam footage of a life-and-death encounter that happened last September. A 28 year old man broke into a home and kidnapped a pregnant woman at gunpoint. He used her as a shield when officers...
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Dreamstime
October 31, 2017 - 6:33 am

Republicans object to special master in North Carolina remap

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina Republican legislative leaders on Monday opposed a plan by federal judges to use an outside expert to help them examine and possibly redraw General Assembly district lines, arguing that it's premature to hire one and questioning the expert's impartiality. An...
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Brittany Randolph/The Star via AP
October 24, 2017 - 6:50 am

Severe weather slams Carolinas, many without power

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The Carolinas have some cleaning up to do after being slammed by severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and flooding and possible tornadoes that flipped tractor-trailers and small planes, broke storefront windows and pushed one house off its foundation. At least 98,000 homes...
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Dreamstime
October 19, 2017 - 6:27 am

North Carolina deal would expand transgender protections

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina's governor launched a two-part strategy Wednesday that could end protracted litigation over the state's so-called bathroom bill and its replacement, while expanding LGBT protections lawmakers aren't inclined to endorse. Plaintiffs who had sued the state claiming...
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Dreamstime
September 22, 2017 - 3:54 am

North Carolina GOP leaders don't want Confederate statues moved

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina Republican lawmakers on Thursday pressed a state panel not to grant Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's request to relocate Confederate monuments from the old Capitol grounds, with one leader predicting that any such approval would be overturned in court. Two dozen House...
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John Hancock
September 08, 2017 - 4:51 pm

Erik Spanberg Joins John Hancock

Hancock talks to Erik Spanberg about the Carolina Panthers and their match-up this Sunday and why the ACC may no longer be just a basketball conference.
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August 25, 2017 - 10:43 am

North Carolina public school system bans Confederate flag

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina public school system has revised its dress code to prohibit the Confederate flag, Ku Klux Klan symbols and swastikas. Local news outlets report the Durham Public Schools board voted unanimously Thursday to make the change. The Herald-Sun of Durham reports that...
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AP Photos
August 23, 2017 - 9:50 am

Hundreds protest on UNC campus against Confederate statue

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Hundreds rallied Tuesday night on the campus of North Carolina's flagship university to protest over a Confederate statue, surrounding the bronze monument and later blocking traffic on the college town's main drag. The gathering at the University of North Carolina in...
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A protester kicks the toppled statue of a Confederate soldier after it was pulled down in Durham, N.C. Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. Activists on Monday evening used a rope to pull down the monument outside a Durham courthouse. The Durham protest was in response to a white nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. (Casey Toth/The Herald-Sun via AP)
August 16, 2017 - 3:10 pm

More arrests made in toppling of Confederate statue

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- More protesters were arrested Wednesday for participating in a demonstration that toppled a Confederate statue in North Carolina, and more monuments were vandalized as well. The statue in Durham came down Monday night when a protester climbed a ladder to attach a rope and...
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