Brianna Kraemer
High School Student Suspended For Saying “Illegal Alien”
A North Carolina high school student, Christian McGhee who’s 16, was suspended for using the term “illegal alien” when asking his English teacher a question.
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Announces National Drinking Water Standard For ‘Forever Chemicals’
The Environmental Protection Agency issued the nation’s first-ever standard to protect communities from being exposed to drinking water contained with PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.”
campus building
North Carolina: 150 Cancer Cases Of Univ. Students And Alumni Possibly Linked To Contaminants In Campus Building
North Carolina State University has been in the process of investigating claims from a number of current students and past alumni who were exposed to concerning amounts of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a possible carcinogen, from one of the college’s now-closed campus buildings.
3-point range
Grant Nelson lifts Alabama over No. 1 North Carolina
Grant Nelson scored three points in each of Alabama’s first two NCAA Tournament wins.
ACLU
Lt. Gov. Robinson: Transgenders ‘Should Be Arrested’ If They Use Preferred Restroom, Citing Women’s Safety
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the leading Republican candidate for governor, stated at a campaign rally earlier this month that transgender people “should be arrested” if they use the restroom of their choice if it does not correlate with their sex assigned at birth.
brooke mallory
Man Wrongfully Convicted For Rape Who Spent 44 Years In Prison Receives $25M Settlement
A $25 million settlement has been struck between a North Carolina city and the state of North Carolina regarding a complaint that accused authorities of misconduct, according to the victim’s attorneys on Tuesday. The man had been falsely convicted and imprisoned for 44 years.
ambulatory health care services
US job growth accelerates in December; wage gains solid
U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in December while raising wages at a solid clip.
Abril Elfi
Kentucky Man Charged With Kidnapping After Missing Teen Was Found Hidden Behind Trap Door
A Kentucky man has been given over 30 different charges after a teenage girl who had been missing for weeks was found behind a trap door in his house.
brooke mallory
4 Dead After Murder-Suicide At Homeless Encampment In North Carolina
Authorities said that on Sunday morning, an apparent murder-suicide took the lives of two men and two women in a homeless camp in North Carolina.
Automotive battery plant
Toyota to invest $8 bln more in North Carolina EV battery plant
Toyota said it would invest $8 billion more and add about 3,000 jobs at its electric-vehicle battery manufacturing plant in North Carolina.