A University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill faculty member was killed Monday in a shooting that prompted a campuswide lockdown while officials searched for an “armed and dangerous person,” university officials said. A suspect was captured about an hour and a half after the shooting at Caudill Laboratories, and an all-clear …
Read More »‘Joe The Plumber,’ thrust into spotlight for confronting Obama, dies at 49
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, whose question to Barack Obama on the 2008 presidential campaign pushed him into the national spotlight, died Sunday following a battle with pancreatic cancer, his wife confirmed to NBC News. He was 49. Wurzelbacher became better known as “Joe the Plumber” after posing a question to then-candidate …
Read More »U.K. restricts air traffic due to ‘technical issue’
LONDON — Britain’s air traffic control system said it was forced to restrict the flow of aircraft Monday after suffering a technical issue. “We are currently experiencing a technical issue and have applied traffic flow restrictions to maintain safety,” a spokesperson with Britain’s National Air Traffic Service told NBC News …
Read More »At vigil, state and local leaders say Jacksonville is no place for racists
Speakers at a vigil Sunday proclaimed Jacksonville, Florida, a city intolerant to racial violence, even as they mourned the victims of a mass shooting by a man a county official had described as a racist “maniac.” “This does not define Jacksonville, Florida,” the official, Sheriff T.K. Waters, said at the …
Read More »Jacksonville shooter named; Prigozhin’s death confirmed: Weekend Rundown
Authorities share new details about the gunman and the victims of an apparent race-motivated shooting in Florida. Russia confirms the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin. And Vivek Ramaswamy says he would have certified Biden’s victory on Jan. 6, 2021. Here’s the biggest news you missed this weekend. Jacksonville shooter is identified …
Read More »Vivek Ramaswamy says he would’ve certified the 2020 election results
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Sunday that he would have certified the results of the 2020 presidential election and that then-Vice President Mike Pence missed a “historic opportunity” to initiate changes on Jan 6, 2021. With Donald Trump absent at the first GOP presidential debate Wednesday, Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur …
Read More »Rural town braces for Tyson plant closure, as manufacturing booms elsewhere
Tyson had even provided an Enterprise rental car for Handy’s 40-minute commute, freeing up his own vehicle for his daughter to drive. Now, on top of the $800 rent he has been paying alone, he’ll be pinching pennies to purchase a second car, ideally by the time the Noel plant …
Read More »U.S. military personnel in aircraft ‘incident’ during Australia training exercise
Australian military officials confirmed an aircraft “incident” believed to have involved U.S. military personnel has happened on Melville Island north of Darwin, Australia, on Sunday. The nature of the incident wasn’t released. It was not immediately clear how many people were on board or their conditions. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation …
Read More »3 killed in hate-motivated attack that targeted Black people
Dollar General says it’s ‘heartbroken’ by attack at store Retailer Dollar General responded to news of today’s attack at one of its stores in Jacksonville, saying the killing left it “heartbroken.” “We are heartbroken by the senseless act of violence that occurred at our Kings Road store in Jacksonville, Florida …
Read More »Bob Barker, longtime ‘The Price Is Right’ host, dies at 99
Bob Barker, the longtime host of television’s “The Price Is Right” who used his combination of comfort-food charm and deadpan humor to become an American television staple, has died, according to his longtime publicist. He was 99. “It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC …
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