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Cops Sat on Evidence That Might've Saved NC Teen: DA

'I can't tell you how sorry I am'

(Newser) - Hania Aguilar, the 13-year-old raped and murdered after she was kidnapped from outside her North Carolina home, might've been saved had authorities not overlooked DNA evidence tying her suspected killer to an earlier rape. It was "maybe the most difficult conversation I've ever had with a victim'...

Diego Bears Down on Southeast
Diego Bears Down on Southeast
Dec 9, 2018 9:11 AM CST

Diego Bears Down on Southeast

Hundreds of flights canceled, thousands without power; NC particularly hard-hit

(Newser) - North Carolina is hunkering down for another big storm, and more than 100,000 of its residents are without power and hundreds of flights have been canceled as Winter Storm Diego rolled through on Sunday, reports CNN . Another 100,000 have lost power in South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. American...

Arrest Made in Death of NC Teen
Arrest Made in
Death of NC Teen
Dec 8, 2018 8:10 AM CST

Arrest Made in Death of NC Teen

Michael Ray McLellan, 34, has been charged in kidnapping, murder of Hania Noelia Aguilar, 13

(Newser) - The FBI says an arrest has been made in the disappearance and death of a North Carolina teenager. A statement issued by the FBI says Michael Ray McLellan has been charged in connection with the kidnapping and murder of 13-year-old Hania Noelia Aguilar, per the AP . FOX Carolina reports that...

NC Democrat Pulls Concession, Calls Out 'Criminal'

Dan McCready describes effort to 'take away people's very right to vote'

(Newser) - Democrat Dan McCready has withdrawn his Nov. 7 concession in the race for North Carolina's 9th District and is demanding his opponent "tell us exactly what he knew, and when" regarding absentee ballot irregularities . Republican Mark Harris leads McCready by 905 votes in unofficial returns a month after...

She Was Kidnapped and Killed. Her Dad Can't Get Funeral Visa

NC Gov. Roy Cooper hopes authorities will reconsider

(Newser) - The father of a North Carolina teen who was abducted from outside her Lumberton home on Nov. 5 and whose body was found after a three-week search has been blocked from attending her Saturday funeral. Noé Aguilar—the Guatemalan father of 13-year-old Hania Aguilar—was immediately denied a temporary visa...

Case Raises Questions About Killing of Michael Jordan's Dad

Daniel Green, serving a life sentence for the 1993 murder, insists he killed nobody

(Newser) - The 1993 murder jolted not just the sports world but the nation: James Jordan, the father of NBA phenom Michael Jordan, was fatally shot and dumped in a South Carolina swamp. Two teens, Larry Demery and Daniel Green, were convicted and are serving life sentences. Green, however, is now asking...

In North Carolina, Voter Fraud Allegations Hold Up a Race
House Democrats Threaten
Rare Move Over NC Seat
the rundown
Dec 4, 2018 1:10 PM CST

House Democrats Threaten Rare Move Over NC Seat

Unless allegations about absentee voting are resolved, they won't seat GOP's Mark Harris

(Newser) - Election 2018 is not quite over yet: A House race in North Carolina remains uncalled amid some fishy business regarding absentee ballots. In the race, Republican Mark Harris is leading Democrat Dan McReady by just 905 votes, but the bipartisan state board of elections has declined to certify the results...

Dad Shoots Son in Thanksgiving Brawl Over NFL Protests

North Carolina father charged with felony

(Newser) - Police in North Carolina say a man shot and wounded his son on Thanksgiving after a heated fight about NFL athletes kneeling during the national anthem, the AP reports. Cary police say 21-year-old Esteban Marley Valencia and his brother argued during dinner about the athletes' protest of racial injustice. Father...

ICE Nabs Undocumented Man. How Did 27 Get Arrested?

Samuel Oliver-Bruno, 47, thought he was going to USCIS office for fingerprinting

(Newser) - An undocumented man's arrest triggered a public demonstration by over two dozen supporters who were hauled off by the cops, ABC 11 reports. Samuel Oliver-Bruno, 47, was arrested Friday by ICE at a Morrisville, NC, office for US Citizenship and Immigration Services. Oliver-Bruno apparently believed he was there to...

Man's Runny Nose Was Really Far Worse

Greg Phillpotts thought it was just allergies

(Newser) - Turns out Greg Phillpotts' had more than just a runny nose, ABC7 Chicago reports. The North Carolina man was plagued by runny noses—while traveling, eating, in mid-conversation—and figured he just had bad allergies, although some doctors had diagnosed bronchitis and pneumonia. Even when Thanksgiving dinner was ruined in...

He Went to See the View, Hasn't Been Seen Since

NC's Patrick Braxton-Andrew vanished in Mexico on Oct. 28

(Newser) - For Patrick Braxton-Andrew, Mexico's Copper Canyon was a major draw. "The way he tried to sell it to me was that it was way bigger than the Grand Canyon but not visited by as many people," his brother, Kerry, tells the Washington Post . The fellow native of...

Man, 78, Punches Bear in the Nose, Survives

It attacked NC man outside his home

(Newser) - When it is impossible to escape from an attacking black bear, the National Park Service advises hitting the animal in the face—and it was a strategy that may have saved the life of North Carolina man Sonny Pumphrey. The 78-year-old says he was in his driveway when a mother...

SUV Used in Teen's Kidnapping Is Discovered

But Hania Noelia Aguilar remains missing

(Newser) - The SUV used to kidnap a 13-year-old from outside her home in Lumberton, NC, early Monday has been found, though with no sign of Hania Noelia Aguilar or her abductor. The 2002 Ford Expedition was discovered shortly after 8am Thursday in Lumberton, per WRAL . Police say it was on the...

Amber Alert After Girl Abducted Outside Own Home

North Carolina cops are searching for 13-year-old Hania Noelia Aguilar

(Newser) - North Carolina has issued an Amber Alert for Hania Noelia Aguilar, a 13-year-old girl kidnapped from outside her Lumberton home Monday morning. Police say a man dressed all in black with a yellow bandanna over his face forced the teen into an SUV outside her home in the Rosewood mobile...

'South Park Susan' Surrenders to Police

She was caught on video harassing black sisters

(Newser) - A North Carolina woman who boasted about being "white and hot" as she harassed two black women in a parking lot surrendered to police Saturday, days after a warrant was issued for her arrest. The Brunswick County Sheriff's Department says Susan Westwood, 51, was released on bond after...

Mom Whose Baby Drowned in Hurricane Charged With Manslaughter

North Carolina authorities say Dazia Lee ignored barricades on closed road after Hurricane Florence

(Newser) - "I did everything I could as a parent to save him and protect him." That was the initial emotional statement given by Dazia Lee to the media after her 1-year-old son, Kaiden Lee-Welch, drowned while the two tried to flee surging North Carolina floodwaters in the wake of...

Officials Say Bullying Led to NC School Shooting

'As fear took over, a young person brought a gun to solve the problems'

(Newser) - A 16-year-old boy is dead and another is facing a first-degree murder charge after a school shooting that officials say was the result of "out of control" bullying. Police say Jatwan Craig Cuffie was taken into custody after Bobby McKeithen was fatally shot during a fight early Monday in...

Fight in School Hallway Results in Fatal Shooting

Butler High School in North Carolina then resumes classes

(Newser) - A fight in a high school hallway led to an all too familiar outcome Monday morning: a shooting that left a student dead. But Butler High School in Matthews, NC, also is drawing attention for its decision to resume classes less than two hours after the altercation. Police say two...

He Ordered 2 Waters, Then Left. His Tip: $10K
He Ordered 2 Waters,
Then Left. His Tip: $10K
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Oct 27, 2018 9:57 AM CDT

He Ordered 2 Waters, Then Left. His Tip: $10K

'I thought someone was playing a joke on me,' North Carolina server says

(Newser) - "This is crazy!!" is how a North Carolina hot-dog eatery describes what happened last week at its Greenville location. WRAL reports that a man wandered in to Sup Dogs last Friday, asked for two waters while he was looking at the menu, then left before ordering. The mystery...

Teen Mom Star Hospitalized After 911 Call

TMZ says it has the tape, in which Jenelle Evans accuses her husband of assault

(Newser) - A star from the Teen Mom franchise was hospitalized over the weekend, and TMZ says it now has the 911 call she made from her North Carolina home. In the call, a sobbing woman said to be 26-year-old Jenelle Evans tells the dispatcher that her husband, David Eason, attacked her...

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