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11+ hour, 15+ min ago  (349+ words) A tense standoff unfolded Monday morning after "Inmates overpowered correctional officers and seized control of parts of a detention center in eastern "North Carolina, prompting a large law enforcement response and hours of negotiations. The incident began around 5 a. m. at the…...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (292+ words) The Salem Board of Education held a special public meeting to rehire six retired employees to their former positions. Michael Douglas, the treasurer for the Salem school district, said the district will be saving $35, 000 per rehired employee. "We get 30 years…...

5+ hour, 16+ min ago  (224+ words) WILMINGTON " The Deerfield Valley is getting into the spirit of the America 250 celebration with a long list of events in the coming weeks. Groundbreaking celebration for the Veterans Memorial Park, Beaver Street at 5 p. m. Wings Theater performance of "Opening Night," 6: 30 p. m. at…...

4+ hour, 34+ min ago  (1110+ words) A plan to help finance a projected $1. 7 billion Raleigh ballpark is reportedly being left out of a state budget deal that North Carolina House and Senate leaders'reached Sunday evening. The news dims, at least for now, the latest effort to…...

34+ min ago  (1346+ words) Flashback to 1980: Out of milk? Drive to the store. Need to deposit a check? Wait in line at the bank. Want a new bathing suit? Trudge through the mall. Kids need books for a school paper? Go to the library....

34+ min ago  (288+ words) A Jet Blue Airways passenger jet reported striking a drone on Monday while preparing to land at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed. The pilot aboard Jet Blue Flight 948 reported the strike at approximately 3, 000 feet in altitude…...

58+ min ago  (289+ words) Yesterday at the Great Falls Nature Trail access near 3160 Ridgeway Road in Great Falls ended with gunfire, sending one person to the hospital and drawing a major law enforcement response, according to Chester County authorities. Chester County Sheriff's deputies were…...

58+ min ago  (140+ words) A quiet Waxhaw back road turned into a crime scene yesterday afternoon after deputies say a man killed his mother inside her home, then later surrendered to police in Charlotte. Authorities identified the suspect as 32-year-old Slava Pak and the…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago  (433+ words) The Supreme Court held Monday that constitutional privacy protections extend to cellphone location information, ruling in the case of a bank robber whose identity was discovered through a geofence warrant. Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the 6-3 court that people don't…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago  (272+ words) The Chicago rapper known as Twista has pleaded guilty to five counts of willfully failing to pay his income taxes and faces up to five years in prison. The IRS Criminal Investigations division, the crime-fighting arm of the IRS, says…...