Gov. Roy Cooper and health care advocates celebrated Friday’s official start of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina, the result of state legislation this year that’s expected to help roughly 600,000 low-income adults obtain the government health insurance. Visiting a Goodwill location in Charlotte that hosted a Medicaid enrollment event, Cooper …
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A teenager reported missing from North Carolina weeks ago was found hidden beneath a trap door in a man’s house in Kentucky on Christmas Day, with police believing she had been kidnapped and raped, according to multiple reports. The 16-year-old girl was brought to safety by police who were called …
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A High Point, North Carolina, pastor was arrested last week after allegedly assaulting and attempting to push his wife’s co-worker’s head into a McDonald’s deep fryer, according to police. The High Point Police Department reported that on Dec. 28, a woman was training to be a manager at the S. …
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A North Carolina father called for stricter penalties for criminals during a congressional hearing on Monday, saying that, similar to the case of the Charlotte light rail attack, his daughter was killed at the hands of a repeat offender. Stephen Federico said his daughter Logan’s alleged murderer had more than …
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A North Carolina state representative is under fire for saying there is “no correlation” between the murder of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old refugee from Ukraine, and the fact that her accused killer had been released from jail 14 times. State Rep. Marcia Morey, a longtime Democratic lawmaker and former judge, …
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North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Friday signed “Iryna’s Law,” which increases checks on criminals getting out on bail and prohibits cashless bail for some violent crimes and most repeat offenders following the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte light-rail train in August. Stein, a Democrat, has …
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GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: The following story contains details, descriptions and/or images of violence that may be disturbing to some readers. Viewer discretion is advised. FIRST ON FOX: The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has released audio of five 911 calls made in the immediate aftermath of the stabbing death of Iryna Zarutska, …
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A grieving father’s anguished words in Washington have put a spotlight on a tragedy that many Americans say reflects their worst fears: a justice system that repeatedly frees dangerous repeat offenders until it’s too late. Stephen Federico’s daughter, Logan, 22, was murdered in her sleep in May while staying overnight …
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A Democrat congressional candidate’s history of violent rhetoric is coming under fire after his public vow to “kick the s—” out of senior Donald Trump aide Stephen Miller resurfaced online. “Stephen Miller needs to be THUMPED! That guy’s a freaking worm. I would be willing to go to jail for …
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A convicted middle school teacher who was charged with repeatedly raping a teenage girl has been murdered in a North Carolina prison, according to officials. Ernest Nichols, 60, was found unresponsive inside his cell at Greene Correctional Institution in Maury on Sunday morning at around 6.50 a.m., the North Carolina …
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