CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A North Carolina jury on May 31 found Christopher Palmiter, stepfather of missing Cornelius girl Madalina Cojocari, guilty of failure to report the disappearance of a child to law enforcement. The Mecklenburg County jury took 15 minutes after Palmiter’s weeklong trial to reach a verdict, according to FOX 8 Greensboro. “He was the person in the role …
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A stingray called Charlotte who befuddled her aquarium team when she appeared to be pregnant without the presence of a male stingray is actually suffering from a rare reproductive disease, the group announced on Thursday, May 30. “We regret the delay of updates regarding Charlotte. This time was necessary to gather data and analyze lab and testing results,” said the …
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A recent survey showed that people are seeking to leave California in droves, while North and South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee are attracting more potential movers. ConsumerAffairs released a survey on May 20 finding that a high cost of living was driving people to want to leave their home state for states with a lower cost of living, with California …
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Earlier in May, two starkly different fiscal news items highlighted the divergent paths taken by North Carolina and California. While North Carolina celebrated news of projected revenue surpluses in 2024 and 2025, California is grappling with a $44.9 billion budget deficit. How did these two states end up in wildly different places? The contrast is emblematic of the philosophies governing …
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A crash at NASCAR’s All-Star Race, where no points are awarded, resulted in fists flying in the garage area. Kyle Busch and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got into a brawl after the No. 8 finished in 10th place in the race. The two were then seen exchanging words when Stenhouse threw a punch. The two had to be separated as crews …
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The University of North Carolina System Board of Governors on Thursday voted for a new policy that repeals previous diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) mandates for the state’s public universities. At least two protesters were arrested after the vote, as a crowd of approximately 50 students and other demonstrators gathered outside the UNC System office in Raleigh, the News & …
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A mysterious shooting in North Carolina north of Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, not far from where some of America’s most elite U.S. Special Operations forces live and train is under investigation by the Army Criminal Investigation Division as well as local police. The shooting in Carthage, North Carolina occurred May 3 at 8:15 p.m. following a phone call about …
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Asheville, North Carolina police are warning of a “sophisticated fraud scam” involving suspects posing as Microsoft employees to gain access to victims’ personal information from their computers and then steal from them. “This elaborate scam has already defrauded two residents in our area, resulting in losses of $50,000,” the Asheville Police Department said in a Tuesday press release. “The suspects …
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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein said Wednesday he wants additional staff for his office to combat fentanyl trafficking and to solve longstanding sexual assault crimes, as well as more funds to help law enforcement agencies recruit and retain officers. Stein, who is also the Democratic nominee for governor this fall, held a news conference with several police chiefs and …
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Diana Cojocari, mother of missing North Carolina girl Madalina Cojocari, pleaded guilty Monday morning to one count of failure to report a missing child. Madalina was last seen getting off a school bus in her hometown of Cornelius, just north of Charlotte, on Nov. 21, 2022, when she was 11 years old. Public defenders changed Diana’s plea …
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