This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at988 or 1-800-273-TALK(8255). South Carolina pastor John-Paul Miller on Saturday remembered his late wife, Mica Miller, in a eulogy at his Myrtle Beach congregation, saying at one point that he tried to “raise her from the dead.” Mica …
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A Catholic school in North Carolina was legally allowed to fire a gay teacher who announced his marriage to another man on social media a decade ago, according to a federal appeals court ruling, reversing a judge’s earlier decision. A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday reversed a 2021 ruling stating that …
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Anti-Israel demonstrators gathered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s campus on Saturday ahead of the commencement ceremony. A protest was held at the campus’ Peace and Justice Plaza, where the campus chapter for Students for Justice in Palestine celebrated suspended seniors who participated in the protest at UNC, according to ABC 11. “We know the movement for …
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The historic cicada invasion is upon us! Noisy flying insects known as cicadas have begun emerging from the ground and have been spotted buzzing around North Carolina and South Carolina before they will eventually appear across 15 other states. The one to two-inch-longbugs are rising from the soil and growing wings before they then start a frantic mating frenzy lasting …
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Sigma Phi Epsilon’s chapter at UNC Greensboro was given a 10-year suspension from the university amid a hazing investigation into the fraternity’s alleged recruitment violations. UNC-Greensboro told Fox News Digital that its chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon has been suspended for a decade after an investigation revealed recruitment violations and hazing. This suspension means that Sigma Phi Epsilon’s “University Affiliation” …
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Dean McGee is “in it for the long haul” to find justice for the McGhee family after their 16-year-old son was suspended for using the term “illegal alien” at his North Carolina school. In April, Christian McGhee was suspended for three days after asking a teacher whether her reference to the word “aliens” referred to “space aliens, or illegal aliens …
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One North Carolina student is taking legal action against his school district after he was suspended and allegedly branded a racist for using the term “illegal alien” in class. 16-year-old Christian McGhee filed suit against the Davidson County School District after he was suspended for three days from Central Davidson High School in Lexington and forced to miss critical track …
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This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at988 or 1-800-273-TALK(8255). North Carolina authorities on Tuesday released a 911 call and comprehensive timeline of South Carolina woman Mica Miller’s last moments leading up to her death by suicide April 27. Robeson County Medical Examiner Richard Johnson …
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A man convicted of killing his landlord’s adult son with a sawed-off shotgun is entitled to a new trial because the presiding judge failed to instruct jurors about a possible self-defense argument, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. A three-judge panel vacated the first-degree murder conviction of Ronald Wayne Vaughn Jr. in the 2017 shooting death of Gary Somerset. …
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A 16-year-old North Carolina student suspended for using the term “illegal alien” in class is officially taking legal action against the school district for “harsh punishment” and “false accusations of racism.” According to the student’s mother, Leah McGhee, in April, an English teacher at Central Davidson High School in Lexington gave a vocabulary assignment that involved the word “alien.” In …
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