National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is the first witness in Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial. Here’s what the former president’s longtime friend told the jury.
Tennessee Republican lawmakers have passed a bill that would let some teachers and staff carry concealed handguns on public school grounds. If Republican Gov. Bill Lee signs the bill into law, it would be the biggest expansion of gun access in the state since last year's deadly shooting at a…
Thousands of United Methodists are gathering Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina, to begin an 11-day denominational General Conference. Typically it is held every four years, but church leaders delayed the 2020 gathering until now due to the pandemic. Hundreds of delegates will vote on poli…
A bill designed to ban LGBTQ+ Pride flags in Tennessee public school classrooms has been spiked after failing to attract enough support in the GOP-controlled Senate. The proposal had easily cleared the similarly Republican-dominant House nearly two months prior after the bill’s sponsor said …
The North Carolina General Assembly starts its annual work session with a little extra money to spend and limited pressing issues to address. Republicans leading the House and Senate are talking about the traditionally “short” session that starts Wednesday with a goal of finishing by early s…
U.S. colleges are preparing for commencement ceremonies with the challenge of providing safety for graduates while honoring the free speech rights of those involved in protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
A North Carolina man who became a fugitive after a federal jury convicted him of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to six years in prison. David Joseph Gietzen struck a police officer with a pole during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Gie…
U.S. colleges are preparing for commencement ceremonies with the challenge of providing safety for graduates while honoring the free speech rights of those involved in protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
A North Carolina man who became a fugitive after a federal jury convicted him of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to six years in prison. David Joseph Gietzen struck a police officer with a pole during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Gietzen told U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols on Tuesday that he didn’t intend to hurt anybody that day. But the judge noted that Gietzen hasn't expressed any remorse for his actions. After a jury convicted Gietzen of eight counts, he disregarded a court order to report to prison last October while awaiting sentencing. He was arrested at his mother's home last December.
Police say a man accused of firing a gun during an argument on a North Carolina university campus has been taken in custody. Police say the man is in his 70s and got into an argument with another person Tuesday outside a campus student center. Law enforcement say no one was reported injured after the suspect fired off four rounds. The suspect was taken into custody to be questioned by investigators. He has not been charged. The other person in the argument was also interviewed.
The widow of a North Carolina man shot and killed by Sullivan County deputies last spring has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Greeneville, Tennessee.
A federal judge has halted the enforcement of a North Carolina law that made it a serious crime for someone to vote while still on probation or parole for a felony conviction when they had simply violated the voting law by mistake. Monday's ruling was celebrated by groups representing poor residents and Black union members. The decision though is limited by addressing some allegations of illegal voting conducted before 2024. That’s because the General Assembly amended the law so moving forward the offender must know voting is unlawful. Advocates say leaving the pre-2024 law in place would have made some ex-felons still fearful about voting in the future.
The U.S. Justice Department is paying a $138.7 million to settle more than 100 claims that it badly mishandled allegations of sexual assault against Larry Nassar in 2015 and 2016. It was a critical time gap that allowed the sports doctor to continue preying on victims before his arrest. Nassar worked at Michigan State University and at USA Gymnastics. He’s serving decades in prison for assaulting female athletes, including Olympians. For more than a year, FBI agents in Indianapolis and Los Angeles had knowledge of allegations against Nassar but apparently took no action.
AP is live from a courthouse in New York as David Pecker, a longtime tabloid publisher, is expected to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign as testimony resumes in the historic hush money trial of the former president.
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The widow of a North Carolina man shot and killed by Sullivan County deputies last spring has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Greeneville, Tennessee.
A city man is in custody after a shooting sent one woman to a local hospital.
A Scott County, Virginia, firefighter died over the weekend while battling a wildfire.
A judge may soon decide whether to try a case against a Blountville, Tennessee, woman charged in the death of her child in Sullivan County or elsewhere.
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney's departure could clear Rep. Abigail Spanberger's path to the Democratic nomination for governor in 2025. Stoney will face competition for the party's lieutenant governor nomination.
Tax collections so far are up dramatically, which could open a path to a budget compromise in a May special session that does not include a tax increase.
ABINGDON, Va. — The Abingdon Town Council has eliminated a property tax for elderly and handicapped homeowners and qualified veterans.
The Sullivan County Commission gave the county school system the green light on Thursday to move forward on several capital improvement projects, including a new access road at West Ridge High School and football field lighting at Sullivan East High School.