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Feds to investigate Maryland State Police hiring practices
Read full article: Feds to investigate Maryland State Police hiring practicesThe U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into the Maryland State Police to determine if the agency engaged in racially discriminatory hiring and promotion practices.
$3M settlement reached in lawsuit over Andrew Brown’s death
Read full article: $3M settlement reached in lawsuit over Andrew Brown’s deathA North Carolina sheriff’s office has announced a $3 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed Black man shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies more than a year ago.
Hope Solo arrested on DWI, child abuse charges
Read full article: Hope Solo arrested on DWI, child abuse chargesPolice say former U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old twins inside.
Racial unity: Merged Southern congregation sets an example
Read full article: Racial unity: Merged Southern congregation sets an exampleMore than five years after a Black congregation merged with a mostly white North Carolina church, members of The Refuge Church continue striving to be an example of unity and racial reconciliation in the American South.
Major winter storm: South braces for big blast of snow, ice
Read full article: Major winter storm: South braces for big blast of snow, iceForecasts of snow and ice as far south as Georgia have put much of the Southeast on an emergency preparedness footing as shoppers strip store shelves of supplies and road crews treat highways ahead of an approaching weekend storm.
UNC protesters cite ongoing frustrations amid tenure dispute
Read full article: UNC protesters cite ongoing frustrations amid tenure disputeLong-standing grievances over the treatment of Black students, faculty and staff at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have reemerged in light of the controversy over investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Donor: Concerns over Hannah-Jones prompted emails to UNC
Read full article: Donor: Concerns over Hannah-Jones prompted emails to UNCA major University of North Carolina donor whose name is on its journalism school says he is curious about how much research went into the selection of Nikole Hannah-Jones to join the faculty.
Trustee: Nonacademic background halted Hannah-Jones tenure
Read full article: Trustee: Nonacademic background halted Hannah-Jones tenureThe chairman of the University of North Carolina's board of trustees says investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tenure application was halted because she didn’t come from a traditional academic background.
US female firefighters fight discrimination with lawsuits
Read full article: US female firefighters fight discrimination with lawsuitsAdvocates for female firefighters say their struggles are part of a larger trend, as evidenced by recent gender discrimination lawsuits against fire departments in Illinois, Virginia, and Texas. The first female chief of a municipal fire department in the state says she briefly pondered suicide after years of sexual harassment. According to the National Fire Protection Association, 93,700, or 8%, of U.S. firefighters were female in 2018, the latest year for which data was available. Similar lawsuits have been filed — and won — by female firefighters in Illinois, Texas and Virginia. Williams said she is the third female department head in Carrboro to file such a suit against Andrews, who recently announced that he would retire in July.
Black firefighters in NC allege racism amid larger reckoning
Read full article: Black firefighters in NC allege racism amid larger reckoningOther Black firefighters who endured similar treatment in the Winston-Salem Fire Department recently brought their complaints before the city. The grievance they filed in October calls for Chief William “Trey” Mayo to be fired for failing to discipline white firefighters who, the group said, have created a hostile work environment through comments in person and on social media. Across the country, firefighters are confronting incidents of racism and discrimination as part of a burgeoning movement to call out and address racial injustice in America. Two Black women sued the city of Denver in September, saying its fire department discriminated against them because of their gender and race. Almost right away, she said, other firefighters stole her food and took her uniforms out of her personal space.
Videos show jail officers restraining North Carolina inmate
Read full article: Videos show jail officers restraining North Carolina inmateJail, authorities restrain John Neville in his cell as a nurse speaks with him, in Winston-Salem, N.C. The body-cam video from the jail shows Neville struggling with jail guards to get up from the floor where he was lying on his back, shouting that he couldn't breathe and calling out "Mama, mama!" Five former jail officers and a nurse were charged in July with involuntary manslaughter in Nevilles death. As he is being transferred, Neville yells, Help me, somebody! A guard tells him he's had a medical episode and he needs to calm down. Once in the cell, the five officers remove Neville from the chair and lay him on a mattress.
Largely peaceful protests against police brutality march on
Read full article: Largely peaceful protests against police brutality march on(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON Massive protests against police brutality nationwide capped a week that began in chaos but ended with largely peaceful expressions that organizers hope will sustain their movement. Roderick Sweeney, who is black, said the large turnout of white protesters waving signs that said Black Lives Matter in San Francisco sent a powerful message. In Raeford, North Carolina, a town near Floyds birthplace, people lined up outside a Free Will Baptist church, waiting to enter in small groups. Back in North Carolina, the Rev. "But it took 401 years to put the system in place so nothing would happen.___Pritchard reported from Los Angeles and Foreman from Raeford, North Carolina.
Trump looks elsewhere after GOP convention spat with NC gov
Read full article: Trump looks elsewhere after GOP convention spat with NC govTrump and the RNC had demanded that the August convention be allowed to move forward with a full crowd and that participants not have to wear face coverings. Protecting public health and safety during this pandemic is a priority.A traditional GOP convention brings together roughly 2,500 delegates, the same number of alternate delegates and many times more guests, journalists and security personnel. They agreed to continue talking about ways to have a safe convention in Charlotte.But Cooper made clear to Trump that those conditions would likely be impossible to accommodate. The RNC's leader, Ronna McDaniel accused Cooper of dragging his feet on giving them guidance for proceeding with convention plans. Tennessee's Bill Lee said GOP officials were coming to scout Nashville on Thursday.