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Girl, 6, shot after ‘basketball rolled into neighbour’s yard’ in North Carolina

The girl’s parents were also wounded in the shooting

Evening Standard

Editorial: The party of ‘freedom’ finds another way to squash it with NC drag show bill

Manufactured outrage over drag performances — especially story hours, drag brunches and other family-friendly events — has been the drumbeat of the GOP’s latest culture war.

Tribune News Service

Man accused of shooting girl, parents in North Carolina is arrested in Florida

A man allegedly fired a weapon after a basketball rolled into his yard. A 6-year-old girl suffered a graze wound, her father was badly hurt and her mother was struck in the arm.

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North Carolina GOP closes in on transgender athlete ban

A prohibition on transgender girls playing on female sports teams in North Carolina schools has cleared a second legislative chamber

The Independent UK

Neighbor: Girl, 6, and parents shot, wounded over stray ball

Authorities are searching for a man accused of shooting and wounding a 6-year-old North Carolina girl and her parents

The Independent UK

Little girl, 6, shot in FACE by neighbour after her basketball rolls into his garden

Kinsley White, from North Carolina, US, was playing with her basketball in the street when it crept into suspect Robert Singletary's garden. He came out his house and allegedly shot her

Daily Mirror

Man allegedly shoots girl, six, and her parents after ball rolls into his backyard

William White and his daughter Kinsley were seriously hurt during shooting in North Carolina while suspect remains at large

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Column: How to be a better grandpa

When I first contacted the Cool Grandpa, he was in North Carolina doing what lots of cool grandpas do — attending his granddaughter’s first birthday party. We set up time to talk once the festivities were over and he had arrived back home to metro Atlanta.

Tribune News Service

North Carolina House approves ban on transgender athletes

Transgender girls in North Carolina would be prohibited from joining female sports teams in middle school, high school and college under legislation passed by the Republican-controlled House

The Independent UK

Girl, 6, and parents shot after basketball rolls into neighbour’s garden

Authorities say Robert Louis Singletary, 24, is ‘armed and dangerous’ after incident in North Carolina

The Independent UK

2023 NFL Draft Scouting Report: WR Josh Downs, North Carolina

Josh Downs may lack size, but he came up big for the Tarheels the last two years.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Daughter of slain Jason Corbett says she's being 'persecuted' - as retrial delayed again

Sarah Corbett Lynch, who now lives in Limerick with her aunt Tracey Corbett Lynch said: “I was orphaned at eight years, I am living eight years under the North Carolina judicial system"

Irish Mirror

NC Republicans advocate for banning trans athletes from female sports teams

A two-week break from Congress didn’t relieve any tension between political parties as Democrats accused Republicans Monday of bullying transgender youth with a bill expected to pass the House Thursday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

North Carolina House Republicans file bill to ban public drag shows

RALEIGH, N.C. — Republicans in the North Carolina House introduced a bill Tuesday that would ban drag performances in public places or in the presence of a minor.

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Man’s throat slashed at bus stop after asking for cigarette in North Carolina tourist town, police say

A man was slashed in the neck with a knife after he asked for a cigarette at a bus stop in a popular North Carolina tourist town, according to police.

Evening Standard

Boy gets trapped inside claw machine after climbing inside to steal prize in North Carolina

The 13-year-old boy was rescued and then banned from the park for attempted theft

Daily Mirror

Man gets fright of his life as huge BEAR creeps onto his porch before epic stare-off

David Oppenheimer from Ashville, North Carolina, US, was trying to relax lying on a lounger when the bear snuck up on him. They both jumped in shock when they realised

WEKU

12-year-olds can't buy cigarettes — but they can work in tobacco fields

Child labor rules in agriculture are looser than those in other industries, even for tasks that are dangerous. For all tobacco laborers, but especially kids, the work can cause nicotine poisoning.

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Georgia football offers lengthy TE Kendre Harrison

Big North Carolina tight end recruit Kendre Harrison visited the UGA spring game and ended up with a scholarship offer from the Bulldogs

Tribune News Service

From abortion to school choice, areas to watch now that NC GOP has regained supermajority

RALEIGH, N.C. — For the first time in more than four years, North Carolina Republicans last month overrode a veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.

Chicago Tribune

Review: ‘Fat Ham’ on Broadway is a juicy Shakespeare reinvention, with backyard mayhem and a barbecued ghost

NEW YORK — In playwright James Ijames’ eye-popping “Fat Ham,” a malcontent named Juicy, kinda like Hamlet, is chilling in his North Carolina backyard when his recently deceased dad exits the presumptive fires of hell and pops up out of his patio grill.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Sen. Ted Budd of North Carolina endorses Donald Trump for president in 2024

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Budd announced Thursday his endorsement of former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, just a week after Trump became the first president in history to be arrested on felony charges.

The Independent UK

UNC students protest decision to ban 'Cop City' activist

Students at North Carolina’s flagship public university have walked out of class to protest school officials’ decision to ban a law school student from campus

The Independent UK

Missing North Carolina five-year-old kidnapped to California by her grandmother’s ex-husband found

The girl’s alleged abductor has been arrested

Ballotpedia

Election legislation roundup: North Carolina State Senate

As of April 9, Ballotpedia has tracked 11 election-related bills in the North Carolina State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the 11, Ballotpedia tracked four from April 3-9. Democrats and Republicans sponsored two each. The four bills are:

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