Triangle/Local
North Carolina governor signs criminal justice bill into law after Ukrainian refugee’s death
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train, even while opposing provisions within…
Hurricane Humberto and Tropical Storm Imelda threaten the Bahamas and Bermuda
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas closed a majority of schools on Monday following mandatory evacuations for some islands in the archipelago as Tropical Storm Imelda was expected to drop heavy rain and unleash flooding in…
Tropical Storm Imelda forms near Bahamas and is expected to become a hurricane in coming days
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Imelda formed Sunday and is expected to become a hurricane on a forecast track curving away from the U.S. East Coast early this week. The storm dumped rain and churned up seas near the Bahamas…
Tropical weather in the Atlantic is slamming the Caribbean and may strike Southeast US next
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Crews spent Saturday making preparations for an unnamed weather system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda late Saturday or early Sunday before approaching the coast of South Carolina as a hurricane early next week. Meanwhile,…
On North Carolina’s rivers and streams, the cleanup of Helene’s fury seems never-ending
By ALLEN G. BREED and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press WOODFIN, N.C. (AP) — Bracing himself against the current in waist-deep water, Clancy Loorham wrestles a broken length of PVC pipe from the rocky bottom of the French Broad River and peers inside. “I got a…
State/Regional
All injured in deadly North Carolina waterfront bar shooting released from the hospital
SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) — All six people hospitalized after a coastal North Carolina shooting last weekend that left three dead at a waterfront bar have been released, officials announced Friday. Southport officials initially said five people were wounded in the rifle attack on the American Fish Company…
Authorities identify those killed in weekend North Carolina bar shooting
SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) — The three people killed during a mass shooting last weekend at a waterfront bar in a southeastern North Carolina community have been identified as two out-of-state residents and a third who had recently moved to the coastal town. City government released the names…
Bermuda lashed by distant hurricane and prepares for the stronger Imelda
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The outer bands of distant Hurricane Humberto lashed Bermuda on Tuesday ahead of a more direct pass from the newer and stronger Hurricane Imelda on the tiny British territory. Humberto was passing well north…
5 homes collapse into the surf of the Outer Banks as hurricanes rumble in Atlantic
By GARY ROBERTSON and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the ocean Tuesday as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic, the National Park Service said, marking the latest private beachfront structures to fall into the…
Georgia farmers will get $531M in Hurricane Helene aid, but the deal’s not done yet
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The wait continues for Georgia farmers who need more aid after Hurricane Helene, even as state and federal officials in other states announce agreements. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper on Tuesday announced…
World/National
Israel and Hamas prepare for negotiations in Egypt ahead of possible ceasefire
By SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas prepared for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday, as hopes for a possible ceasefire began to build and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a truce and hostage release could take shape…
Trump plans aid package for US soybean farmers while seeking trade deal with China
By DIDI TANG and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning a significant aid package to U.S. soybean farmers to help them survive China’s boycott of American beans in response to his trade war even as the president says he is still seeking a…
Wall Street finishes its winning week with more records
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks ticked higher on Friday, sending Wall Street to more records. The S&P 500 edged up by less than 0.1% to close out its seventh winning week in the last nine, and the Dow…
Wall Street ticks to more records, led by technology stocks
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged up to more records on Thursday as technology stocks kept rising and as Wall Street kept ignoring the shutdown of the U.S. government. The S&P 500 added 0.1% to its all-time high set the day…
Republicans are relishing a role reversal in the shutdown fight. Can Trump keep them united?
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Gathered in the unusually quiet halls of the U.S. Capitol, Republican leaders faced the cameras for a second day and implored Democrats to reopen the government. “We want to protect hardworking federal workers,” House…
Entertainment
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gets 4 years in prison for case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in prison for transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters, capping a sordid federal case that featured harrowing testimony…
Morgan Wallen denied throwing chair off bar roof to police in 2024, footage shows
By JONATHAN MATTISE and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music star Morgan Wallen denied to police that he threw a chair off a Nashville honky-tonk bar roof before and after he was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment in 2024, police video obtained by…
Chunk, a 1,200-pound bear with a broken jaw, wins Alaska’s popular Fat Bear Week contest
By CEDAR ATTANASIO and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after narrowly finishing in second place three previous years.…
How Electronic Arts’ $55 billion go-private deal could impact the video game industry
NEW YORK (AP) — In what could become the largest-ever buyout funded by private equity, video game maker Electronic Arts has agreed to be acquired in a deal valued at $55 billion. Beyond the potentially record-breaking price tag, the deal could bring wider shifts in the gaming…
Video gamer Electronic Arts to be acquired for $55 billion in largest-ever private equity buyout
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AND MICHELLE CHAPMAN The Associated Press Electronic Arts, the maker of video games like “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired for $55 billion in what could become the largest private equity-funded buyout in history. Silver Lake Partners, Saudi Arabia’s…
Sports
Dabo Swinney and Clemson find positives after a bye. Bill Belichick and UNC find more of the same
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Dabo Swinney watched his Clemson team start Saturday with a trick play that went for a 75-yard touchdown and never look back. North Carolina ended its Saturday with Bill Belchick calling a timeout with 1…
Clemson rolls out of open date by beating North Carolina 38-10 in Swinney-Belichick coaching matchup
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Antonio Williams threw a 75-yard trick-play touchdown pass to T.J. Moore on the first offensive snap to start Clemson’s dominating show in a 38-10 win at North Carolina on Saturday. The coaching matchup of…
No. 3 Miami’s visit to No. 18 Florida State headlines ACC slate; Swinney vs. Belichick on undercard
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Things to watch this weekend in the Atlantic Coast Conference: Game of the week No. 3 Miami (4-0, 0-0 ACC) at No. 18 Florida State (3-1, 0-1), Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET (ABC) The Hurricanes beat Notre Dame in the opener, and…
Duke’s Jon Scheyer gets contract extension through 2030-31 season after Final Four run
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Duke coach Jon Scheyer has agreed to a two-year extension running through the 2030-31 season as he enters his fourth year coming off a Final Four run. The school announced the deal Thursday for the 38-year-old successor to retired Hall of Famer…
Old guard still runs the Metropolitan Division, though times could be changing soon
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The winds are beginning to change in the NHL’s Metropolitan Division, though not before the old guard gets at least one more shot. Washington easily won the division last season and has much of the same lineup back, potentially…