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Wilmington man charged for alleged distribution of child pornography

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Police have charged a 43-year-old man with sexual exploitation of a minor for the alleged possession and distribution of explicit material that involved children. The suspect, Ala Areef Abukhalaf, was

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High school teacher from Greensboro charged with alleged rape of 17-year-old student

GREENSBORO, N.C. – A 57-year-old teacher at Smith High School has been arrested by police for allegedly raping a 17-year-old female student. The victim claimed that she was forced to have

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Wilmington man charged for the alleged killing of 57-year-old

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Police responded to a shooting on Pinecrest Parkway hours before midnight on March 4, 2020. At the scene, they found a man with a gunshot wound — 57-year-old

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Wilmington man charged for allegedly shooting a woman to death

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Police have arrested 36-year-old resident of Wilmington, Ray Anthony Southers, who is now facing the charge of First Degree Murder after a deadly shooting near Greenfield Lake. Police said that

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Accusations of sexual misconduct mar yet another political campaign

“A good man is hard to find,” sang Bessie Smith nearly a century ago. Her sentiment holds sway today when it comes to political candidates. Presidential hopeful Joe Biden is

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34-year-old man charged with drug trafficking in East Raleigh

RALEIGH, N.C. – Christopher Smith, 34, was arrested by Raleigh police and charged with trafficking cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, and hash. He will also face related charges in federal court. According to

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Charlotte man charged for allegedly raping a woman at gunpoint

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. – 25-year-old Terraries Leon Thomas was arrested by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police on December 14, 2019 for allegedly raping a woman at gunpoint. He is facing several charges including rape, sex

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Man charged with murder in West Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, NC – On the morning of Wednesday, April 8, 2020, Mecklenburg Police Department officers responded to a shooting incident in a West Charlotte neighborhood. The call came in at around

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IRS indicts alleged operator of DarkScandals websites

A computer popup box screen warning of a system being hacked, compromised software enviroment. 3D illustration.Hundreds of people could be under investigation for allegedly viewing videos of violent rape or

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Give me liberty or give me disease: The showdown between public health and freedom

The United States is now the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 750,000 cases (and counting). Ninety-five percent of the country remains under lockdown orders. Yet that hasn’t

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