Saturday, November 16, 2024

ARTICLES BY TOM FOREMAN JR.

316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories

They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through photos and videos of their lost loved ones. Behind the statistics and the political blame game over rising gun violence are the victims.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories

They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through photos and videos of their lost loved ones. Behind the statistics and the political blame game over rising gun violence are the victims.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories

They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through photos and videos of their lost loved ones. Behind the statistics and the political blame game over rising gun violence are the victims.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories

They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through photos and videos of their lost loved ones. Behind the statistics and the political blame game over rising gun violence are the victims.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Feds: North Carolina frat members were part of drug ring

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Fraternity members at North Carolina's flagship school were part of a drug trafficking ring that for years funneled huge quantities of drugs into three college campuses, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Black firefighters in NC allege racism amid larger reckoning

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — They threw her new cellphone on the roof of the station house and placed nails under the wheels of her pickup truck. As she prepared to answer a call, someone poured tobacco juice in her boots. It was too much for Timika Ingram to bear.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Prosecutors: Men in gun conspiracy had white supremacy ties

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Two men previously charged with conspiring to make and sell illegal firearms also discussed shooting protesters after scouting a Black Lives Matter rally and had participated in live-fire weapons training where participants displayed Nazi symbols, prosecutors said in court documents unsealed Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Prosecutors: Men in gun conspiracy had white supremacy ties

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Two men previously charged with conspiring to make and sell illegal firearms also discussed shooting protesters after scouting a Black Lives Matter rally and had participated in live-fire weapons training where participants displayed Nazi symbols, prosecutors said in court documents unsealed Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Prosecutors: Men in gun conspiracy had white supremacy ties

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Two men previously charged with conspiring to make and sell illegal firearms also discussed shooting protesters after scouting a Black Lives Matter rally and had participated in live-fire weapons training where participants displayed Nazi symbols, prosecutors said in court documents unsealed Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

3 dead, 2 missing from flooding at North Carolina campsite

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Floodwaters from a nearby river overtook recreational vehicles at a North Carolina campsite Thursday, killing three people and leaving two others missing, including a child, an official said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Town says Black Lives Matter signs to remain at polling site

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina elections officials ordered a town to remove Black Lives Matter signs from its voting site at town hall, but town officials said the signs are staying put.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Health officials confirm COVID-19 case at Dan Forest rally

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — An unidentified person who attended a campaign rally for Republican candidate for governor Dan Forest tested positive for COVID-19, North Carolina health officials confirmed Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Health officials confirm COVID-19 case at Dan Forest rally

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — An unidentified person who attended a campaign rally for Republican candidate for governor Dan Forest tested positive for COVID-19, North Carolina health officials confirmed Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mourners hold memorial for Floyd as more protests take shape

RAEFORD, N.C. — Protesters streamed into the nation’s capital Saturday for what was expected to be the city’s largest demonstration yet against police brutality, while George Floyd was mourned in his North Carolina hometown, where hundreds of mourners lined up to squeeze into a church to pay their respects.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Darius Swann, who fought for school integration, dies at 95

The Rev. Darius L. Swann, whose challenge to the notion of segregated public schools helped spark the use of busing to integrate schools across the country, has died at his Virginia home. He was 95.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

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