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What it was, was football
For the second straight week, North Carolina’s 33 colleges and universities that play football failed to produce a winning record. However, we’ll take a look at the best and worst of the week that was […]
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Prosecutor: Pasquotank deputies justified in shooting
ELIZABETH CITY — A North Carolina prosecutor said Tuesday that sheriff’s deputies were justified in fatally shooting Andrew Brown Jr., because he ignored their commands and endangered at least two of them when he drove […]
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Prosecutor to discuss probe into Elizabeth City shooting
ELIZABETH CITY — A North Carolina prosecutor says he’s ready to discuss the results of a state investigation into the fatal shooting of a black man by sheriff’s deputies. In a written statement, District Attorney […]
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Deputy shooting becomes part of city’s long history on race
ELIZABETH CITY — The murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was wrapping up when Dakwon Gibbs told a friend that George Floyd’s killing — and others like it — would never happen […]
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Curfew made later after protests over shooting
ELIZABETH CITY — A North Carolina city where a Black man was shot and killed by deputies said Friday that it will push its curfew back by several hours each night after a week of […]
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Judge won’t release videos of Elizabeth City shooting
ELIZABETH CITY — A judge refused Wednesday to release body camera videos apparently showing North Carolina deputies shooting and killing a black man, ruling that making the video public at this stage could jeopardize the […]
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Warrant: Drug buys recorded weeks before black man shot dead
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — North Carolina deputies who fatally shot a black man outside of his house obtained the search warrant that brought them there after investigators recorded him selling small amounts of cocaine and […]