Eyes on the sky as Chinese balloon shot down over Atlantic
Eyes were locked on the skies Saturday as a suspected Chinese spy balloon passed over the U.S. Eastern Seaboard โ where local authorities warned civilians against taking potshots with rifles โ before it was shot down when it drifted over the Atlantic Ocean. It was shot down off the Carolina coast Saturday afternoon and an operation was launched to recover the debris. The Biden administration had previously hesitated to shoot the balloon because of risks to people on the ground from falling debris.
news.yahoo.comA Chick-fil-A restaurant's traffic got so bad that city officials ordered it to be demolished and plan to build a new drive-thru-only location
A Chick-fil-A in North Carolina will be torn down, and rebuilt as a double drive-thru restaurant with no dining room after complaints by locals.
news.yahoo.comN. Carolina church says it lost nearly $800K in email scam
Leaders of a northwestern North Carolina church say cybercriminals stole nearly $800,000 that the congregation spent years raising to build a new sanctuary that's supposed to be completed in a few months. It happened in November when Elkin Valley Baptist Church received an email that mimicked another message from the sanctuary builder with payment instructions, news outlets reported. โWe followed those instructions, not knowing, and paid the bill,โ Johnny Blevins, the churchโs senior pastor, told The Elkin Tribune.
news.yahoo.com'Diamond' of pro-Trump commentary duo dies of heart disease
Lynette Hardaway, a zealous supporter of former President Donald Trump whose death had prompted widespread speculation over its cause, died earlier this month of a heart condition, according to a death certificate obtained Monday by The Associated Press. Known by the moniker โDiamondโ of the conservative political commentary duo Diamond and Silk, Hardaway, 51, died Jan. 8 of heart disease due to chronic high blood pressure. Hardaway and her sister, Rochelle โSilkโ Richardson, found internet stardom as Black women who ardently backed Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign.
news.yahoo.comTrump Somehow Wins His Clubโs Golf Championship Despite Missing First Day
Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty ImagesProving his own humble admission that he is โalways the best at sports,โ Donald J. Trump seized the gold medal at his own Florida clubโs senior golf championship on Sunday. Even more incredibly, the former president was able to claim victory despite completely skipping the tourneyโs first day, having been in North Carolina for Lynette โDiamondโ Hardawayโs memorial service.Calling the win โa great honorโ in a Truth Social post, Trump crowed, โCompeted against man
news.yahoo.com'Diamond,' of pro-Trump duo Diamond and Silk, dies at 51
Lynette Hardaway, an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump and one half of the conservative political commentary duo Diamond and Silk, has died, according to the pair's Twitter account. Hardaway, known by the moniker โDiamond,โ carved out a unique role as a Black woman who loudly backed Trump and right-wing policies, earning fame first on the Internet and then as a cable television commentator.
news.yahoo.comNix leads No. 15 Oregon to Holiday Bowl win vs. Tar Heels
Bo Nix threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Chase Cota on fourth down with 19 seconds left and Camden Lewisโ PAT bounced off the left upright and went through to give No. 15 Oregon a wild 28-27 victory against North Carolina in the Holiday Bowl at Petco Park.
Duke Energy: All equipment damaged in NC shooting now fixed
Duke Energy says it has completed repairs on substation equipment damaged in shootings over the weekend and that it's restored power to all but a fraction of the thousands of customers who lost electricity in a central North Carolina county.
No. 18 Alabama beats No. 1 North Carolina 103-101 in 4 OTs
Mark Sears had 24 points, five rebounds and five assists, and No. 18 Alabama sent top-ranked North Carolina to a second straight loss with a 103-101 in a quadruple-overtime thriller in the third-place game of the Phil Knight Invitational tournament.