Police Cleared In Death Of Man In Custody
The Forsyth County District Attorney says police acted appropriately when detaining a man who later died in their custody.
The four officers involved in the case of Travis Page were cleared on Monday.
Back in December, Winston-Salem police were responding to a report of gunfire when they came across Page, who apparently matched the description of the suspect. Page ran a short distance, fell, and was handcuffed and searched by the officers. But he soon became unresponsive, and while police tried to administer CPR, he later died.
After months of examining the case and Page's autopsy, the Forsyth District Attorney's office says police handled the incident correctly.
County medical examiner Dr. Anna McDonald says Page's manner of death is “undetermined.”
Report: No Proof Of Racial Bias In Greensboro Traffic Stops
A report issued by the Greensboro Police Department finds no statistical proof of racial bias by police officers.
But the report shows that disparities in traffic stops and search rates between black and white drivers remain.
Police Chief Wayne Scott presented the analysis during a meeting of the City Council on Monday, according to the News and Record of Greensboro.
A front-page New York Times article in October said black drivers were more likely to be pulled over for routine traffic violations, and more likely to be searched.
But analysts at UNC Greensboro and N.C A&T found the Times report to be incomplete because it didn't account for how the data was collected and sorted.
The new analysis presented on Monday says the search disparity may be explained by the level of crime in an area, and not by bias.
Primary Polls Now Open In North Carolina
The polls are now open across North Carolina for voters to choose primary election favorites for president, governor and U.S. Senate on down to legislative and county seats.
Registered voters Tuesday also get to decide whether the state should borrow $2 billion for construction projects for higher education and parks and for local governments to improve water and wastewater systems.
More than 700,000 people had already cast ballots before Tuesday. The 10-day in-person early-voting period ended Saturday.
The polls close at 7:30 p.m.
Jobless Rate Stays Stuck In North Carolina At 5.6 Percent
North Carolina's unemployment rate remains stuck at 5.6 percent, and little changed over the course of 2015.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Monday that the jobless rate in January stayed the same as the prior three months. The state's unemployment rate is just a fraction lower than the 5.7 percent recorded in January 2015.
The national unemployment rate is 4.9 percent.
Fresh Market To Be Bought By Apollo For More Than $1.3B
The Fresh Market, a grocery store chain, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Apollo for more than $1.3 billion.
Apollo is paying $28.50 for each share of Fresh Market, a 24 percent premium of the stock's closing price of $22.98 on Friday.
Fresh Market, based in Greensboro, has nearly 190 stores around the country. Apollo Global Management LLC is based in New York.
The deal is expected to close in the second quarter.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.