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Police: 911 Call Led DC Officers To Kidnapped Girl
Police say a 911 call led officers in Washington, D.C., to an 11-year-old girl who authorities believe was kidnapped after her grandparents were slain in North Carolina.
Maj. Mike Smathers of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said at a news conference that a female in the car described in an Amber Alert called 911 Sunday saying she had been kidnapped. Based on the caller's description of her location, Smathers says police flooded the area and spotted the car.
After a chase and crash near Washington's monuments and memorials, Metropolitan Police Department Capt. David Sledge says the kidnapping suspect was arrested.
Police say the girl's uncle, Curtis Atkinson Jr., is suspected of killing his parents at their Charlotte home.
Sledge says the girl was taken to a hospital but appears to be OK.
NC Bill Would Raise Smoking Age To 21
North Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would raise the legal smoking and vaping age to 21.
House Bill 435 would cover all tobacco and tobacco-derived products, electronic cigarettes and vaporizers, and cigarette wrapping papers.
Consumers would need to be at least 21 to purchase those products as of January 1, 2021.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports the bill includes an exemption for active military personnel and a grandfather clause for those born in 1998 and 1999.
New US Education Chief Devos Visiting Fort Bragg School
New Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is visiting a North Carolina military installation to highlight the importance of children within armed forces communities.
DeVos will travel to Fort Bragg to tour a primary school on the Army post Monday morning, meeting students, parents and school leaders. It will be the first visit by President Donald Trump's choice to carry out federal education policy to a school operated by the Department of Defense's school system. The visit coincides with April being the "Month of the Military Child."
NC's First Lady Raising Awareness Of Metastatic Breast Cancer
North Carolina's first lady is working with breast cancer survivors and oncology experts to raise awareness of people living with metastatic cancer, which means the disease has spread to other organs.
During the event Monday at the Executive Mansion in Raleigh, first lady Kristin Cooper will unveil a proclamation by Gov. Roy Cooper declaring April as "Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Month."
Tar Heels Students Dance Around Bonfire Over NCAA Title Game
Officials are reminding college basketball fans at the University of North Carolina that bonfires are prohibited on the main street adjoining the campus.
Chapel Hill officials said Sunday two people were injured after about 12,000 people rushed Franklin Street following UNC-Chapel Hill's victory late Saturday in the men's basketball NCAA semifinal game. The party continued into Sunday morning, when regular traffic resumed through downtown Chapel Hill.
The town is stressing ahead of Monday night's national championship game that open fires on the town's commercial street are illegal and dangerous.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.