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UNC Head Yanks Confederate Marker, Is Forced Out
The board governing North Carolina's public university system is forcing out the head of the state's flagship public university hours after she ordered a toppled Confederate statue's base removed.
Carol Folt said Tuesday she was protecting public safety by having workers haul the marble pedestal off a main quad after midnight. She also announced it would be among her final acts ahead of resigning in May.
Hours later, the statewide university system's Board of Governors made her resignation effective at the end of this month.
North Carolina Officials Say Job Talks With Apple Continue
Business recruiters say they're still in talks with Apple over bringing more jobs to North Carolina.
The state's main recruiting arms say they're withholding details of North Carolina's failed effort to land more than 5,000 Apple jobs going instead to Austin, Texas.
A spokeswoman for the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina said Tuesday the public records will stay secret because "Apple is currently an active recruitment project." The state Commerce Department said the same Monday.
3 Arrested In Shooting Of North Carolina Trooper
Authorities have made three arrests in connection with the shooting of a third-generation North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper.
The highway patrol's Sgt. Michael Baker identified the trooper as Daniel Harrell, who he said was hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after Monday evening's shooting. Harrell was shot while conducting a traffic stop.
Wilson County Sheriff Calvin Woodard Jr. says 36-year-old John David Jones was arrested around midnight. Authorities also arrested 25-year-old Bryan Mullins and 40-year-old William Boswell.
For 'Miracle' Flight Survivors, A Decade Of Thankfulness
For the people who were on US Airways flight 1549, it's been 10 years of being around to enjoy milestones and important moments since the "Miracle on the Hudson."
That was Jan. 15, 2009, when their plane collided with a flock of geese after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport. Everyone on board survived the crash landing into the Hudson River.
Survivors, including Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who helmed the controls in the plane's final descent, gathered Tuesday at the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, where the flight was headed and where the damaged plane is now held.
No, That's Not Bigfoot: 8-Foot Statue Causes Sighting Calls
The animal control department in a North Carolina County is getting an influx of calls with reports of a strange sighting, and it has local officials assuring callers that the creature they're seeing is not Bigfoot.
The 8-foot beast resides in a wooded area in Davie County. But it's not the mythical Sasquatch – it's just a wooden statue.
The Davie County animal shelter says the statue is one of several residing on private property east of Statesville.
The shelter shared a photo of the creature on its Facebook page, which has been getting lots of traffic since the sightings began.
The county's animal control is asking those driving on nearby roads at night to stop calling in the reports.
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