U.S. immigration agents carrying out an enforcement push in North Carolina’s largest city have arrested more than 130 people and are expected to soon move into the state’s capital city. What You Need To Know U.S. Border Patrol agents carrying out immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina’s largest city have arrested more than 200 people …
A top Border Patrol commander touted dozens of arrests in North Carolina’s largest city on Sunday as Charlotte residents reported encounters with federal immigration agents near churches and apartment complexes. The Trump administration has made the Democratic city of about 950,000 people its latest target for an immigration enforcement surge it says will combat crime,…
“White nose syndrome” killing millions of bats in North America – CBS News Watch CBS News A deadly fungal disease called “white nose syndrome” is sweeping across North America, wiping out millions of bats. Dave Malkoff goes underground in North Carolina as scientists race to save these vital creatures. Source link
Highlands, North Carolina — In the North Carolina town of Highlands, about 20 feet below ground in a goldmine from the 1800s, there is a race against time to save a bat population whose numbers are being decimated by a disease known as white-nose syndrome. North Carolina’s tricolored bats are unstable, among several species of bats…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are now in Charlotte after reports began to circulate Wednesday that they would arrive as soon as the weekend. Spectrum News 1 crews saw agents appear to arrest a man at a Home Depot at 4750 South Blvd. in the southern part of the city Saturday morning. A Spectrum…
Charlotte leaders voiced their frustration with the lack of communication with federal officials about the Border Patrol’s impending deployment to the Queen City. What You Need To Know Local and state officials in Charlotte condemned U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s lack of transparency about its plan to come to the city Reports circulated Wednesday that federal…
The State Bureau of Investigation, N.C. State Highway Patrol and the U.S. Coast Guard have deployed air units to assist in the search for a Craven County man accused of killing his grandmother and stabbing a deputy, Craven County Sheriff Chip Hughes said Tuesday. What You Need To Know The search continues for Dominic Connelly,…
A major industry in North Carolina remains on edge after an agriculture deal between the U.S. and China last week did not include tobacco. What You Need To Know North Carolina farmers are on edge after agriculture deal between the U.S. and China failed to include tobacco Earlier this year, China announced it wouldn’t purchase…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Zulehkah Crawford loves everything about her family’s home country of Jamaica. “Besides the obvious, the food and the water, the people,” Crawford said. “We are such genuine people. We’re loving, we’re caring. I love the terrain when it comes to the mountains. And then you can go down to the beach and the…
US software company SAS Institute has withdrawn from mainland China and dismissed its local staff, according to a Beijing-based employee affected by the move, as the analytics specialist ended more than two decades of operations amid intense domestic competition and geopolitical tensions. The company on Thursday announced the lay-offs via an email and hosted a…