Of governors was currented about, quote, civil rights protections in North Carolina. As mentioned, a total of seven championships will now take place in other states. That includes the division i mens Basketball Championship set to take place in greensboro. The state Democratic Party wasted no time in releasing statement which reads in part, what a disappointment for basketball fans. Add this to thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of Discrimination Bill have cost North Carolina. Gubernatorial candidate roy cooper had this to say. It seems that almost every day we learn of a new consueeqe of house bill 2. The executive director for the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance estimated an economic boost of about 5 million when recally hosted the mens basketball regional in 2014. I reached out to governor mccrory for his response to this latest news an we have not statement saying in part, under the ncaas logic, colleges should make cheerleader and Football Players share bathrooms, showers
A female student stabbed during a robbery on the ncstate campus. The search for her attacker underway tonight. Plusmatthew intensifies. The storm a category four hurricane tonightwe are tracking its latest path. And president obamas playful message to the tardy bill clinton. Eyewitness news starts right now. Were following several new and breaking stories tonight including the search for a man who stabbed a female student on the nc state campus. Good evening im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. Tonight police need your help tracking down the man who did it. The attack happened around 4oclock this afternoon in the varsity parking lotoff gorman street. Angelica alvarez on the story tonight. On cam the robbery happened here in just trying to get in her car. Pkg 17 52 20 this happened in broad daylight, does that concern you . Oh yeah rusata loher. Is a sophomore at nc state. And says she uses this parking lot on varsity. Almost everyday. So she was shocked to hear that just two hours be
S for 39. 99 a month. Call now. Next on Eyewitness News a deadly crash on interstate 85. what happened in the moments before the horrific collision. The latest just in. plus. A sex crime accusation at unc. A young woman speaking out against the university. how School Leaders are responding. And. A violent attack on Law Enforcement officers caught on camera. What police are saying about the driver. Eyewitness news starts right now. breaking news right off the top the Highway Patrol now saying alcohol played a role in a deadly crash on i85 near the orange Durham County line. Good evening from the breaking news center. Im steve daniels. A report on this crash. Just coming in to us here in the breaking news center. chopper 11 hd was over i85 southbound near the old highway 86 exit shortly after the crash at about 415 this afternoon. The right shoulder. And hit a big rig that was stopped at the time. The van kept going. And smashed into a pickup truck causing it to overturn. The passenger i