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North Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill to make it illegal for physicians to perform abortions because of the fetus' race or a prenatal ....
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Google Maps The Environmental Protection Agency and other environmental investigators are looking into a strong odor that s been reported along the North Carolina-South Carolina border near Charlotte. The smell has been most prevalent in South Carolina s Lancaster and York counties but has been reported in many surrounding areas as well. Residents describe it as an intense, rotting stench that can wake people up at night or cause people to develop nosebleeds and intense nausea. Thousands of complaints have been filed with South Carolina s Department of Environmental Quality since January, which prompted the state to investigate the odor s origins. A preliminary state investigation took many of the complaints and matched them with wind speed and direction data to figure out where the air may have traveled from. ....
1:15 A group of protesters from last year’s racial justice marches is still waiting on a response from Asheville Police regarding a complaint alleging use of excessive force. The complaint filed by 20 individuals 19 of them anonymous alleges that Asheville police officers used unethical, even military-style tactics to disperse crowds during last year’s protests. “They were hit in the face by a projectile, really did some damage to a person’s face, that’s the most significant one, Attorney Ben Scales said. He filed the complaint on behalf of the alleged victims and is collaborating with the Racial Justice Coalition. He says they’re requesting body camera footage from the police. ....
Salisbury Police Department A federal lawsuit filed by a Georgia woman claims officers from Rowan County near Charlotte used excessive force during a traffic stop in 2019 when they pulled her from the car by her hair and tore her rotator cuff. The lawsuit filed Wednesday by Stephanie Bottom of Atlanta claims she posed no threat to officers from the Salisbury Police Department and the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office when she was pulled over in May 2019. But they approached her vehicle with guns drawn and later violated her rights by using excessive force, the lawsuit said. Salisbury is about 45 miles northeast of Chalrotte. ....