The nighttime curfew that had kept Moore County off the streets was lifted early Thursday morning as residents woke up to functioning coffee makers, hot showers and working washing machines.
Power lines near Fayetteville, N.C., on Aug. 31, 2020. (Jeremy M. Lange/The New York Times) A county in central North Carolina where about 45,000 people were without electricity declared a state of emergency and was under curfew Sunday night, after two electric substations were damaged by gunfire the night before in what officials called an “intentional” attack.