Author: Jonathan Drew
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Slow moving Florence terrorizing Carolinas
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Florence, now a tropical storm, swirled at a near-standstill over the Carolinas on Saturday, dumping non-stop rain over areas already flooded by seawater and swelling rivers and creeks across both states. Some towns have already been soaked by more than 2 feet (60 centimeters) of drenching rains , and forecasters warned…
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‘Threat becomes reality’: Florence hits the Outer Banks
WILMINGTON, N.C. • The big slosh has begun, and the consequences could be disastrous. Hurricane Florence’s leading edge battered the Carolina coast Thursday, bending trees and shooting frothy sea water over streets on the Outer Banks, as the hulking storm closed in with 105 mph winds for a drenching siege that could last all weekend.…
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‘Big and vicious’: Hurricane Florence closes in on Carolinas
WILMINGTON, N.C. • Motorists streamed inland on highways converted to one-way evacuation routes Tuesday as about 1.7 million people in three states were warned to get out of the way of Hurricane Florence, a hair-raising storm taking dead aim at the Carolinas with 140 mph winds and potentially ruinous rains. Florence was expected to blow…
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Florence strengthens, takes aim at Carolinas
RALEIGH, N.C. • Florence exploded into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane Monday as it closed in on North and South Carolina, carrying winds up to 130 mph and water that could wreak havoc over a wide stretch of the eastern United States later this week. The South Carolina governor ordered the state’s entire coastline…
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Slain Colorado mother painted rosy picture of married life
FREDERICK — Shanann Watts’ Facebook page painted a portrait of a happy married life — of a woman dedicated to her husband and their two young children. She called her husband “my ROCK!” and said he was “the best dad us girls could ask for.” But that idyllic image was shattered Wednesday when her husband,…
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Bowe Bergdahl spared any prison time, gets dishonorable discharge; Trump weighs in
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who walked off his post in Afghanistan and triggered a search that left several comrades severely wounded, will serve no prison time, a military judge ruled Friday at the end of the politically divisive case that stirred debate during the president campaign. President Donald Trump, whose campaign-trail…
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AP Interview: SEAL wants Bergdahl dishonorably discharged
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Former Navy SEAL James Hatch, whose career as a commando ended when he was shot while searching for Bowe Bergdahl, said his feelings toward the Army sergeant have gone from “I would like to kill him” to thanking the soldier’s lead attorney for working so hard to defend him. Hatch, who…
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Dramatic sentencing hearing expected in Bergdahl case
RALEIGH, N.C. — The fate of Bowe Bergdahl — the Army sergeant who pleaded guilty to endangering his comrades by leaving his post in 2009 in Afghanistan — now rests in the hands of a judge. A sentencing hearing for Bergdahl starts Monday at Fort Bragg and is expected to feature dramatic testimony about soldiers…
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Army Sgt. Bergdahl pleads guilty to desertion, misbehavior
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, five years a Taliban captive after abandoning his post in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty Monday to desertion and misbehavior-before-the-enemy charges that could put him in prison for life. “I understand that leaving was against the law,” said Bergdahl, who admitted guilt without striking a deal with prosecutors, leaving…
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Duke University removes statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University removed a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee early Saturday, days after it was vandalized amid a national debate about monuments to the Confederacy. The university said it removed the carved limestone likeness early Saturday morning from Duke Chapel where it stood among 10 historical figures depicted in the entryway.…