by WorldTribune Staff, February 22, 2017 A messaging app was able to pinpoint the location of a North Carolina man who was arrested for making what authorities said was a terrorist threat. Garrett Grimsley, 27, of Cary was charged after authorities said he posted an online threat against non-Muslims, ABC11 reported on Feb. 22. An […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 22, 2017 Lawmakers have requested a congressional investigation into a $418 million weapons sale to Kenya on Jan. 19, former President Barack Obama’s last day in office. The State Department approved the sale to Kenya of 14 weaponized crop-duster-like planes — including two trainer planes and services, for missions against terrorist […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 13, 2017 The NBA was practicing “selective hypocrisy” when it pulled the 2017 All-Star Game out of North Carolina over the state’s HB2 “bathroom bill”, former Gov. Pat McCrory said. McCrory noted that the NFL on Feb. 5, held the Super Bowl in Texas, which has “the exact same law” on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 8, 2017 Once confirmed, Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions should stand against the “cartel-like” NCAA in its bid to impose transgender laws on Americans, an ex-sportscaster and former NFL player said. “I certainly hope the Attorney General — when he takes office — lets them know that everything is on the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 8, 2017 A drug bust in North Carolina show how far the tentacles of Mexico’s drug cartels reach into the United States, a report said. A heroin ring operated by a Mexican cartel was recently busted in Rowan Country, more than 1,500 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, Judicial Watch noted in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 2, 2017 A North Carolina state representative made fun of the Raleigh News & Observer’s decision to run a story about the lawmaker’s Facebook post criticizing the Women’s March on Washington. Rep. Michael Speciale, of New Bern, said the march was a “cruel joke” and the participants were “used by the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 2, 2017 President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations is supported by 49 percent of Americans and opposed by 41 percent, a new poll found. One-third of respondents in the Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Jan. 30-31 said the president’s executive order will definitely make the United States […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2017 North Carolina’s congressional delegation in the era of Trump will be one of its most influential in decades with several lawmakers in key positions. The delegation, consisting of 12 Republicans and 3 Democrats, includes chairmen of key committees, members of the leadership and congressmen who are seen as in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2017 Fueled by racism and $10 million, Franklin Graham’s Decision America Tour helped Donald Trump reach the White House with overwhelming support from white evangelicals, a North Carolina church leader said. In a November Washington Post commentary titled “The racist history of Southern white evangelicalism and the rise of Donald […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2017 House Bill 2 turned out to be “too powerful a political issue and too lucrative a fundraising tool” for North Carolina Democrats who ultimately refused to repeal the “bathroom bill” they claimed to despise, according to the state senate’s leader. All of North Carolina’s Democratic state senators voted against […]
