Tag: North
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Armed North Carolina man arrested on suspicion of making threats against FEMA workers, authorities say
An armed North Carolina man was arrested after it was reported that he had made comments about “possibly harming FEMA employees” involved in hurricane relief efforts in the state, authorities said. William Jacob Parsons, 44, was arrested Saturday after the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office received a call saying the caller witnessed Parsons making threatening comments…
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North Korea to blow up cross-border roads with the South, Seoul says
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is getting ready to blow up roads that cross the heavily militarized border with South Korea, Seoul said Monday, amid an escalating war of words after the North accused its rival of sending drones over its capital, Pyongyang. North Korean troops were working under camouflage on the roads on…
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Hurricane Helene upends Trump and Harris’ plans for North Carolina
The unprecedented destruction Hurricane Helene has wreaked on western North Carolina could take months, if not years, to rebuild. Entire communities are destroyed, and scores of residents are displaced. With the presidential election in less than 26 days, both parties are scrambling to contend with the unpredictable political fallout. For Vice President Kamala Harris, who…
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North Korean army to completely sever road and rail lines to South Korea
North Korea’s Army said it will completely cut off roads and railways connected to South Korea starting from Wednesday, and fortify the areas on its side of the border, state media KCNA reported. The announcement heralds a further escalation in activity close to the demarcation line separating the two Koreas, which had been rare in recent years until this year. North Korea had already been installing landmines and barriers and creating…
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un wants to speed up becoming a nuclear superpower
In his address that day, Yoon warned the North against using nuclear weapons. “That day will see the end of the North Korean regime.” North Korea may be building a new submarine, the South Korean defense ministry said citing intelligence indications in a report to a member of parliament. In January, Kim reportedly ordered a…
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North Carolina gives counties impacted by Hurricane Helene voting flexibility
North Carolina’s election board voted Monday to give residents in the western part of the state, which was hit hardest by Hurricane Helene, greater flexibility to vote by mail and run their elections. Voters in 13 counties heavily impacted by the storm will have more ways to obtain and deliver absentee ballots, while county boards…
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After the storm, North Carolina faces daunting task of housing survivors left homeless
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The deluge came furiously — and shockingly fast. Speaking from a makeshift shelter at a local technical college here, James Yulon Ferguson recalled this week how he escaped with a friend on Sept. 27 shortly before the rising floodwaters reached the roof of his trailer along the Swannanoa River. After the storm,…
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Field hospitals set up to treat North Carolina storm victims sit mostly empty
BOONE, N.C. — Health care companies and nonprofit organizations have erected fully equipped field hospitals in North Carolina, in a pre-emptive attempt to treat residents injured by Hurricane Helene. But few patients had shown up Friday at the hospital set up in a large, white tent by Samaritan’s Purse, an aid organization founded by Christian…
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North Korea leader Kim threatens nuclear response if sovereignty breached
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country would not hesitate to use all available offensive forces including nuclear weapons if the enemy attempted to use force to encroach on its sovereignty, state news agency KCNA reported Friday. Kim criticized South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for threatening to end the North…
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Yellow jackets swarm after North Carolina floods, prompting need for Benadryl and EpiPens
The Summary Flooding in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene has led to swarms of yellow jackets. Heavy rain and standing water likely destroyed the insects’ nests underground and in trees. State health officials said they have bought Benadryl and EpiPens to help people who get stung, especially those with allergies. Severe flooding in western North…