North Carolina Town Lies in Ruins Weeks After Hurricane Helene
SWANNANOA, N.C. — Two weeks after Hurricane Helen, an eerie silence hangs over the small town of Swannanoa, North Carolina. Cars covered in mud still lie like corpses along the highway. On Sunday, the church was empty after the roof partially collapsed. Christina Wong/Breitbart News Christina Wong/Breitbart News Christina Wong/Breitbart News Christina Wong/Breitbart News Christina […]
North Carolina father, 40, killed in front of his 3 young kids during road rage dispute with elderly man, 75
A North Carolina father was found dead after a road rage incident Saturday night, allegedly shot to death by an elderly man. Witnesses said Terrell Eugene Giddens, 75, and Jeffrey Michael Guida, 40, got out of the car after they both stopped and got out during some kind of traffic altercation. It is believed that […]
Armed North Carolina man arrested for making threats about FEMA workers
A North Carolina man has been arrested for allegedly making threatening remarks to Federal Emergency Management Agency employees in Rutherford County as they continue to clean up the wreckage of Hurricane Helen. William Parsons, 44, was arrested by the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office after authorities received a report that he was armed and making threatening […]
North Korea blows up roads linking it with South, prompting warning shots at border | North Korea
South Korea's military said it fired warning shots near the heavily fortified border with North Korea after North Korea blew up part of a highly symbolic road connecting the two countries. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff announced in a message to the media on Tuesday that a section of road north of the Military […]
New Migrant Caravan Headed North Trying to Beat the Possible Arrival of a Trump Administration
A new migrant caravan of about 1,000 migrants left Mexico's southern border this weekend heading for Mexico City. From there, the group is expected to disperse and find various ways to reach the U.S. border. The caravan is the second to start in Mexico since October 1, when the country's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, took […]
North Carolina man accused of threatening FEMA workers with assault rifle amid Hurricane Helene clean-up
A North Carolina man has been charged with using an assault rifle to threaten FEMA workers helping the state recover from Hurricane Helen. Just before 1 p.m. Saturday, Rutherford County Sheriff's Office deputies reported a man with an assault rifle made comments that he could harm FEMA personnel in the Lake Lure and Chimney Rock […]
North Carolina voters courted by Trump campaign in wake of Helene
Voters in storm-ravaged areas of the Southeast could face new hurdles at the polls this year after being hit by Hurricanes Helen and Milton. The rapid succession of disasters has led to a flurry of new support from states, political parties, and various organizations. They may also conduct campaigns themselves to expand voter access to […]
FEMA temporarily paused aid efforts in North Carolina after arrest over report of armed militia ‘hunting’ aid workers
Federal Emergency Management Agency officials were forced to suspend aid efforts over the weekend after reports that armed militias were “hunting” aid workers. Ashe County Sheriff Phil Howell said In a statement Sunday, FEMA said it suspended operations Saturday due to reported threats. The Washington Post obtained an email detailing the reported threat. “It was […]
Man accused of threatening FEMA workers in western North Carolina
A North Carolina man was arrested Saturday for threatening to harm Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workers assisting with Hurricane Helen recovery efforts, the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office said. The agency said in a Monday press release that shortly before 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, a man entered the county's communications center “with an assault […]
North Koreans Are Now Fighting in Ukraine, Says Zelensky
Speculation about the presence of North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia in Ukraine had been mounting for weeks, but President Zelenskiy acknowledged their presence for the first time. North Korea, which on paper has one of the world's largest armies and has been supplying munitions to Russia for months to support so-called special military operations […]