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Does Duke save the ACC if they make the Final Four or win the title?Any issue with Rick Pitino's postgame?Did Derik Queen of Maryland get away with a travel?Will the Panthers make more moves before the combine?Does Carolina have one of the worst WR duo's in the NFL?Rodd Baxley of The Fayetteville Observer joined the show to talk Duke's success in the tournament, NC State's new coach, and more college basketball news.
Rodd Baxley of The Fayetteville Observer joined the show to talk Duke's success in the tournament, NC State's new coach, and more college basketball news.
In 2021, Andy Corren published an obituary for his late mother in The Fayetteville Observer. "A plus-sized Jewish lady redneck died in El Paso on Saturday," he wrote. His colorful, candid remembrance went viral on Twitter, and now Corren has expanded the tribute into a memoir. Dirtbag Queen recounts the author's experience of growing up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, with a single, Southern, unconventional mother of six children. In today's episode, Corren speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about the bowling alley that anchored the author's childhood, nights spent in the city's red-light district, and being raised in his mother's image.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Bobby, Mark, and Carolina Panthers Legend Al Wallace dissect Cam Newton's comments on the Panthers not showing him enough love. Mark gives you his top 5 in the ACC. What should Dan Morgan's goal be in the offseason? Rodd Baxley of Fayetteville Observer joins the show to talk all things college football and basketball in the great state of North Carolina.
Rodd Baxley of Fayetteville Observer joins the show to talk all things college football and basketball in the great state of North Carolina.
The latest episode of the Duke Basketball Roundup includes a conversation with one of the beat reporters covering Duke hoops. Rodd Baxley of USA Today and the Fayetteville Observer has sources inside the program and has been on campus recently to check out how the preseason is going for the team. He gives us his take on how things are shaping up as we discuss how deep Duke will go, who the starters might be, and which players are impressing the coaches so far. Rodd also covers UNC and NC State so we could not let him go without getting a little bit of info about our local rivals as well. After the break. Jason and Donald peek ahead to Countdown to Craziness, coming this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who will be the Panthers breakout star this year? Who is the Panther we are talking about the most after preseason? Local stories from college football. Rodd Baxley of The Fayetteville Observer joins the show to talk ACC football.
Rodd Baxley of The Fayetteville Observer joins the show to talk ACC football.
Our team preview series continues with a trip to Chapel Hill, as Rodd Baxley of the Fayetteville Observer joins to preview the 2024 North Carolina season! Find Rodd: https://twitter.com/RoddBaxley https://twitter.com/fayobserver Intro/Outro track: "I Am Back on Zoloft" - leave nelson b Use promo code "GOACC" for 10% off your first order of premium, great-looking, officially-logo'd Georgia Tech gear at Section103.com! Use promo code "GOACC" for 15% off your first order of high-quality, comfortable, incredibly cool vintage team wear at HomefieldApparel.com! Use promo code "BCPOD20" for $20 off a purchase of $200 or more on Vividseats.com! Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and find our video podcasts on YouTube!
Panthers kicker Eddy Piniero shows up but doesn't kick in Panthers mandatory minicamp. A high profile College coach turns down the Lakers job. Rodd Baxley of the Fayetteville Observer joins the show.
Rodd Baxley of the Fayetteville Observer joins the show.
AWadd brings us into the final hour of the show with a college baseball chat with Rodd Baxley of the Fayetteville Observer before jumping into a NetClix segment full of recommendations, new shows, and saying goodbye to some favorites. Then AWadd heads out on the Fastbreak, breaking down the upcoming Mavs/Celtics clash before it's time to finish up the show with another Commander's update and AWadd's Gameday picks.
Kicking off today's best of is Crosstalk with Michael Phillips of MP On The Mic, before AWadd moves over to the world of baseball with Rodd Baxley of the Fayetteville Observer. NetClix is busy today with a lot of new recommendations and the Best Of wraps up with Dude Food as AWadd takes on a fast food controversy and shares some exciting news about some Olympic athletes.
Jamilla 'Millie' Smith, a beloved mother of two, radiated warmth that touched the lives of all who knew her. Tragically, her light was extinguished by the hands of her abusive ex-boyfriend, leaving authorities and her grieving family in a relentless pursuit of justice and answers. Police encourage anyone with information to contact the Aiken County Sheriff's Office at 803-648-6811 or submit a tip at aikencountysheriff.net. The family is offering a $10,000 reward for information in Jamilla's case. The family is also running a Facebook group, Find Jamilla Smith, where you can stay up to date on the case. Thank you to this week's sponsors! Looking for the best doctors in your area, but don't want to wait two months? Go to Zocdoc.com/MYSTERIES and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Honeylove is not just supporting women, it's empowering women. Treat yourself to the best bras on the market and save 20% Off at honeylove.com/MOMS20. Stop wasting money on things you don't use. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/MOMS. Sign up for Greenlight today and get your first month free when you go to GREENLIGHT.com/moms. To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/MomsandMysteriesATrueCrimePodcast. New merch! Check out Moms and Mysteries Threadless! You can also get new episodes a day early and ad free, plus merch and more at Patreon.com/momsandmysteriespodcast Listen and subscribe to Melissa's other podcast, Criminality!! It's the podcast for those who love reality TV, true crime, and want to hear all the juicy stories where the two genres intersect. Subscribe and listen here: www.pod.link/criminality Check-out Moms and Mysteries to find links to our tiktok, youtube, twitter, instagram and more! Make sure you subscribe and rate our show to help others find us! Sources: Clay, Karlton, et al. “ACSO: Missing ‘endangered man'...”, WJBF, 4 Dec. 2023 Davis and Johnson, “Man arrested, search…”, WACH Fox 57, 5 Dec. 2023 (Images) Turner, Hallie, “Bond denied for man accused of…”, WRDW, 7 Dec. 2023 Adams and Davis, “Father of missing woman begs…”, WLOS, 7 Dec. 2023 Byerly and Turner, “What happened to Jamilla Smith?...”, WRDW, 11 Dec. 2023 Turner, Hallie, “Missing mom described as ‘beautiful light'...”, WRDW, 12 Dec. 2023 Buchanan, Christopher, “Investigation into missing South Carolina…”, 23 Dec. 2023 DuBose, Renetta, “Missing Aiken County mom Jamilla…”, WJBF, 23 Dec. 2023 Harris, David, “Man chased down ex-girlfriend…”, Law and Crime, 24 Dec. 2023 Dickherber, Audrey, “Jamilla Smith's last plea for help…”, WRDW, 26, Dec 2023 Turner, Hallie, “Jamilla Smith's family fights grief.”, WRDW, 28 Dec. 2023 Johnson and Jordon, “Blood found in the trunk…”, WPDE, 26 Dec. 2023 Dickherber, Audrey, “Jamilla's close friends say…”, WRDW, 29 Dec. 2023 Rickabaugh, Greg, “Murder suspect's cousin…”, The Augusta Press, 19 Apr. 2024 Staff, “Second suspect sought in Jamilla…”, WRDW, 17 Apr. 2024 Staff “Second suspect sought in 2023 murder…”, WLTX, 17 Apr. 2024 Dennis and Wise, “Mother of murdered Aiken Co. woman…”, WJBF, 18 Apr. 2024 Pierre, Joseph, “Prayer vigil for Jamilla Smith…”, The Fayetteville Observer, 8 Mar. 2024 Johnson and Jordon, “Family of Jamilla Smith pleads…”, WPDE, 29 Jan. 2024 Moorman, Bianca, “Reports shed light on case…”, Aiken Standard, 6 Dec. 2023 Due to character limits, additional sources are available upon request. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Cabinet invites one of the Editors for the Fayetteville Observer to comment on some of his recent editorials and discuss public schools and their funding. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecarolinacabinet/message
Bradley Boseman cut cut by the Panthers. Are the Falcons the best team in the NFC South? Bobby, Mark, and Molly react to UNCs win over Duke. Rodd Baxley of the Fayetteville Observer joins the show to talk the ACC tournament and more.
Rodd Baxley of the Fayetteville Observer joins the show
The nationwide manhunt for Danelo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison on August 31st, is finally over. He was captured Wednesday morning without incident. But the experience has put many communities on edge in this largely rural area. Prior to his capture, he was spotted on Ring doorbell cameras in the vicinity. Authorities say he changed his appearance and stole a car and a rifle. The search has brought back dark memories of another escape in the same area—that of Norman Johnston, a serial murderer who escaped from prison in Pennsylvania 1999. Local journalist and former Fayetteville Observer reporter Rebecca Logan joins us with the latest developments from Pennsylvania.
We wrap up our team previews series with a trip to Chapel Hill, as Rodd Baxley (@RoddBaxley) of the Fayetteville Observer joins to preview the 2023 North Carolina season, INCLUDING: Mack Brown is already entering Year 5 of his second run at UNC, and things have gone pretty well...but with a coordinator change and replacing secondary coach Dre Bly, is there any urgency for his program to perform closer to the Tar Heels' roster quality? Drake Maye is a Heisman favorite and likely to be a first-round draft pick next year. What development is left for him in college? North Carolina's defense has had significantly lagging performance relative to their recruiting rankings -- is this the year that they take a significant leap forward? The Tar Heels' schedule is going to require a lot of consistency, with challenging games throughout... All of this, plus record predictions and much more! Intro/Outro track: "I Am Back on Zoloft" - leave nelson b Use promo code "GOACC" for 10% off your first order of premium, great-looking, officially-logo'd Georgia Tech gear at Section103.com! Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and find our video podcasts on YouTube!
This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, July 7th, 2023. Samaritan Ministries How are you paying for your health care, and how’s it working out? If it’s working perfectly, great! If not, then listen closely, because I have a solution for you. A Biblical solution. Samaritan Ministries is a community of Christians who pay one another’s medical bills. Here’s how it works. When a medical need arises, you choose the provider that’s right for you, and have a say in the treatment you receive, even if it’s a non-conventional approach. Your medical bills are shared with fellow members, and your need is covered in prayer. It’s affordable, and you can join anytime, even today. Learn more at samaritan ministries dot org slash cross politic. We start today off with world news as Ukraine and Russia are playing a game of he did it - he did it. https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-russia-accuse-each-other-planning-imminent-attack-europes-largest-nuclear-plant Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of planning imminent attack against Europe's largest nuclear plant Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of planning an imminent attack against one of the world's largest nuclear plants. In a video address Tuesday night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alleged that information from Ukrainian intelligence officials shows the "Russian military has placed objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units" of the Za-po-ree-zia Nuclear Power Plant – located in southeastern Ukraine and occupied by Russian troops. The "foreign objects" were placed on the roof of the plant's third and fourth power units, according to a statement from the General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces. "Their detonation should not damage power units but may create a picture of shelling from Ukraine," the statement said. In Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov raised the specter of a potentially "catastrophic" provocation by the Ukrainian army at the nuclear plant, which is Europe’s largest but has its six reactors shut down. It still needs power and qualified staff to operate crucial cooling systems and other safety features. Over the last year, the U.N.'s atomic watchdog repeatedly expressed alarm over the possibility of a radiation catastrophe like the one at Chernobyl, where a reactor exploded in 1986. While Russia and Ukraine regularly traded blame over shelling near the plant that caused power outages, Ukraine has alleged more recently that Moscow might try to cause a deliberate leak in an attempt to derail Kyiv’s ongoing counteroffensive in the surrounding Za-po-ree-zia region. Moscow, meanwhile, had accused the Ukrainians of "deliberate sabotage" of the Ka-hove-ka hydroelectric power plant, claiming Kyiv was "pursuing the goal of depriving Crimea of water." The International Atomic Energy Agency has officials stationed at the Russian-held plant, which is still run by its Ukrainian staff. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said his agency's most recent inspection of the plant found no mining activities, "but we remain extremely alert." We now go to California. https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-bills-keep-pride-marching-long-past-june California Bills Keep Pride Marching Long Past June The infernal provocation that is Pride Month might be over, but the marches continue through the legislature in California. They are here, they are queer, and they are coming for your children — legally. Multiple bills at various stages in the California legislative process proclaim who ultimately has authority of your kids, and it’s not you. Some have understandably garnered much media attention, but SB 407 is working its way through the Assembly without much fanfare or discussion. SB 407 would require all potential foster families to demonstrate their capacity and willingness to facilitate pharmaceutical and surgical interventions for “gender-expansive” children. Even if the child seems to give no indication of such inclinations at the time, the resource family must be assessed with the understanding that need for such care could arise at any stage of development. Sen. Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco) in introducing the bill, claimed it would protect children from being placed in “hostile foster homes.” Hostile homes are the homes of any foster families who are unwilling to commit to actively supporting gender transition interventions for minors. SB 407 effectively institutionalizes a prohibition against orthodox Christians as well as other religious believers. It effectively prohibits foster parents who think it unwise to allow the mutilation of perfectly healthy body parts on minors. Current and historic data give us insight into the demographics of those most prone to foster non-related babies and minors. Barna Group’s research shows that Christians engage in adoption, foster care, and other ways of aiding vulnerable children more than the average. “Practicing Christians (5%) are more than twice as likely to adopt than the general population (2%). Catholics are three times as likely. And evangelicals are five times as likely to adopt as the average adult.” Practicing Christians are also nearly three times more likely to have seriously considered foster care, and 65% of non-kin foster parents attend religious services weekly — compared to 39%for the general population. In any just world such families willing to stretch themselves to help kids would be sought after, not precluded from the foster system. However, the only families fit to foster, according to the supporters of this bill, are those who give full assent to the most radical tenets of gender theory. What is obvious to most everyone (except the bill’s authors) is that such ideological assent signals a willingness to reject sexual boundaries. It is that rejection that makes sexual chaos far more likely in the home, not less. Is that the goal? If minors can consent to invasive transitioning interventions, what can they not consent to? There is also the reality that SB407 is hardly the only bill in California attacking parental rights. SB 107, passed and was signed into law in September of last year, allowing minors to be brought to the Golden State against the will of a parent if it is for the sake of seeking gender transitioning. In-state parents are not really calling any shots either, according to AB 957 which puts parental custody in jeopardy absent the guardian’s support of their child’s “gender identity.” Absent full support, which is not defined in the bill, a parent can be charged by a court with child abuse. The age at which the child’s desires to begin transitioning must be accommodated is not mentioned, but the bill’s author, Assemblywoman Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) used an example of a seven-year old in arguing the merits of this bill. Now this is the author of the article talking here: At a recent speaking event I attended for the Awake Americans launch, some protestors carried a sign that read, “We don’t co-parent with hate groups.” Bemused, a few of us commented that obviously we don’t want them to co-parent with us either, so…no problem. But their meaning was more sinister. It was not that they would not co-parent our kids with us, it was that we are unfit to co-parent our own kids with them. They see our kids as theirs to parent and ours to lose. Biden said as much out loud recently, “There’s no such things as someone else’s child. Our nation’s children are all our children.” There’s no such thing as someone else’s child. In no situation do normal people act as though that were true. I do not decide when to speak to other people’s children about sex, nor take them home with me at will. I don’t even know their food allergies much less make pivotal decisions for them. Someone could dismiss Biden’s words as an empty platitude or incoherent ramblings except that they reflect a real perspective that is incrementally creeping into policy. https://www.dailywire.com/news/governor-vetoes-bipartisan-bill-protecting-womens-sports Governor Vetoes Bipartisan Bill Protecting Women’s Sports North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed a bipartisan bill that would protect women’s sports on Wednesday. HB 574, which is titled the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” and passed with bipartisan supermajorities, would prohibit men from playing in women’s sports in middle schools, high schools, and universities. “We don’t need politicians inflaming their political culture wars by making broad, uninformed decisions about an extremely small number of vulnerable children that are already handled by a robust system that relies on parents, schools and sports organizations,” the Democratic governor stated. “Republican governors in other states have vetoed similar bills because they hurt their states’ reputation and economy and because they are neither fair nor needed.” The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act was passed with the support of two Democrats in the state legislature — Rep. Michael Wray in the House, and Sen. Val Applewhite in the Senate. If Cooper’s veto is overridden, the bill would apply to all public schools and any private school that competes against public schools. Applewhite said that her vote was “a tough decision to make” and was based on conversations with coaches and other constituents in her district. One umpire told the Democrat that changes in strength levels between boys and girls can start as soon as seven years old. According to the Fayetteville Observer, Applewhite received “bad threats” after her vote. When approached by The News & Observer, Wray declined to comment on why he supported the bill. Cooper also vetoed SB 49, named the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” and HB 808, which would ban sex change treatments for minors. Unlike the women’s sports bill, these two bills passed with no Democratic support. Cooper’s vetoes of HB 574 and HB 808 are likely to be overridden by the North Carolina General Assembly, since the GOP holds supermajorities in both houses, thanks in part to Rep. Tricia Cotham, who switched parties from Democrat to Republican in April and voted for all three bills. However, the path forward for the Parents’ Bill of Rights is less certain, since one Republican, Rep. Hugh Blackwell, voted against the bill, leaving Republicans one vote short of overriding the governor’s veto on that bill. Cooper is not the only Democratic governor to veto bipartisan bills surrounding protecting womens’ sports, banning sex change treatments for minors, and strengthening parental rights in education. Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana vetoed three similar bills Friday, all of which saw multiple Democrats join Republicans to support them in the state legislature. In a press conference, Edwards compared the bills’ supporters to segregationists during the Civil Rights Movement. We now go to Phoenix… https://thepostmillennial.com/phoenix-city-council-votes-to-send-unclaimed-firearms-to-national-police-of-ukraine?utm_campaign=64487 Phoenix City Council votes to send 'unclaimed' firearms to National Police of Ukraine The Phoenix City Council passed a vote last week that allows up to 600 unclaimed guns from Phoenix to be donated to the National Police of Ukraine. The plan is going through a contract with a company, DT Gruelle, that is specially approved for overseas arms trading. Around $200,000 worth of firearms will be handed over to the company for shipment, according to the Arizona Daily Independent. Under Arizona City law, unclaimed arms need to be resold within one year after they have been obtained by the city. The arms are disposed of or sold "to any business that is authorized to receive and dispose of the article under federal and state law." In the June 28 City Council report, the city "selected approximately 500-600 unclaimed firearms to transfer through Gruelle, a private company which provides export and import services." The plan passed with unanimous support. The report stated that "firearms are unclaimed when there has been no owner contact after a thirty day notice, in which case the City can dispose of them." The Phoenix Police Department states that the firearms are "lost, unclaimed, or found in possession of the Phoenix Police Department." KJZZ said of unclaimed firearms, "essentially they end up in the police department’s lost and found" "Only 9mm, 45mm, 39mm and 12 gauge firearms will be sent," according to the notes. The council promoted the "two year" contract with the private company and, according to the meeting notes, no taxpayer money will be "expended by the City." However, questions about the transfer of arms have been raised. The law in Arizona states that firearms that are authorized to be sold by the city need to be sold "to the public" by the business. The company's website says, "We have a breadth of experience due to 40 years of continuous support to the United States and over 150 other countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and Ukraine." "We comply with all required procedures which permeate through our ongoing operations," it goes on. The company has a history of working in Ukraine. In April of 2022 last year, a report showed that a township in Pennsylvania worked with DT Gruelle to raise funds for the Ukrainian war effort, according to the Tribune-Democrat. Now this! Is it time to boycott Ben & Jerry’s? https://www.newsweek.com/ben-jerry-boycott-calls-july-4th-message-1810991 Ben & Jerry's Faces Boycott Calls Over 4th of July Message Ben & Jerry's is facing a boycott after calling on the United States to "commit to returning" stolen Indigenous land in its 4th of July message. On Independence Day, the iconic American ice cream brand sparked outrage on social media by publishing a Twitter post with an image reading: "The United States was founded on stolen Indigenous land. This Fourth of July, let's commit to returning it." In the caption, the company added: "It's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it." Ben & Jerry's message generated a flood of negative responses on social media, with some calling it the company's "Bud Light moment," referring to controversy and subsequent boycott after the beer brand partnered with a transgender activist in April. Other Twitter users called on the company to be the first to give up its profits and properties, including factories, buildings and stores. Others said that the company should be returning its factory land to the Abenaki people. "Ok you start. Relinquish your headquarters," one Twitter user wrote. "This should be easy then," wrote another. "Shut down and donate all of your land, facilities, and assets to indigenous people." Others accused the company of virtue-signaling—the practice of expressing opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate one's good character, social conscience and awareness of a certain issue, just for the sake of appearing good in people's eyes. Scrutiny has continued to escalate over the company's support of the LGBTQ+ community and the Black Lives Matter movement, among other polarizing issues.
This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, July 7th, 2023. Samaritan Ministries How are you paying for your health care, and how’s it working out? If it’s working perfectly, great! If not, then listen closely, because I have a solution for you. A Biblical solution. Samaritan Ministries is a community of Christians who pay one another’s medical bills. Here’s how it works. When a medical need arises, you choose the provider that’s right for you, and have a say in the treatment you receive, even if it’s a non-conventional approach. Your medical bills are shared with fellow members, and your need is covered in prayer. It’s affordable, and you can join anytime, even today. Learn more at samaritan ministries dot org slash cross politic. We start today off with world news as Ukraine and Russia are playing a game of he did it - he did it. https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-russia-accuse-each-other-planning-imminent-attack-europes-largest-nuclear-plant Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of planning imminent attack against Europe's largest nuclear plant Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of planning an imminent attack against one of the world's largest nuclear plants. In a video address Tuesday night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alleged that information from Ukrainian intelligence officials shows the "Russian military has placed objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units" of the Za-po-ree-zia Nuclear Power Plant – located in southeastern Ukraine and occupied by Russian troops. The "foreign objects" were placed on the roof of the plant's third and fourth power units, according to a statement from the General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces. "Their detonation should not damage power units but may create a picture of shelling from Ukraine," the statement said. In Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov raised the specter of a potentially "catastrophic" provocation by the Ukrainian army at the nuclear plant, which is Europe’s largest but has its six reactors shut down. It still needs power and qualified staff to operate crucial cooling systems and other safety features. Over the last year, the U.N.'s atomic watchdog repeatedly expressed alarm over the possibility of a radiation catastrophe like the one at Chernobyl, where a reactor exploded in 1986. While Russia and Ukraine regularly traded blame over shelling near the plant that caused power outages, Ukraine has alleged more recently that Moscow might try to cause a deliberate leak in an attempt to derail Kyiv’s ongoing counteroffensive in the surrounding Za-po-ree-zia region. Moscow, meanwhile, had accused the Ukrainians of "deliberate sabotage" of the Ka-hove-ka hydroelectric power plant, claiming Kyiv was "pursuing the goal of depriving Crimea of water." The International Atomic Energy Agency has officials stationed at the Russian-held plant, which is still run by its Ukrainian staff. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said his agency's most recent inspection of the plant found no mining activities, "but we remain extremely alert." We now go to California. https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-bills-keep-pride-marching-long-past-june California Bills Keep Pride Marching Long Past June The infernal provocation that is Pride Month might be over, but the marches continue through the legislature in California. They are here, they are queer, and they are coming for your children — legally. Multiple bills at various stages in the California legislative process proclaim who ultimately has authority of your kids, and it’s not you. Some have understandably garnered much media attention, but SB 407 is working its way through the Assembly without much fanfare or discussion. SB 407 would require all potential foster families to demonstrate their capacity and willingness to facilitate pharmaceutical and surgical interventions for “gender-expansive” children. Even if the child seems to give no indication of such inclinations at the time, the resource family must be assessed with the understanding that need for such care could arise at any stage of development. Sen. Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco) in introducing the bill, claimed it would protect children from being placed in “hostile foster homes.” Hostile homes are the homes of any foster families who are unwilling to commit to actively supporting gender transition interventions for minors. SB 407 effectively institutionalizes a prohibition against orthodox Christians as well as other religious believers. It effectively prohibits foster parents who think it unwise to allow the mutilation of perfectly healthy body parts on minors. Current and historic data give us insight into the demographics of those most prone to foster non-related babies and minors. Barna Group’s research shows that Christians engage in adoption, foster care, and other ways of aiding vulnerable children more than the average. “Practicing Christians (5%) are more than twice as likely to adopt than the general population (2%). Catholics are three times as likely. And evangelicals are five times as likely to adopt as the average adult.” Practicing Christians are also nearly three times more likely to have seriously considered foster care, and 65% of non-kin foster parents attend religious services weekly — compared to 39%for the general population. In any just world such families willing to stretch themselves to help kids would be sought after, not precluded from the foster system. However, the only families fit to foster, according to the supporters of this bill, are those who give full assent to the most radical tenets of gender theory. What is obvious to most everyone (except the bill’s authors) is that such ideological assent signals a willingness to reject sexual boundaries. It is that rejection that makes sexual chaos far more likely in the home, not less. Is that the goal? If minors can consent to invasive transitioning interventions, what can they not consent to? There is also the reality that SB407 is hardly the only bill in California attacking parental rights. SB 107, passed and was signed into law in September of last year, allowing minors to be brought to the Golden State against the will of a parent if it is for the sake of seeking gender transitioning. In-state parents are not really calling any shots either, according to AB 957 which puts parental custody in jeopardy absent the guardian’s support of their child’s “gender identity.” Absent full support, which is not defined in the bill, a parent can be charged by a court with child abuse. The age at which the child’s desires to begin transitioning must be accommodated is not mentioned, but the bill’s author, Assemblywoman Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) used an example of a seven-year old in arguing the merits of this bill. Now this is the author of the article talking here: At a recent speaking event I attended for the Awake Americans launch, some protestors carried a sign that read, “We don’t co-parent with hate groups.” Bemused, a few of us commented that obviously we don’t want them to co-parent with us either, so…no problem. But their meaning was more sinister. It was not that they would not co-parent our kids with us, it was that we are unfit to co-parent our own kids with them. They see our kids as theirs to parent and ours to lose. Biden said as much out loud recently, “There’s no such things as someone else’s child. Our nation’s children are all our children.” There’s no such thing as someone else’s child. In no situation do normal people act as though that were true. I do not decide when to speak to other people’s children about sex, nor take them home with me at will. I don’t even know their food allergies much less make pivotal decisions for them. Someone could dismiss Biden’s words as an empty platitude or incoherent ramblings except that they reflect a real perspective that is incrementally creeping into policy. https://www.dailywire.com/news/governor-vetoes-bipartisan-bill-protecting-womens-sports Governor Vetoes Bipartisan Bill Protecting Women’s Sports North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed a bipartisan bill that would protect women’s sports on Wednesday. HB 574, which is titled the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” and passed with bipartisan supermajorities, would prohibit men from playing in women’s sports in middle schools, high schools, and universities. “We don’t need politicians inflaming their political culture wars by making broad, uninformed decisions about an extremely small number of vulnerable children that are already handled by a robust system that relies on parents, schools and sports organizations,” the Democratic governor stated. “Republican governors in other states have vetoed similar bills because they hurt their states’ reputation and economy and because they are neither fair nor needed.” The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act was passed with the support of two Democrats in the state legislature — Rep. Michael Wray in the House, and Sen. Val Applewhite in the Senate. If Cooper’s veto is overridden, the bill would apply to all public schools and any private school that competes against public schools. Applewhite said that her vote was “a tough decision to make” and was based on conversations with coaches and other constituents in her district. One umpire told the Democrat that changes in strength levels between boys and girls can start as soon as seven years old. According to the Fayetteville Observer, Applewhite received “bad threats” after her vote. When approached by The News & Observer, Wray declined to comment on why he supported the bill. Cooper also vetoed SB 49, named the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” and HB 808, which would ban sex change treatments for minors. Unlike the women’s sports bill, these two bills passed with no Democratic support. Cooper’s vetoes of HB 574 and HB 808 are likely to be overridden by the North Carolina General Assembly, since the GOP holds supermajorities in both houses, thanks in part to Rep. Tricia Cotham, who switched parties from Democrat to Republican in April and voted for all three bills. However, the path forward for the Parents’ Bill of Rights is less certain, since one Republican, Rep. Hugh Blackwell, voted against the bill, leaving Republicans one vote short of overriding the governor’s veto on that bill. Cooper is not the only Democratic governor to veto bipartisan bills surrounding protecting womens’ sports, banning sex change treatments for minors, and strengthening parental rights in education. Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana vetoed three similar bills Friday, all of which saw multiple Democrats join Republicans to support them in the state legislature. In a press conference, Edwards compared the bills’ supporters to segregationists during the Civil Rights Movement. We now go to Phoenix… https://thepostmillennial.com/phoenix-city-council-votes-to-send-unclaimed-firearms-to-national-police-of-ukraine?utm_campaign=64487 Phoenix City Council votes to send 'unclaimed' firearms to National Police of Ukraine The Phoenix City Council passed a vote last week that allows up to 600 unclaimed guns from Phoenix to be donated to the National Police of Ukraine. The plan is going through a contract with a company, DT Gruelle, that is specially approved for overseas arms trading. Around $200,000 worth of firearms will be handed over to the company for shipment, according to the Arizona Daily Independent. Under Arizona City law, unclaimed arms need to be resold within one year after they have been obtained by the city. The arms are disposed of or sold "to any business that is authorized to receive and dispose of the article under federal and state law." In the June 28 City Council report, the city "selected approximately 500-600 unclaimed firearms to transfer through Gruelle, a private company which provides export and import services." The plan passed with unanimous support. The report stated that "firearms are unclaimed when there has been no owner contact after a thirty day notice, in which case the City can dispose of them." The Phoenix Police Department states that the firearms are "lost, unclaimed, or found in possession of the Phoenix Police Department." KJZZ said of unclaimed firearms, "essentially they end up in the police department’s lost and found" "Only 9mm, 45mm, 39mm and 12 gauge firearms will be sent," according to the notes. The council promoted the "two year" contract with the private company and, according to the meeting notes, no taxpayer money will be "expended by the City." However, questions about the transfer of arms have been raised. The law in Arizona states that firearms that are authorized to be sold by the city need to be sold "to the public" by the business. The company's website says, "We have a breadth of experience due to 40 years of continuous support to the United States and over 150 other countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and Ukraine." "We comply with all required procedures which permeate through our ongoing operations," it goes on. The company has a history of working in Ukraine. In April of 2022 last year, a report showed that a township in Pennsylvania worked with DT Gruelle to raise funds for the Ukrainian war effort, according to the Tribune-Democrat. Now this! Is it time to boycott Ben & Jerry’s? https://www.newsweek.com/ben-jerry-boycott-calls-july-4th-message-1810991 Ben & Jerry's Faces Boycott Calls Over 4th of July Message Ben & Jerry's is facing a boycott after calling on the United States to "commit to returning" stolen Indigenous land in its 4th of July message. On Independence Day, the iconic American ice cream brand sparked outrage on social media by publishing a Twitter post with an image reading: "The United States was founded on stolen Indigenous land. This Fourth of July, let's commit to returning it." In the caption, the company added: "It's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it." Ben & Jerry's message generated a flood of negative responses on social media, with some calling it the company's "Bud Light moment," referring to controversy and subsequent boycott after the beer brand partnered with a transgender activist in April. Other Twitter users called on the company to be the first to give up its profits and properties, including factories, buildings and stores. Others said that the company should be returning its factory land to the Abenaki people. "Ok you start. Relinquish your headquarters," one Twitter user wrote. "This should be easy then," wrote another. "Shut down and donate all of your land, facilities, and assets to indigenous people." Others accused the company of virtue-signaling—the practice of expressing opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate one's good character, social conscience and awareness of a certain issue, just for the sake of appearing good in people's eyes. Scrutiny has continued to escalate over the company's support of the LGBTQ+ community and the Black Lives Matter movement, among other polarizing issues.
This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, July 7th, 2023. Samaritan Ministries How are you paying for your health care, and how’s it working out? If it’s working perfectly, great! If not, then listen closely, because I have a solution for you. A Biblical solution. Samaritan Ministries is a community of Christians who pay one another’s medical bills. Here’s how it works. When a medical need arises, you choose the provider that’s right for you, and have a say in the treatment you receive, even if it’s a non-conventional approach. Your medical bills are shared with fellow members, and your need is covered in prayer. It’s affordable, and you can join anytime, even today. Learn more at samaritan ministries dot org slash cross politic. We start today off with world news as Ukraine and Russia are playing a game of he did it - he did it. https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-russia-accuse-each-other-planning-imminent-attack-europes-largest-nuclear-plant Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of planning imminent attack against Europe's largest nuclear plant Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of planning an imminent attack against one of the world's largest nuclear plants. In a video address Tuesday night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alleged that information from Ukrainian intelligence officials shows the "Russian military has placed objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units" of the Za-po-ree-zia Nuclear Power Plant – located in southeastern Ukraine and occupied by Russian troops. The "foreign objects" were placed on the roof of the plant's third and fourth power units, according to a statement from the General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces. "Their detonation should not damage power units but may create a picture of shelling from Ukraine," the statement said. In Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov raised the specter of a potentially "catastrophic" provocation by the Ukrainian army at the nuclear plant, which is Europe’s largest but has its six reactors shut down. It still needs power and qualified staff to operate crucial cooling systems and other safety features. Over the last year, the U.N.'s atomic watchdog repeatedly expressed alarm over the possibility of a radiation catastrophe like the one at Chernobyl, where a reactor exploded in 1986. While Russia and Ukraine regularly traded blame over shelling near the plant that caused power outages, Ukraine has alleged more recently that Moscow might try to cause a deliberate leak in an attempt to derail Kyiv’s ongoing counteroffensive in the surrounding Za-po-ree-zia region. Moscow, meanwhile, had accused the Ukrainians of "deliberate sabotage" of the Ka-hove-ka hydroelectric power plant, claiming Kyiv was "pursuing the goal of depriving Crimea of water." The International Atomic Energy Agency has officials stationed at the Russian-held plant, which is still run by its Ukrainian staff. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said his agency's most recent inspection of the plant found no mining activities, "but we remain extremely alert." We now go to California. https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-bills-keep-pride-marching-long-past-june California Bills Keep Pride Marching Long Past June The infernal provocation that is Pride Month might be over, but the marches continue through the legislature in California. They are here, they are queer, and they are coming for your children — legally. Multiple bills at various stages in the California legislative process proclaim who ultimately has authority of your kids, and it’s not you. Some have understandably garnered much media attention, but SB 407 is working its way through the Assembly without much fanfare or discussion. SB 407 would require all potential foster families to demonstrate their capacity and willingness to facilitate pharmaceutical and surgical interventions for “gender-expansive” children. Even if the child seems to give no indication of such inclinations at the time, the resource family must be assessed with the understanding that need for such care could arise at any stage of development. Sen. Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco) in introducing the bill, claimed it would protect children from being placed in “hostile foster homes.” Hostile homes are the homes of any foster families who are unwilling to commit to actively supporting gender transition interventions for minors. SB 407 effectively institutionalizes a prohibition against orthodox Christians as well as other religious believers. It effectively prohibits foster parents who think it unwise to allow the mutilation of perfectly healthy body parts on minors. Current and historic data give us insight into the demographics of those most prone to foster non-related babies and minors. Barna Group’s research shows that Christians engage in adoption, foster care, and other ways of aiding vulnerable children more than the average. “Practicing Christians (5%) are more than twice as likely to adopt than the general population (2%). Catholics are three times as likely. And evangelicals are five times as likely to adopt as the average adult.” Practicing Christians are also nearly three times more likely to have seriously considered foster care, and 65% of non-kin foster parents attend religious services weekly — compared to 39%for the general population. In any just world such families willing to stretch themselves to help kids would be sought after, not precluded from the foster system. However, the only families fit to foster, according to the supporters of this bill, are those who give full assent to the most radical tenets of gender theory. What is obvious to most everyone (except the bill’s authors) is that such ideological assent signals a willingness to reject sexual boundaries. It is that rejection that makes sexual chaos far more likely in the home, not less. Is that the goal? If minors can consent to invasive transitioning interventions, what can they not consent to? There is also the reality that SB407 is hardly the only bill in California attacking parental rights. SB 107, passed and was signed into law in September of last year, allowing minors to be brought to the Golden State against the will of a parent if it is for the sake of seeking gender transitioning. In-state parents are not really calling any shots either, according to AB 957 which puts parental custody in jeopardy absent the guardian’s support of their child’s “gender identity.” Absent full support, which is not defined in the bill, a parent can be charged by a court with child abuse. The age at which the child’s desires to begin transitioning must be accommodated is not mentioned, but the bill’s author, Assemblywoman Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) used an example of a seven-year old in arguing the merits of this bill. Now this is the author of the article talking here: At a recent speaking event I attended for the Awake Americans launch, some protestors carried a sign that read, “We don’t co-parent with hate groups.” Bemused, a few of us commented that obviously we don’t want them to co-parent with us either, so…no problem. But their meaning was more sinister. It was not that they would not co-parent our kids with us, it was that we are unfit to co-parent our own kids with them. They see our kids as theirs to parent and ours to lose. Biden said as much out loud recently, “There’s no such things as someone else’s child. Our nation’s children are all our children.” There’s no such thing as someone else’s child. In no situation do normal people act as though that were true. I do not decide when to speak to other people’s children about sex, nor take them home with me at will. I don’t even know their food allergies much less make pivotal decisions for them. Someone could dismiss Biden’s words as an empty platitude or incoherent ramblings except that they reflect a real perspective that is incrementally creeping into policy. https://www.dailywire.com/news/governor-vetoes-bipartisan-bill-protecting-womens-sports Governor Vetoes Bipartisan Bill Protecting Women’s Sports North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed a bipartisan bill that would protect women’s sports on Wednesday. HB 574, which is titled the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” and passed with bipartisan supermajorities, would prohibit men from playing in women’s sports in middle schools, high schools, and universities. “We don’t need politicians inflaming their political culture wars by making broad, uninformed decisions about an extremely small number of vulnerable children that are already handled by a robust system that relies on parents, schools and sports organizations,” the Democratic governor stated. “Republican governors in other states have vetoed similar bills because they hurt their states’ reputation and economy and because they are neither fair nor needed.” The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act was passed with the support of two Democrats in the state legislature — Rep. Michael Wray in the House, and Sen. Val Applewhite in the Senate. If Cooper’s veto is overridden, the bill would apply to all public schools and any private school that competes against public schools. Applewhite said that her vote was “a tough decision to make” and was based on conversations with coaches and other constituents in her district. One umpire told the Democrat that changes in strength levels between boys and girls can start as soon as seven years old. According to the Fayetteville Observer, Applewhite received “bad threats” after her vote. When approached by The News & Observer, Wray declined to comment on why he supported the bill. Cooper also vetoed SB 49, named the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” and HB 808, which would ban sex change treatments for minors. Unlike the women’s sports bill, these two bills passed with no Democratic support. Cooper’s vetoes of HB 574 and HB 808 are likely to be overridden by the North Carolina General Assembly, since the GOP holds supermajorities in both houses, thanks in part to Rep. Tricia Cotham, who switched parties from Democrat to Republican in April and voted for all three bills. However, the path forward for the Parents’ Bill of Rights is less certain, since one Republican, Rep. Hugh Blackwell, voted against the bill, leaving Republicans one vote short of overriding the governor’s veto on that bill. Cooper is not the only Democratic governor to veto bipartisan bills surrounding protecting womens’ sports, banning sex change treatments for minors, and strengthening parental rights in education. Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana vetoed three similar bills Friday, all of which saw multiple Democrats join Republicans to support them in the state legislature. In a press conference, Edwards compared the bills’ supporters to segregationists during the Civil Rights Movement. We now go to Phoenix… https://thepostmillennial.com/phoenix-city-council-votes-to-send-unclaimed-firearms-to-national-police-of-ukraine?utm_campaign=64487 Phoenix City Council votes to send 'unclaimed' firearms to National Police of Ukraine The Phoenix City Council passed a vote last week that allows up to 600 unclaimed guns from Phoenix to be donated to the National Police of Ukraine. The plan is going through a contract with a company, DT Gruelle, that is specially approved for overseas arms trading. Around $200,000 worth of firearms will be handed over to the company for shipment, according to the Arizona Daily Independent. Under Arizona City law, unclaimed arms need to be resold within one year after they have been obtained by the city. The arms are disposed of or sold "to any business that is authorized to receive and dispose of the article under federal and state law." In the June 28 City Council report, the city "selected approximately 500-600 unclaimed firearms to transfer through Gruelle, a private company which provides export and import services." The plan passed with unanimous support. The report stated that "firearms are unclaimed when there has been no owner contact after a thirty day notice, in which case the City can dispose of them." The Phoenix Police Department states that the firearms are "lost, unclaimed, or found in possession of the Phoenix Police Department." KJZZ said of unclaimed firearms, "essentially they end up in the police department’s lost and found" "Only 9mm, 45mm, 39mm and 12 gauge firearms will be sent," according to the notes. The council promoted the "two year" contract with the private company and, according to the meeting notes, no taxpayer money will be "expended by the City." However, questions about the transfer of arms have been raised. The law in Arizona states that firearms that are authorized to be sold by the city need to be sold "to the public" by the business. The company's website says, "We have a breadth of experience due to 40 years of continuous support to the United States and over 150 other countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and Ukraine." "We comply with all required procedures which permeate through our ongoing operations," it goes on. The company has a history of working in Ukraine. In April of 2022 last year, a report showed that a township in Pennsylvania worked with DT Gruelle to raise funds for the Ukrainian war effort, according to the Tribune-Democrat. Now this! Is it time to boycott Ben & Jerry’s? https://www.newsweek.com/ben-jerry-boycott-calls-july-4th-message-1810991 Ben & Jerry's Faces Boycott Calls Over 4th of July Message Ben & Jerry's is facing a boycott after calling on the United States to "commit to returning" stolen Indigenous land in its 4th of July message. On Independence Day, the iconic American ice cream brand sparked outrage on social media by publishing a Twitter post with an image reading: "The United States was founded on stolen Indigenous land. This Fourth of July, let's commit to returning it." In the caption, the company added: "It's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it." Ben & Jerry's message generated a flood of negative responses on social media, with some calling it the company's "Bud Light moment," referring to controversy and subsequent boycott after the beer brand partnered with a transgender activist in April. Other Twitter users called on the company to be the first to give up its profits and properties, including factories, buildings and stores. Others said that the company should be returning its factory land to the Abenaki people. "Ok you start. Relinquish your headquarters," one Twitter user wrote. "This should be easy then," wrote another. "Shut down and donate all of your land, facilities, and assets to indigenous people." Others accused the company of virtue-signaling—the practice of expressing opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate one's good character, social conscience and awareness of a certain issue, just for the sake of appearing good in people's eyes. Scrutiny has continued to escalate over the company's support of the LGBTQ+ community and the Black Lives Matter movement, among other polarizing issues.
As a more than 200-year-old institution, The Fayetteville Observer hasn't always done right by Black residents in its coverage area.Better News recently published a report about a new initiative at the Observer that uses partnerships and mobile newsrooms to help foster trust within the Black community and grow its audience.The Observer's lead editor, Beth Hutson, and opinion editor, Myron Pitts share all the details with Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell.The Better News podcast is a partnership between It's All Journalism and the American Press Institute to a) showcase innovative/experimental ideas that emerge from the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It's All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
As a more than 200-year-old institution, The Fayetteville Observer hasn't always done right by Black residents in its coverage area. Better News recently published a report about a new initiative at the Observer that uses partnerships and mobile newsrooms to help foster trust within the Black community and grow its audience. The Observer's lead editor, Beth Hutson, and opinion editor, Myron Pitts share all the details with Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell. The Better News podcast is a partnership between It's All Journalism and the American Press Institute to a) showcase innovative/experimental ideas that emerge from the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It's All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A mysterious gunman opened fire on two grid substations in North Carolina, in a targeted attack during a drag show organized by Naomi Dix at a local theater which left more than 38,000 people in Moore County without power, in freezing temperatures.The Sunrise Theater in Southern Pines went dark in an instant. The drag show was called off early, and shortly thereafter a woman named Emily Rainey seemed to take credit for the power outage in a public Facebook post. The local sheriff has questioned her in relation to the Facebook posts and determined that she's not the culprit after "a word of prayer." ...Right. 1 If you like our content and would like to support us, please become a patron to get our public episodes ad-free. This wasn't the first drag show Emily Rainey has protested, she's been attending them in secret according to her Instagram posts for quite some time. She's also a regular guest on the podcast of a priest officially made into a hermit by the Catholic church due to his outrageous political opinions 2 This isn't the first time Emily Rainey has made national news, either. She was forced out of her Army commission after bringing a bus of 100 people to attend the January 6 riots in D.C. after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Since then she's rebranded herself as a right wing activist figure in charge of an organization called "Moore County Citizens for Freedom" but there's just one problem: according to voter records she doesn't even live in Moore County. 3 What she does do, according to her own social media history, is get pregnant after an affair with another woman's husband. The Calvary Christian School in Southern Pines was apparently very concerned about the drag show, but not as concerned with Emily's baby daddy situation. Shocker. 4 1. Khaleda Rahman. Emily Rainey Photo With Sheriff Amid North Carolina Outage Raises Questions. Newsweek. December 2022. ⇤2. Fr. Dave Nix. In Exile From a Kidnapped Bride. Padreperegrino.org. September 2022. ⇤3. Tom Cleary. Emily Grace Rainey: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. Heavy.com. December 2022. ⇤4. Taylor Shook. 'It was a beautiful moment': Moore County drag show goes on despite power outages. Fayetteville Observer. December 2022. ⇤
What happens when a trailblazing female Army Ranger is sexually assaulted, jeopardizing a nationwide media blitz? The Munchie Boys found out this week, and whatever it was, it wasn't fun. Or good. Or memorable. Go along for the ride as they investigate Army guidelines for haircuts, bizarre Army propaganda, full pressers out of nowhere, and false accusations undercutting our victim's status as sympathetic figures. Also find out how Adam liked his leaf-peeping that possibly infected an entire train full of yahoos, get more Hudson Fjord talk, and follow along as Adam and Josh wonder from what universe this truly unprofessional episode of SVU came. Sources:Are Green Berets Turning Pink? Integrating Women into Special Forces - David Walton, 9/20/2022, War on the Rocks - https://warontherocks.com/2022/09/are-green-berets-turning-pink-integrating-women-into-special-forces/First woman passes Special Forces Assessment and Selection - Drew Brooks, 11/14/2018, The Fayetteville Observer - https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/military/2018/11/14/first-woman-passes-special-forces-assessment-and-selection/8003027007/Hair & Appearance Guidelines - GoArmy.com - https://www.goarmy.com/how-to-join/requirements/appearance.htmlMusic:Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Madelin K, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, and Christine L - y'all are the best!Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybensonFollow us on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/munchmybensonFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MunchMyBenson/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/munchmybenson/Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/MunchMyBenson/Adam's Twitter - https://twitter.com/atschwittersJosh's Twitter - https://twitter.com/oldmandugganJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/9GPacYMdZYCheck out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybensonCheck out our guest appearances on: …These Are There Stories - Adam - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick- Josh - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plasticBoth of us on FMWL Pod - 1st Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395- 2nd Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164Chick-Lit at the Movies - https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-finalVisit Our Website: https://www.munchmybenson.com/Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.comNext Week's Episode: Season 20, Episode 10 "Alta Kockers"
In the concluding episode on Jeffrey MacDonald, Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly delve into the theory that maybe MacDonald didn't murder his wife and kids. Maybe he did, but Errol Morris outlines a case where it appears MacDonald was not given a fair shake at his criminal trial. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Anson, Robert Sam. “The Devil and Jeffrey MacDonald.” Vanity Fair, https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1998/07/macdonald199807. Accessed 13 July 2022. Beyerstein, Lindsay, and James Harkin. “Wilderness of Errol.” Columbia Journalism Review, 8 January 2013, https://archives.cjr.org/critical_eye/wilderness_of_errol.php. Accessed 13 July 2022. Frankie, C. M. “Did Jeffrey MacDonald Kill His Family or Was He the Victim of Manson Copycats?” A&E, 22 September 2020, https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/jeffrey-macdonald-murder-case. Accessed 20 July 2022. Malcolm, Janet. The journalist and the murderer. Edited by Victoria Wilson, Knopf, 1990. McGinniss, Joe. Fatal Vision. Putnam, 1983. Morris, Errol. A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald. Penguin Press, 2012. Taylor, Paul. “The Return of Jeffrey MacDonald.” The Washington Post, 16 January 1985, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/01/16/the-return-of-jeffrey-macdonald/7fe1287e-2bc1-4f2d-bc5c-f41a84f30a2d/. Accessed 13 July 2022. Wagner, David, and Michael LaPointe. “Joe McGinniss Is Back to Defending Himself, This Time Against Errol Morris.” The Atlantic, 14 September 2012, https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/09/joe-mcginniss-back-defending-himself-time-against-errol-morris/323631/. Accessed 20 July 2022. Woolverton, Paul. “Jeffery MacDonald, 'Fatal Vision' killer, drops request to be freed.” The Fayetteville Observer, 17 September 2021, https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2021/09/17/nc-fatal-vision-killer-jeffery-macdonald-drops-request-freed/8379040002/. Accessed 20 July 2022.
UNSOLVED DEATH: Brittany Locklear was born on October 14, 1992, in Raeford, North Carolina, and was living with her mother, Connie Locklear-Chavis at the time of her death. Connie described her as an incredibly unique child, although she was small, she was very independent. Brittany was nicknamed little-Brittany at West Hoke Elementary School because she was the school's youngest and smallest kindergartener. Others described Brittany as a beautiful little girl who was always smiling, gave the best hugs, and loved Pocahontas. MAY is Asian American, Pacific Islander, MMIP Awareness! We also hit on the serious epidemic of MMIW Here are sources available to the public: https://mmiwusa.org/Missing and murdered indigenous people (MMIP) are often under-reported and due to data deserts of information, it can be hard to find details of these cases. In fact, indigenous women face murder rates that are more than 10 times the national average. We want to promote these cases to a larger public, with hopes to uncover answers and draw attention to a vulnerable population that has an unproportionate amount of unsolved cold cases. ~ National Crime Information Center (NCIC) — FBII wanted to Thank Sidney @speakhertruthtc on Twitter - for referencing Brittany's story as a suggestion. If you have a story/case suggestion please fill out a suggestion form HERE. Resources/Articles -Death of an Angel: The Murder of Brittany Locklear | Medium | December 21, 2020 | https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/death-of-an-angel-the-murder-of-brittany-locklear-24be8ed12df5MMIWG & Violence Prevention | Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) | | https://www.nwac.ca/policy-areas/mmiwg/Suspect ID'd in slaying of 5-year-old | The Robesonian | 1/15/2009 | https://www.robesonian.com/archive/65371/view-full_story-1637009-article-suspect_id_039_d_in_slaying_of_5-year-oldEpisode 1: Brittany Locklear | The Red Justice Project Podcast | 11/1/2020 | https://www.redjusticepodcast.com/listen-here/episode/48095ebb/episode-1-brittany-locklear‘It hurts': Hoke County residents still remember the Brittany Locklear murder case | The Fayetteville Observer | 12/18/19 | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/lifestyle/fort-bragg-life/2019/12/28/it-hurts-hoke-county-residents-still-remember-brittany-locklear-murder-case/1997732007/NC Wanted: 5-year-old girl's 1998 murder remains unsolved | WRAL. com | 11/17/18 | https://www.wral.com/news/local/crime/video/18004383/The abduction and murder of Brittany Locklear, killed in North Carolina in 1998. | Justice for Native People | 8/20/19 | http://www.justicefornativewomen.com/2019/08/the-abduction-and-murder-of-brittany.htmlMurdered: Brittany Locklear | Uncovered dot org | 11/18/21 | https://uncovered.com/cases/brittany-locklear/timeline | Facebook Page | 5/26/21 | (1) MMIW NC Coalition | FacebookCarolina Girls, Part 1: Missing and Murdered | The Fall Line Podcast | 03/18/20 | https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-fall-line/carolina-girls-part-1--jw_v9h2Ty7/In the 1960's, Smithsonian ethnologists Dr. William Sturtevant and Dr. Samuel Stanley describe the Lumbee as "…larger than any other Indian group in the United States except the Navajo", and give a population of 31,380 Lumbee (from North and South Carolina) in 1960. | Lumbee History & Culture | | https://www.lumbeetribe.com/history--cultureINTRO/OUTRO: Using this track under the description(98) | FIRE STYLE |music video| by devid fesliyan | - YouTube(98) Rock Instrumental - I Am Still Alive - Music Track by Sarkis Fesliyan - YouTube ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
In 1993, shortly after then US President Bill Clinton announced his intention to pass a bill called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", many people across the country were accepting of his choice. However, many were not, and one man made sure his disdain was heard...90s Crime Time Official Website- https://www.90scrimetime.comHunt A Killer Promo- https://www.huntakiller.com/podcast?code=90scrime&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=90scrime&utm_campaign=podcornFollow 90s Crime Time on Social Media! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/90scrimetime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/90scrimetimeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/90scrimetime/This podcast's music comes from Epidemic Sound- https://www.epidemicsound.com/News Sources1. New York Times- https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/08/us/soldier-kills-4-people-and-hurts-6-in-a-restaurant-in-north-carolina.html 2. 10 Facts About- https://www.10-facts-about.com/fayetteville/id/255 3. Luigi's Restaurant- https://www.luigisnc.com/our-history4. Death Penalty Curriculum- https://deathpenaltycurriculum.org/student/c/courtroom/casestudies/case2-French.htm 6. Fayetteville Observer- https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2019/08/06/from-archives-26-years-ago-today-tragedy-at-luigis/4528561007/- https://www.fayobserver.com/story/opinion/columns/2018/08/07/bill-kirby-jr-august-6-1993-thank-god-policeman-is-remembered-he-took-him-down/6515337007/7. Tampa Bay Times- https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/08/08/soldier-from-pasco-held-in-n-c-killings/ 8. https://www.newspapers.com/image/656366762/?terms=Ethel%20Parrous&match=1 7. https://www.newspapers.com/image/656366441/8. https://www.newspapers.com/image/338211344/?terms=Ethel%20Parrous&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/626569818/?terms=Ethel%20Parrous&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/656384283/?terms=kenneth%20junior%20french&match=1 9. https://www.newspapers.com/image/656366762/?terms=PETER%20PARROUS&match=1
Part 3 of 3. The initial investigation into the slayings of 22-year-old Cheryl Henry and 21-year-old Andy Atkinson was meticulous, with no stones left unturned, but it resulted in virtually no breaks. Though DNA obtained as the result of the attacker raping Cheryl produced a strong profile, no one Detective Billy Belk and company could find was a match. Then, almost 20 years later, the biggest break in the case occurred when the DNA got a hit in CODIS. But there was a problem – the matched DNA also belonged to an unknown assailant. Underlying this story is another one: the story of advancements in DNA technology. Will new technology, i.e. forensic genealogy, finally give this story an ending? If you have any information about the Lover's Lane murders of Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson, please contact Houston area crime stoppers at 713-222-8477.Please visit EndTheBackLog.org and consider helping in their mission to hold accountable the perpetrators of sexual violence. Check out Southern Fried True Crime wherever you listen to podcasts or at southernfriedtruecrime.comYou can donate to law enforcement investigations that need funding or upload your DNA into a database used only for law enforcement investigations at DNAsolves.comIf you don't have DNA data from a consumer testing site, you can get a kit at connect.DNAsolves.comPlease consider donating to the Fort Worth Cold Case Support Group, a non-profit set up in hopes to fund the testing needed to give the families of Fort Worth murder victims justice. You can make an incredible impact on these folks' lives by donating. Please go to: https://haynow.appcapable.com/customerForm?paymentFormId=6169c6306671d56b5e215507&fbclid=IwAR2pnENlLwT7msIXDCF3Bot6fu0T4dLthEoMZOe4QFhDb8JClEv9KORAkv0You can support gone cold and listen ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcast......and on YouTube at: youtube.com/c/gonecoldpodcastThe Wilmington Morning Star, The Fayetteville Observer, The Houston Chronicle, KHOU 11, The Insight Network, The Transparency Project, The New York Times, The Charlotte News, EndTheBackLog.org, The October 2010 Citizens Against Homicide newsletter, and the book Survivors: The Forgotten Victims of Murder and Suspicious Deaths by Dennis Griffin were used as sources for this series. #JusticeForCherylandAndy #LoversLane #LoversLaneMurders #Houston #HoustonTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Murder #UnsolvedMurder #Homicide #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast
In this edition of the podcast, Anthony gives you a look at the class that the Tar Heels are expected to sign tomorrow on early signing day and talks to Chapel Fowler of the Fayetteville Observer about what is the program's best recruiting class in the modern recruiting era.
After the bodies of 22-year-old Cheryl Henry and 21-year-old Andy Atkinson were found, on August 23rd and 24th 1990 respectively, Houston Homicide Detective Billy Belk was called to the scene to begin the investigation into their murders. Alongside other homicide detectives, Belk scoured the city for leads – first questioning and taking blood samples from all Andy and Cheryl's known friends and patrons of the bars they frequented. Nothing turned up, even after examining robberies and sexual assaults that, like these Lover's Lane Murders, took place in West Houston. Though the initial investigation was painstaking and thorough, it brought with it nothing but dead ends. If you have any information about the Lover's Lane murders of Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson, please contact Houston area crime stoppers at 713-222-8477.Be sure to look for the podcast Mind Over Murder from Kristin Dilley and Bill Thomas, which you can also find on your preferred podcatcher or at mindovermurderpodcast.comYou can donate to law enforcement investigations that need funding or upload your DNA into a database used only for law enforcement investigations at DNAsolves.comIf you don't have DNA data from a consumer testing site, you can get a kit at connect.DNAsolves.comPlease consider donating to the Fort Worth Cold Case Support Group, a non-profit set up in hopes to fund the testing needed to give the families of Fort Worth murder victims justice. You can make an incredible impact on these folks' lives by donating. Please go to: https://haynow.appcapable.com/customerForm?paymentFormId=6169c6306671d56b5e215507&fbclid=IwAR2pnENlLwT7msIXDCF3Bot6fu0T4dLthEoMZOe4QFhDb8JClEv9KORAkv0You can support gone cold and listen ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcast......and on YouTube at: youtube.com/c/gonecoldpodcastThe Wilmington Morning Star, The Fayetteville Observer, The Houston Chronicle, KHOU 11, The Insight Network, The Transparency Project, The New York Times, The Charlotte News, EndTheBackLog.org, The October 2010 Citizens Against Homicide newsletter, and the book Survivors: The Forgotten Victims of Murder and Suspicious Deaths by Dennis Griffin were used as sources for this series. #JusticeForCherylandAndy #LoversLane #LoversLaneMurders #Houston #HoustonTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Murder #UnsolvedMurder #Homicide #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast
When 22-year-old Cheryl Henry and 21-year-old Andy Atkinson met in August of 1990, it was almost as if fate made it so. Both of them had just moved back to Houston, Texas earlier that summer. And both seemingly fell hard for the other the moment they were introduced. But fate turned cruel when only weeks later something terrible, something beyond reason and comprehension happened to the couple cutting not only their romance short, but also their lives. The senseless and brutal act against Cheryl and Andy remains one of Texas's most infamous and mysterious murder cases and is among many other unsolved Lover's Lane slayings.If you have any information about the Lover's Lane murders of Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson, please contact Houston area crime stoppers at 713-222-8477.Special thanks to Erica from Southern Fried True Crime for lending us her inimitable voice this episode. Check out Southern Fried True Crime wherever you listen to podcasts or at southernfriedtruecrime.comAlso be sure to look for the podcast Mind Over Murder from Kristin Dilley and Bill Thomas, which you can also find on your preferred podcatcher or at mindovermurderpodcast.comYou can donate to law enforcement investigations that need funding or upload your DNA into a database used only for law enforcement investigations at DNAsolves.comIf you don't have DNA data from a consumer testing site, you can get a kit at connect.DNAsolves.comPlease consider donating to the Fort Worth Cold Case Support Group, a non-profit set up in hopes to fund the testing needed to give the families of Fort Worth murder victims justice. You can make an incredible impact on these folks' lives by donating. Please go to: https://haynow.appcapable.com/customerForm?paymentFormId=6169c6306671d56b5e215507&fbclid=IwAR2pnENlLwT7msIXDCF3Bot6fu0T4dLthEoMZOe4QFhDb8JClEv9KORAkv0You can support gone cold and listen ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcast......and on YouTube at: youtube.com/c/gonecoldpodcastThe Wilmington Morning Star, The Fayetteville Observer, The Houston Chronicle, KHOU 11, The Insight Network, The Transparency Project, The New York Times, The Charlotte News, EndTheBackLog.org, The October 2010 Citizens Against Homicide newsletter, and the book Survivors: The Forgotten Victims of Murder and Suspicious Deaths by Dennis Griffin were used as sources for this series. #JusticeForCherylandAndy #LoversLane #LoversLaneMurders #Houston #HoustonTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Murder #UnsolvedMurder #Homicide #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast
In this edition of the podcast, North Carolina recruiting analyst for the Fayetteville Observer, Chapel Fowler, stops by to talk about his takeaways from the Showtime Camp, what Beau Atkinson's commitment gives the Tar Heels and some names to keep an eye on for the 2023 class in the state.
In 1985, 3 members of the Eastburn family were found brutally murdered on Mother's Day. The police found one sole survivor in the home, and investigators find ample evidence suggesting once man committed the crime. So why did Timothy Hennis go through 3 trials? How did the military beat double jeopardy? Listen in to find out. Sources “Death Row Stories: Tim Hennis.” CNN, Cable News Network, 18 July 2014, www.cnn.com/2014/07/18/us/gallery/death-row-stories-hennis/index.html. Dooley, Sean. “Survivor of Triple Murder Grapples With Guilt: 'Why Didn't He Kill Me?'.” ABC News, ABC News Network, 15 Sept. 2010, abcnews.go.com/US/gary-jana-eastburns-nightmare-odyssey-convict-familys-killer/story?id=11644539. Mims, Bryan. “Father, Daughter Tell of Pain 1985 Triple Murder Caused.” WRAL.com, WRAL, 9 Apr. 2010, www.wral.com/news/state/story/7390917/. Mims, Bryan. “Husband and Father of Murder Victims Wants to Move on after Court-Martial.” WRAL.com, WRAL, 19 Apr. 2010, www.wral.com/news/local/story/7447165/. “News Brief - Recent Death-Penalty Decisions Through March 6.” Death Penalty Information Center, 6 Mar. 2020, deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/news-developments-recent-death-penalty-decisions-through-march-6. Paparella, Andrew, and Alice Gomstyn . “Ex-Soldier Convicted Twice of Eastburn Triple Murder Appeals Again.” ABC News, ABC News Network, 31 Aug. 2011, abcnews.go.com/US/soldier-convicted-eastburn-triple-murder-appeals/story?id=14421102. Paparella, Andrew. “At 3rd Trial, Sergeant Guilty of 1985 Triple Murder.” ABC News, ABC News Network, 8 Apr. 2010, abcnews.go.com/2020/3rd-trial-master-sgt-timothy-hennis-guilty-1985/story?id=10324918. Paparella, Andrew. “For 2nd Time, Man Sentenced to Death for Murders.” ABC News, ABC News Network, 17 Sept. 2010, abcnews.go.com/2020/timothy-hennis-guilty-1985-triple-murder-trial/story?id=11652956. Schmidle, Nicholas. “Three Trials for Murder.” The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2011, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/three-trials-for-murder. “Timothy Hennis Timeline.” The Fayetteville Observer, The Fayetteville Observer, 3 Feb. 2014, web.archive.org/web/20201119092623/www.fayobserver.com/article/20140203/news/302039705. UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES. www.armfor.uscourts.gov/newcaaf/opinions/2019OctTerm/170263.pdf. Waggoner, Martha. “25 Years Later, Widower Recalls Slain Family.” The Seattle Times, The Seattle Times Company, 25 Apr. 2010, www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/25-years-later-widower-recalls-slain-family/. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/melancholiapodcast/support
Kevin Maurer has written eight books, all of them focused on the military in some way. His most recent book is “Rock Force: The American Paratroopers Who Took Back Corregidor and Exacted MacArthur’s Revenge on Japan.” The book was published by Dutton Caliber. In “Rock Force,” Maurer dives into one relatively small battle during World War II and shows us the men who were there. Maurer has frequently embedded with American soldiers. In 2003, he followed the 82nd Airborne Division during the initial invasion of Iraq and wrote articles for the Fayetteville Observer in North Carolina. He returned to cover the soldiers more than a dozen times, most recently in 2010, where he spent ten weeks with a Special Forces team in Afghanistan. In 2012, Maurer co-wrote, with a former Navy Seal, “No Easy Day: The First Hand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden.” That book was a New York Times best-seller.
In 2008, three Fort Bragg female soldiers were murdered in cold blood…Megan Touma, Holley Wimunc, and Christina Smith. Was there a serial killer on the loose? Or was someone pretending to be a serial killer by sending the Fayetteville Observer a copy cat letter claiming to be taking a page out of the now-infamous, yet never caught serial killer – the zodiac killer? Dig in with Margot as she tells you this tale that had female soldiers in all of North Carolina – shaking in their combat boots. ----- Sponsors: – Care/Of! Visit takecareof.com and use code “militarymama50” to get 50% off your first care/of order! - Generation Why Podcast! Search “Generation Why” on your favorite podcast app or ad-free on the Wondery Plus app! Gen Why over 300 episodes in their backlog – so there is plenty of content to catch up on! ---- Join the Patreon Fan Club to get ad-free episodes, bonus episodes, and more starting at just $1 a month! https://Patreon.com/militarymurder ----- Military Murder is a military true crime podcast that focuses on murders committed by military members, veterans, and sometimes their family members. ---- Follow on social: Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/militarymurderpodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/@militarymurder Facebook: https://facebook.com/militarytruecrime Discussion Group: https://facebook.com/groups/militarytruecrime Email: militarymurderpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Almost a year to the date from his dramatic Game 5 home run that helped send the Woodpeckers to the Mills Cup Championship Series, slugging Astros prospect Chandler Taylor shares the behind-the-scenes perspective of Fayetteville's dramatic postseason run in 2019. The former Crimson Tide masher touches on his day-to-day routine without minor league games (4:10) and how his 50 days on the injured list after a hamate injury helped him reflect and refine his approach before a monstrous return in which he clobbered 12 home runs from June to the end last season (9:02). The Astros preseason No. 30 prospect according to Baseball America also takes us behind the curtain of his iconic home run that helped the Woodpeckers clinch the second-half (13:41) and his game-tying blast in Game 5 against Down East (18:50), along with highlights from his collegiate career playing for three different coaches (22:29) and an unforgettable experience in the College World Series Home Run Derby (26:12). Next, longtime Fayetteville Observer sportswriter Sammy Batten joins the program to provide perspective on the bad taste left in the mouths of baseball fans when pro baseball left the city in the year 2000 (35:43), his chance encounter with the recently passed Cardinals icon Lou Brock (38:17), the excitement swirling around Fayetteville when talks of a new pro team coming to town first came up (41:44), and what it was like covering Opening Night at Segra Stadium last year (44:34). 2:50- Interview with Astros No. 30 prospect Chandler Taylor 34:27- Interview with Fayetteville Observer sportswriter Sammy Batten Music: "We'll Never Sleep" by Ryan Anderson, courtesy of the Free Music Archive
College football Hall of Famer and three-time Super Bowl Champ Randy Cross joins us to talk a variety of topics. Then, during our second half, Sammy Batten of The Fayetteville Observer and Bonesville.net returns to the program to talk college football within North Carolina. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thesportsobj/support
College football Hall of Famer and three-time Super Bowl Champ Randy Cross joins us to talk a variety of topics. Then, during our second half, Sammy Batten of The Fayetteville Observer and Bonesville.net returns to the program to talk college football within North Carolina.
College football Hall of Famer and three-time Super Bowl Champ Randy Cross joins us to talk a variety of topics. Then, during our second half, Sammy Batten of The Fayetteville Observer and Bonesville.net returns to the program to talk college football within North Carolina.
Following the hiring of Ruffin McNeill in a Special Assistant to the Head Coach role, Cory and James were joined by two people who know him best -- his high school coach Finley Read and Fayetteville Observer beat writer Sammy Batten. What makes McNeill such a beloved coach? How will he bring change in a limited role with the Wolfpack? Can he make an impact in recruiting despite not being able to travel?
We get a chance to chat with Mr. Rodd Baxley, sports reporter and journalist for the Fayetteville Observer as we talk basketball, sports as a whole, and everything else for social issues to his personal life. Stay tuned for a good convo.
This week’s guest is Tyler Dunne. He’s best known for his work with the Fayetteville Observer and for having a new patio. Additionally, when he has time, he writes really wonderful feature stories about the NFL. We talked about his career path, his stories and how the pieces you’ve read and enjoyed come to life.…Continue reading ➞ Season 2: Episode 9 – Tyler Dunne, Bleacher Report
On Episode 56, the Bruddas welcome Fayetteville Observer sports writer Rodd Baxley. Baxley is a former state champion basketball player at West Bladen High School and played college basketball at Pfeiffer University. The three talked about his start at the Robesonian and his transition to writing for the Observer, the success the 910 saw during basketball season, and being able to cover college athletics along with prep sports among other topics. You can follow Rodd on Twitter @RoddBaxley and @910Preps for high school sports coverage in the Cape Fear region! We Journal Great Sports is a multimedia journalism entity that covers high school sports in Wayne, Johnston, and Greene County, North Carolina. 20 high schools reside in those three counties this websites purpose is to connect with communities while telling the communities' and athletes' stories. This site will not have any subscription fees. Content and ideas will be will be accepted from people throughout the community, so please send your requests, compliments, and criticism to wjgsports@gmail.com. You can follow We Journal Great Sports on the following social media platforms: Twitter: @WJG_Sports, Instagram: @wjgsports, Facebook: WJG Sports, Website: wejournalgreatsports.com/wp, and subscribe to the YouTube channel: WJG Sports You can also follow Kai Jones on Twitter/Instagram @YGARTTD or @MMJKaiJones and Laieke Abebe @StrikaNation24_ and @LMAPreps (Twitter only) for the latest articles, photos, and news pertaining to high school sports in North Carolina and a plethora of other sports topics. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
About three hours north of Charleston we continued our run through the South Atlantic League on a Friday evening as the month of May drew to a close in 1991. Today’s guest on the Low Mileage Tour is Sammy Batten. Sammy is a longtime sportswriter at the Fayetteville Observer. He’s covered minor league baseball , … Continue reading Low Mileage Tour Day #10: Fayetteville, NC
NewsCycle host Alicia Preston speaks with Gary Dinges, Director of National Content and Video for GateHouse Media, Mary Zahran, Op Ed writer for the Fayetteville Observer, and Justin Silverman, Executive Director of The New England First Amendment Coalition about the right to free speech and if that right is under attack.
On the newest episode of the Just Like Bruddas Podcast, the Bruddas welcome former AP, Fayetteville Observer, Kinston Free Press and Neuse News high school sports writer (and legend) Junious Smith III. We talked with Junious about his departure from Neuse News, more on his background, Arendell Parrott winning two state titles in one day, Kinston basketball legends and Junious' favorite moments in Lenoir County, and the official start of high school basketball in the Hoop State! You can follow Junious Smith III on Twitter @JuniousSmithIII. We Journal Great Sports is a multimedia journalism entity that covers high school sports in Wayne, Johnston, and Greene County, North Carolina. 20 high schools reside in those three counties this websites purpose is to connect with communities while telling the communities' and athletes' stories. This site will not have any subscription fees. Content and ideas will be will be accepted from people throughout the community, so please send your requests, compliments, and criticism to wjgsports@gmail.com. You can follow We Journal Great Sports on the following social media platforms: Twitter: @WJG_Sports, Instagram: @wjgsports, Facebook: WJG Sports, Website: wejournalgreatsports.com/wp, and subscribe to the YouTube channel: WJG Sports You can also follow Kai Jones on Twitter/Instagram @YGARTTD or @MMJKaiJones and Laieke Abebe @StrikaNation24_ or @LMAPreps (Twitter only) for the latest articles, photos, and news pertaining to high school sports in North Carolina and a plethora of other sports topics. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
In Episode 36 of Crime Time, an arrest is made in the murder of two sisters and an infant in Harnett County and a 911 call describes the scene, a fugitive is captured, the case is being built against the man accused of killing a Lumberton teen, and the death penalty will be sought in the shooting death of a Highway Patrol trooper. Listen as Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary and host Sonny Jones discuss the cases.
In Episode 35 of Crime Time, arrests made in two murder cases, two school teachers charged, drug offender sought, and inmates try to help fallen deputy. Listen as Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary and host Sonny Jones discuss the cases.
2018 was a tough year for flooding in the United States, and nowhere worse than in the Carolinas, where Hurricane Florence dumped three feet of rain in spots. Damage is estimated at $13 billion but at least half of that is uninsured – as most residents had no flood insurance. While some didn't know they needed it, others took a gamble by going without and lost.But the bigger folly some argue is federal flood insurance itself which encourages some homeowners to disregard risk, by providing subsidized premiums at a level far below what's actuarially-required to cover the claims' costs. The same program also pays homeowners to rebuild their flooded homes in the same low-lying spots, over and over again.How can we better protect our lives and property from flood waters? And what urgency will Florence bring to the debate on providing better flood insurance protection for coastal and inland residents alike? Host Lisa Miller sat down with a catastrophe risk modeler and a coastal flood scientist to get some answers.Show Notes: Lisa's guests are both PhD's – one working in private sector flood insurance and the other in public university research on flooded coastlines – and both are focused on mitigating risks. Dr. Roger Grenier is Senior Vice President and Global Resilience Practice Leader at AIR Worldwide in Boston. His team has worked since 1992's Hurricane Andrew to develop catastrophe modeling as a way to predict the severity of extreme events. Their data and analytics has helped make the insurance and reinsurance industries more resilient over time. Dr. Robert Young is a Professor of Coastal Geology and Director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. His team of scientists and policy analysts examine how storms and sea level rise are changing America's coastline and communicate their findings to policymakers. From individual homeowners to local communities to federal agencies, they have developed tools to protect from and adapt to flood risks. Dr. Grenier said advances in modeling technology are having a greater influence in assessing and pricing flood risk. Older mapping technology, largely based on historical data, such as stream flows and hazard areas based on land use, has been used primarily by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to determine risk and rates. The NFIP has evolved over its past 50 year history and is now beginning to adopt catastrophe models. “When you develop a model, you can look forward and assess not only changes in land use but also changes in the climate and that's how our models are driven, by starting really with a climate model as opposed to relying strictly on historical data,” said Dr. Grenier. Modeling brings other benefits: its cost and scalability mean more frequent updates and more realistic gray areas of risk in place of black and white maps, where a property is strictly “in” or “out” of a particular flood zone. The podcast also discusses policies on pricing risk and funding rebuilding after flood calamities. Dr. Young said federal policy provides “moral hazards”: incentives to do the wrong thing rather than the right thing. After storms, federal flood insurance and federal Stafford Act disaster funding pay to restore homes and sometimes elevate properties and structures to help prevent future flooding, something he said is only a partial solution.“If you lift-up an oceanfront home, you still have to hold the shoreline in place. And if you raise a community anywhere in the floodplain, you still have to get utilities to that community and get transportation in there. The biggest problem that I see right now is that there are very few incentives to change the exposure map for these communities, to get some properties out of areas that are in the floodplains,” said Dr. Young.Case in point: Dauphin Island, Alabama. This community of repetitive loss properties has received seven disaster declarations in the past 30 years. There have been properties rebuilt multiple times in the same location following successive storms, thanks to federal and state subsidies that rebuild the infrastructure. From 1978 through September 2018, the taxpayer-backed NFIP has paid out more than $68 billion in claims – historically, nearly 30% of claims are paid to the 1% of properties classified as repetitive loss properties.“It's not the folks on Dauphin Island that are crazy, it's the rest of us that are crazy for allowing that to happen,” said Dr. Young. The answer he said is changing incentives by finding a way for the true cost of living in these dangerous places to be incorporated in the cost of these properties. The imbalance occurs in both high-cost oceanfront investment properties but also in affordable housing communities along our coastline.The podcast also discusses this year's White House budget that stressed reforms to bring needed financial stability to the debt-ridden NFIP and expanding the private market to reduce the federal government's NFIP exposure. Under budget director Mick Mulvaney's proposal, FEMA would have authority to discontinue NFIP coverage for extreme repetitive loss properties following future losses. Starting in 2021, coverage for commercial properties would be phased-out, while no policies would be written for new construction inside a special flood hazard area. FEMA meanwhile is forging ahead and redesigning NFIP's 2019 rates to more realistically price risk. Dr. Grenier predicted that any future changes will be by a measured process as the private insurance market evolves, so it can price for it and provide reserves for it. “People need to understand the limitations of maps and understand other aspects of the home, such as elevation. They need to hear the message about buying flood insurance, whether from private insurers or the NFIP, and be realistic about what they can expect when they have no insurance versus having a flood policy.Private insurance companies, powered by advanced catastrophe risk models, are able to better understand risk. In Florida, encouraged by model regulation to encourage a vibrant private market, nearly 30 companies are offering coverage as an alternative to NFIP at competitive rates.Host Lisa Miller, a former Florida deputy insurance commissioner, noted “it's clear as crystal that when it comes to flood risk, we still build too close to known dangers. The growing folly of our public policy is encouraging risky human behavior. And we all pay, some with our own checkbook, the majority through higher taxpayer subsidies, and yet others, sadly, with their lives.”Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:Private Flood Insurance & Resilience webpage (Lisa Miller & Associates)IBHS Fortified Home™ Program (Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety) Coastal Wind Damage in North Carolina from Hurricane Florence (AIR Worldwide In Focus, 10/8/18)The Aftermath of Hurricane Florence (AIR Worldwide, 10/18/18)Flood insurance paid homeowners $100,000 more than FEMA after Harvey, expert says (Houston Chronicle, 6/16/18) Private flood insurance could fill North Carolina's coverage gap (Lisa Miller column in the Raleigh News&Observer, 11/16/18)Our View: Federal flood insurance program needs rethinking (Fayetteville Observer, 12/2/18)North Carolina Flooding Exposes Flaws in Flood Insurance Program (Bloomberg News/Bureau of National Affairs, 9/21/18)New resilience organization at FEMA aims to build ‘culture of preparedness' (Global Resilience Institute, 6/5/18)** The Listener Call-In Line for your recorded questions and comments to air in future episodes is 850-388-8002 or you may send email to LisaMiller@LisaMillerAssociates.com **The Florida Insurance Roundup from Lisa Miller & Associates, brings you the latest developments in Property & Casualty, Healthcare, Workers' Compensation, and Surplus Lines insurance from around the Sunshine State. Based in the state capital of Tallahassee, Lisa Miller & Associates provides its clients with focused, intelligent, and cost conscious solutions to their business development, government consulting, and public relations needs. On the web at www.LisaMillerAssociates.com or call 850-222-1041. Your questions, comments, and suggestions are welcome! Date of Recording 12/3/18. Email via info@LisaMillerAssociates.com Composer: www.TeleDirections.com © Copyright 2017-2018 Lisa Miller & Associates, All Rights Reserved
The Sports Objective was at the Murphy Center on Tuesday morning (12/4/18) as Mike Houston was introduced as the 22nd Head Football Coach in the history of East Carolina University. We have Interviews with ECU QB Holton Ahlers, Sammy Batten of the Fayetteville Observer, Jeff Charles, Voice of the Pirates, and new ECU Head Football Coach, Mike Houston. Like our Facebook Page. Follow us on Twitter @TheSportsOBJ, on Instagram @thesportsobjective, like our Facebook page and subscribe to our YouTube Channel! (Photo Credit: Walter Powell of HTC247)
The Fayetteville Observer's college football writer, Sammy Batten, stops by to discuss the choice to go back to Mack Brown.
The Fayetteville Observer's college football writer, Sammy Batten, stops by to discuss the choice to go back to Mack Brown.
In Episode 33 of Crime Time, the Red Springs police chief and town manager are charged with illegally removing and disposing of personnel records. A masked man armed with a rifle entered First Citizens Bank in Haymount and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. Two people are in custody. A Fayetteville man is charged with 90 offenses dating back to August 2017. These stories and more on Crime Time on FayObserver.com featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
From The Fayetteville Observer Outside the Fayetteville Observer, it's a humid 75 degrees. Skies are partly cloud. Trucks carrying the latest edition of the paper are leaving the loading dock. A typical night at Gatehouse newspapers across the Carolinas. That's about a change ... really change. Hurricane Florence is coming.
In Episode 32 of Crime Time, updates on recent stories covered during previous podcasts. 7 women, more than $9,000 in stolen clothes, 3 stores in Cross Creek Mall hit. That’s the report from the Fayetteville police department, who say the four women from Robeson County and three from Fayetteville worked together. An operation targeting alleged narcotics dealers in Harnett County began last week with the arrests of 16 people and the seizure of drugs, guns and cash including more than $98,000 found in one residence. These stories and more on Crime Time on FayObserver.com featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
In Episode 31 of Crime Time, a Cumberland County deputy shot and injured a man who fired on him in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Sept. 4. In the Observer's 'Unsolved: Cape Fear Mysteries' series, there's been little progress in the case of three Lumberton women who were found dead all within blocks form one another in the spring of 2017. These stories and more on Crime Time on FayObserver.com featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
The man became known as the Ramsey Street rapist. It was more than a decade ago that a series of sexual attacks terrorized north Fayetteville along the Ramsey Street corridor. On Wednesday, Aug. 22, Darold Wayne Bowden of Linden was charged with those rapes. Civil lawsuit accuses Army major of revenge porn. Two charged in theft of pickup that had an infant inside. These stories and more on Episode 30 of Crime Time featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
Reports of an active shooter in downtown Fayetteville drew a swift response. Fortunately, there was no shooter. It was a caller who had threatened to open fire in Fayetteville's City Hall. Mom says mental health system failed her son, Damar Dobbins, who is accused of killing his grandfather. Cumberland Schools settle lawsuit seven years after shooting. This stories and more on Episode 29 of Crime Time featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
With football season here, get prepared with this excellent interview with Sammy Batten--longtime sports writer with the Fayetteville Observer! Sammy does an excellent job of covering a wide variety of topics and teams so we will talk ECU football, ACC football, HS football--especially in the Cape Fear region of NC, and Recruiting. He does excellent work with his articles for Bonesville.net and also joins Hoist The Colours and Brian Bailey Show on Pirate Radio 1250 & 930 to talk recruiting. Additionally, the guys react to the recent news of Dave Hart's 3-month extension as Special Advisor to the Chancellor for Athletics at ECU and what that could mean moving forward! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @TheSportsOBJ Like our Facebook page and Subscribe to our YouTube Channel below, as we will post videos from a variety of sports-related areas such as facilities (stadiums, arenas, ballparks, lockerrooms, campuses, etc.), tailgating, etc. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4c8mCy0MB2iTlex0-eaLEw
High school football is back! The 2018 season opens Friday with all 10 Cumberland County teams in action. Fayetteville Observer staff writer Jaclyn Shambaugh and newsroom fill-in Sonny Jones take a capsule look at each team.
A man, found covered in blood at a gas station, is charged with stabbing his grandfather to death. Moore County sheriff says initial report of suspect firing at officers was wrong. An alleged ISIS supporter who once lived in Cumberland County is sentenced on fraud and tax charges. This stories and more on Episode 28 of Crime Time featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
Remember the ‘Sprint Girl’ from last year? She’s back in the news and may be tied to a murder A naked man reportedly tries to kidnap a 14-year-old near Skibo Road. And a “Person of Interest” is charged with accessory to murder in the disappearance of Charles Anthony Fuentes These stories and more on Episode 27 of Crime Time featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
Two juveniles missing for more than 50 years. Its an Unsolved Mystery that still puzzles investigators. An arrest is made in a cold case from 1989. Bladen County is cracking down on drugs. These stories and more on Episode 26 of Crime Time featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
Robeson County casinos raided and Tuscarora Indian Tribe members arrested. Four people arrested after marijuana, cocaine, heroin, guns and a lot of cash seized. It's been 25 years sine James Jordan was killed along the shoulder of a road in Robeson County. These stories and more on Episode 25 of Crime Time featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
The Robeson County Sheriff's Office charged 10 volunteer firefighters with setting 13 fires in the Fairmont area over a two-year period. Two men are jailed in Fayetteville for a homicide that happened in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Business owners forfeit more than $750,000. These stories and more on Episode 24 of Crime Time featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
Michael Graff is a freelance writer. His work has appeared in in The Guardian, Garden & Gun, POLITICO, SUCCESS, Washingtonian, Our State, Southwest: The Magazine, and SB Nation Longform. He writes a monthly column for the back page of Charlotte magazine, where he served as editor from 2013 to 2017. Previously, Michael served as a senior editor and writer at Our State magazine, and as the Sunday enterprise writer and a sports writer at the Fayetteville Observer. He has received multiple notable selections in Best American Sports Writing and Best American Essays. Michael earned a bachelor's degree in English from High Point University. This episode is perfect for anyone interested in freelance writing, storytelling, life, death and love. IN THIS EPISODE Michael explains what he does and how he thinks of his work. He shares the most profound essay he has written. He reveals the question that drives most of his writing. He considers the topic that all his writing explores. Michael tells a story about his father. He shares what to do with this life. He describes how he goes about his work as a story teller. He explains why reporting is far more interesting to him than writing. Michael discusses how being an editor informs his work as a writer. He shares how an editor changed his life as an editor and writer. He talks about why he tells stories and what moment he tries to find in his writing. He answers whether he writes for an audience or for himself. Michael explains quotes from writers and photographers about his work. He identifies what he is intense about and what he believes in. He answers whether success is on his mind and whether he feels successful. He talks about his childhood and how it informs who he is today. Michael reveals the most freeing thing he has encountered. He addresses whether he wants to be considered a great Southern story teller. He shares the story he wants told about him. plus Mark Peres' Personal Word Essay: Memory and Love To learn more, visit On Life and Meaning
Lemuel Bunn died after he was shot by a Fayetteville police officer after officers responded to a 911 call from Stephanie Williams, who said she was stabbed by Bunn at her apartment. (Listen to 911 call) Two men from New York are charged in a credit card scam. A suspect tried for four hours to break into an ATM machine. These stories and more on Episode 23 of Crime Time featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
A Fayetteville woman has been accused of trying to poison her two children with lighter fluid. A Fayetteville man is charged with felony death by vehicle and driving while impaired after an accident that killed a 10-year-old girl. A 16-year-old driver led lawmen on a 17-mile high-speed chase with speeding reaching 120 mph before crashing through a guardrail and into a tree. These stories and more on Episode 22 of Crime Time featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
Brothers who operated a cocaine ring from a trailer in Godwin for several years are sentenced to life in prison. Two people sought in an assault and robbery at a Fayetteville motel in May have been arrested in California. A former Cumberland County jailer is charged with sharing fighting tips with an inmate. These stories and more on Episode 21 of Crime Time featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
A Florida man is accused of stealing rent payments worth more than $16,000 from 16 Fayetteville apartment complexes and a mobile home park. A Fayetteville man is charged with involuntary manslaughter after a woman died from a drug overdose in his home. The alleged mastermind of an illegal gambling enterprise says he was only a "handyman." Two Spring Lake men are charged with murder in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. These stories and more on Episode 20 of Crime Time featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
The NC Supreme Court upholds the death sentence and conviction of Mario Andrette McNeill for the September 2009 murder of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis. Ron Christopher Goins is charged with using a rock to try to break in to the Fayetteville Police Department. Ricky Lee Adami is charged with putting rat poison into shredded cheese at a pizza restaurant. These stories and more on Episode 19 of Crime Time featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
Two shootings in the past week in Fayetteville result in arrests and bring into focus the top of stolen weapons. A woman has been charged with misdemeanor child abuse by allowing the child to live where fentanyl and narcotics were being sold. A Cumberland County Sheriff's deputy uses a Taser on a man at an elementary school. Thiese stories and more on Episode 16 of Crime Time featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
A store clerk shoots an armed robber, and the mother of the suspect calls 911. Federal officials say they are cracking down on violent crime and drug deals. A Harnett County deputy who was shot is now out of the hospital. These stories and more on Episode 13 of Crime Time for Friday, April 27, featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
A Harnett County deput is shot and a 16-year-old is in custody. Two men plead guilty in a bank robbery that happened in Lumberton in January. Vaping stores near Fort Bragg are raided. These stories and more on Episode 12 of Crime Time for Friday, April 20, featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
An attempted robbery turns into a fatal shooting. A deputy uses pepper spray on a student at Seventy-First High School. Four Lumberton residents were arrested in the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in a field south of Fairmont earlier this week. And the Fayetteville Police Department goes mobile with a new app for your phone. These stories and more on Crime Time on FayObserver.com featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.
Are we catching up to pop-fiction's futuristic portrayal of DNA in crimesolving? How about a technology that can sketch up an image of a suspect based solely on a sample of his or her DNA? The Fayetteville, North Carolina, Police Department is one of just a few local law enforcement agencies in the U.S. openly using such a tool. Applying it to a decade-old, unsolved local case of a serial rapist, the FPD is catching new tips after releasing facial renderings based on analysis of the perpetrator's DNA -- a potentially important development, as victims didn't get a clear look at his face and could only give authorities limited descriptions. FPD says it's using this innovation cautiously but wants to show the public that the department is willing to try cutting-edge techniques to bring about justice. Hear how it works on this episode. Show notes: Complete details about the 'Ramsey Street Rapist' suspect - https://nextdoor.com/agency-post/nc/fayetteville/fayetteville-police-department/fayetteville-police-department-media-release-38457122/ Report leads on the case to FPD at 910-483-8477 or 910-433-1855 Fayetteville Observer story about 'Ramsey Street Rapist,' with composite images of suspect - http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/fayetteville-police-closer-to-catching-ramsey-street-rapist/article_1509b1c0-6bac-5384-8c09-958a510467eb.html Police release DNA-based photos of 'Ramsey Street Rapist' - http://wncn.com/2016/12/14/fayetteville-police-release-dna-based-photos-of-ramsey-street-rapist/ More details - http://abc11.com/news/fayetteville-pd-hopes-new-technology-helps-catch-rapist/1657206/ NBC News from 2014 on "dying art" of police sketches - http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/dying-art-forensic-sketch-artists-face-digital-future-n41421 AP story on oldschool police sketch artistry - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3512027/Sketchy-work-Police-artists-nab-bad-guys-pencil-paper.html BBC coverage of Alec Jeffreys and DNA - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8245312.stm More - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5405470.stm
It's tough being a teenager these days. This week, we head to Fayetteville, North Carolina where high school star quarterback, Cormega Copening, faced five felony charges of sexual exploitation of a minor for exchanging racy (or romantic, depending on your point of view) photos with his girlfriend in 2015. Just half of states in the U.S. have proposed or implemented laws that address teen sexting directly. Depending on where you live, teens who send or receive a sext to/from anyone under 18 can be charged with child pornography. In Fayetteville, things took a turn for the Kafkaesque because of a North Carolina law that treats 16-year-olds as adults if they are charged with a crime. Fayetteville Observer reporter, Paul Woolverton, explains, "We're one of two states that say that if you are 16 or older, if you're charged with a crime, you're an adult. But if you're the victim of a crime, you're a minor. So in these cases, since they were under 18 but over 16, they were both the adult criminals who exploited their minor selves." Click "listen" above to hear more about the case of two consenting teenagers who expressed themselves in sexts and became the center of a very public debate. Further listening: Last year, N2S spoke to Cañon City Schools superintendent the day after students were found trading nude photographs "like baseball cards." Listener favorite: Manoush and Peggy Orenstein discuss what it's like to be desired AND empowered as a young woman. And don't forget, 16-year-old Grace who schools Manoush on how cell phone envy is still a thing. For more Note to Self, subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, I Heart Radio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, or anywhere else using our RSS feed. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.
It's Spouse Spouts third episode! Guest Hosts Erin Whitehead of Many Kind Regards and Liz Snell of Military Spouses of Strength join Susan Reynolds to talk about military life, retirement, and transitioning from Active Duty life into retirement. Come and join us in a lively conversation about what happens after service members and their families leave active duty life. It will be a great time, and calling in is welcomed! Susan Reynolds is the 2014 Joan Orr Air Force Spouse of the Year, and Fayetteville Observer's Homefront Operations Columnist. Erin Whitehead is the 2010 AFI Marine Corp Spouse of the Year, Founder of Many Kind Regards, and a military family advocate. Liz Snell is the 2015 Camp Pendleton Spouse of the Year, Founder of Military Spouses of Strength, a military family caregiver, and mental health advocate.
Lauren and Demetri yell about the SEC, The gang discuss their weird job histories, Mike reviews Jim McElwain's explosion on the Florida sideline against ECU, and the gang talks to Bret Strelow of the Fayetteville Observer who inadvertantly became part of a potential violation in NC State's recruiting of Dennis Smith.
Take a wild ride with Brian Dukes and Greg Phillips of the Fayetteville Observer as they look at their favorite new music of 2008. Agree? Disagree? Sound off at http://blogs.fayobserver.com/share
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