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Hinckley to be free from oversight

by Ben Finley Associated PressSeptember 27, 2021

Pasquotank County District Attorney Andrew Womble answers questions from reporters after announcing he will not charge deputies in the April 21 fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. during a news conference Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at the Pasquotank County Public Safety building in Elizabeth City, N.C. Womble said he would not release bodycam video of the confrontation between Brown, a Black man, and the law enforcement officers, but he played portions of the video during the news conference...

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Prosecutor says NC deputies justified in shooting of Black man

by Ben Finley Associated Press, and Jonathan Drew Associated PressMay 18, 2021

Vehicles wait in lines at the Costco in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, May 13, 2021. Operators of the Colonial Pipeline say they began the process of moving fuel through the pipeline again on Wednesday, six days after it was shut down because of a cyberattack. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)

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Gas crunch persists; US says hack stems from Russia

by Tom Foreman Jr.. Associated Press, Jeff Martin Associated Press, and Ben Finley Associated PressMay 13, 2021

A sign is taped to the window at an Exxon gas station in Lynchburg, Va., Tuesday. More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, as the shutdown of a major pipeline by hackers entered its fifth day.

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Colonial Pipeline restarts operations

by Cathy Bussewitz Associated Press, Ben Finley Associated Press, and Tom Foreman Jr.. Associated PressMay 12, 2021

A sign reading "Out of Fuel" is taped to the window at an Exxon Gas Station on Boonsboro Road in Lynchburg, Va., Tuesday, May 11, 2021. More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, as the shutdown of a major pipeline by hackers entered its fifth day. In response, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency. (Kendall Warner/The News & Advance via AP)

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Colonial Pipeline hack squeezing fuel supply in Southeast

by Cathy Bussewitz Associated Press, Ben Finley Associated Press, and Tom Foreman Jr.. Associated PressMay 12, 2021

Attornys for the family of Andrew Brown, Wayne Kendall, front, and Chantel Cherry-Lassiter, right, make comments after a judges decision on the release body cam video of the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, N.C., Wednesday, April 28, 2021. A judge denied the request to immediately release body cam video of the incident. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Judge won’t release videos of deputies shooting Black man

by Ben Finley Associated Press, and Jonathan Drew Associated PressApril 28, 2021

People walk past American flags flying at half-staff at the Washington Monument, Friday, May 22, 2020, in Washington. President Donald Trump ordered American flags to be flown at half-staff for a three-day period in remembrance of Americans who have lost their lives due to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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As Memorial Day tempts people outdoors, virus rebound feared

by Ben Finley Associated Press, Carla K. Johnson Associated Press, and Michael Biesecker Associated PressMay 22, 2020

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2015 photo, Willie Mays, right, looks on as President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. Johnson, a mathematician on early space missions who was portrayed in film "Hidden Figures," about pioneering black female aerospace workers, died Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Pioneering black NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies

by Ben Finley Associated PressFebruary 24, 2020

The 48-foot (15-meter) catamaran La Vagabonde departs Salt Ponds in Hampton, Va., with Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg aboard Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. Thunberg left North America on a return trip across the Atlantic hitching a renewable-energy ride with an Australian family aboard their catamaran. (Rob Ostermaier/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

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Greta Thunberg hitches low-carbon ride across Atlantic

by Ben Finley Associated PressNovember 13, 2019

FILE - In this June 1, 2019, file photo, a law enforcement official stands at an entrance to a municipal building that was the scene of a shooting the day before in Virginia Beach, Va. Police responding to the deadly mass shooting were unable to confront the gunman at one point because they didn’t have the key cards needed to open doors on the second floor. Whether the delay contributed to the death toll is unclear, but the episode illustrated how door-lock technology that is supposed...

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Electronic doors thwarted police during Va. shooting

by Ben Finley Associated Press, and Denise Lavoie Associated PressJune 6, 2019