Emery P. Dalesio, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Craig Hicks pleads guilty to first-degree murder in the 2015 murders of three young Muslims at a Chapel Hill apartment Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at the Durham County Courthouse. Hicks will serve a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole for killing his neighbors at the Finley Forest Condominiums: Deah Barakat, 23, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister Razan Abu-Salha, 19. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)

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Life times 3 for man who killed 3 Muslims

by Emery P. Dalesio Associated PressJune 13, 2019

DURHAM, N.C. — Moments after a North Carolina man pleaded guilty to gunning down three Muslim university students, a prosecutor played a cellphone video of the slayings in court Wednesday as one of the victims’ relatives fainted, others wept and a man…

Mark Harris, Republican candidate in North Carolina's 9th Congressional race, prepares to testify during the fourth day of a public evidentiary hearing on the 9th Congressional District voting irregularities investigation Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, at the North Carolina State Bar in Raleigh, N.C. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP, Pool)

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New election ordered in disputed House race

by Emery P. Dalesio Associated PressFebruary 21, 2019

State Sen. Jay Chaudhuri, D-Wake, speaks on the senate floor during a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly called to consider repeal of NC HB2 in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. North Carolina's legislature reconvened to see if enough lawmakers are willing to repeal a 9-month-old law that limited LGBT rights, including which bathrooms transgender people can use in public schools and government buildings. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)

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Repeal of N. Carolina ‘bathroom’ law collapses

by Gary D. Robertson Associated Press, and Emery P. Dalesio Associated PressDecember 21, 2016

A swiftwater rescue team member holds a dog that was rescued from floodwaters caused by rain from Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, N.C., Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Mike Spencer)

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NC braces for more flooding

by Jonathan Drew Associated Press, and Emery P. Dalesio Associated PressOctober 11, 2016

From left, truck driver Eugene Coleman, Wilton Suggs and Jeremy Suggs transport containers diesel fuel in a flat-bottom boat to a stranded semi tractor trailer truck laden with produce from FEMA thorough floodwaters caused by rain from Hurricane Matthew on NC Highway 41 West at the Bladen and Robeson County line outside of Lumberton, N.C., Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. The trio is planning to add fuel to keep the produce from spoiling. (AP Photo/Mike Spencer)

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Danger of chaos in NC grows as floods crest

by Emery P. Dalesio Associated Press, and Martha Waggoner Associated PressOctober 10, 2016

Law enforcement officers gather outside police headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, after a suspicious package was found inside the building. A city spokesman says the structure was evacuated and searched as a precaution following days of protests over the fatal police shooting of a black man. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

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Court document: Black man killed by cop had threatened wife

by Emery P. Dalesio Associated PressSeptember 27, 2016

A pickup truck carries Charlotte police officers through the streets of the city as they follow demonstrators marching to protest Tuesday's fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. After darkness fell, dozens of people carried signs and chanted to urge police to release dashboard and body camera video that could show more clearly what happened. (Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer via AP)

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Protests peaceful outside NFL game in Charlotte

by Meg Kinnard Associated Press, Emery P. Dalesio Associated Press, and Tom Foreman Jr.. Associated PressSeptember 25, 2016

This image made from video provided by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 shows Keith Scott on the ground as police approach him in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 20, 2016. (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department via AP)

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Doubts remain after Charlotte police shooting video released

by Meg Kinnard Associated Press, Jonathan Drew Associated Press, and Emery P. Dalesio Associated PressSeptember 25, 2016

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Transgender North Carolinians get restroom-access win

by Jonathan Drew Associated Press, and Emery P. Dalesio Associated PressAugust 27, 2016

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory pauses while making comments concerning House Bill 2 during a government affairs conference in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, May 4, 2016. A North Carolina law limiting protections to LGBT people violates federal civil rights laws and can't be enforced, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday, putting the state on notice that it is in danger of being sued and losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Justice: LGBT law in NC violates civil rights laws

by Emery P. Dalesio Associated Press, and Gary D. Robertson Associated PressMay 4, 2016