Protests At Raleigh, Charlotte Airports
Authorities at Raleigh-Durham International Airport say they had to stop a protest about President Trump's travel ban barring citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries into the U.S. for safety reasons because so many people showed up.
Officials say that more than 1,000 people arrived at RDU to protest Sunday after a permit was issued for 150 people. People began gathering about 1 p.m., and officials ended the protest about two hours later.
Airport officials said no one was arrested and described the protest as peaceful.
Authorities say six people were arrested at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said in a news release that the six were arrested Saturday night. They say about 50 protesters formed two groups with the first group protesting Trump's immigration order, followed by a second group that protested community-related issues.
Police said the protesters were asked to leave because of public safety concerns, and six people refused. They were arrested and now face charges that include trespassing and resist, obstruct and delay.
Judge Puts NC Medicaid Litigation On Hold For Now
Litigation between North Carolina lawmakers, federal officials and Gov. Roy Cooper's administration on his efforts to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of residents has been put on hold for a couple of months.
A federal judge Friday delayed the proceedings as requested by Republican legislative leaders and federal health regulators now under President Donald Trump's administration.
Heroin Overdoses Cause 3 Crashes In High Point In A Week
Police say drivers overdosing on heroin have caused three crashes in High Point in the past week.
Police Capt. Michael Kirk says that no one was seriously injured in the crashes, but two of the vehicles had children inside.
Kirk says in one crash, officers found two people passed out in the front seat of the wrecked vehicle and two children uninjured in the back seat.
Kirk says High Point has a serious heroin problem. He says the city saw well over twice as many overdoses from the drug in 2016 than the year before.
Police: Weapons Stolen From Gun Show At Greensboro Coliseum
Police are investigating the theft of an unknown number of weapons from a gun show at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Greensboro police said in a news release that a security guard reported the theft to authorities early Sunday. The preliminary investigation indicates that multiple weapons of various makes and models were stolen from several vendors overnight.
The number and types of weapons have not yet been determined. Detectives are working with coliseum staff and vendors to determine the extent of the theft.
Greensboro Civil Rights Museum Halfway To Paying Off Loan
A civil rights museum in Greensboro has cut in half the amount it would owe the city on a $700,000 loan if it can't raise enough money by next year.
Greensboro City Manager Jim Westmoreland told the News & Record of Greensboro that the International Civil Rights Center & Museum has raised $370,000.
The city lent the museum $1.5 million in 2013 to cover debt used to renovate the old Woolworth's building where a major lunch counter sit-in in 1960 helped spark protests across the South.
Greensboro has agreed to pay off a dollar for each dollar the museum raises to pay off the loan.
Lawmakers Won't Publicly Commit To 'Bathroom Bill' Repeal
North Carolina's governor insists there are enough votes to kill the state's "bathroom bill." But a survey by The Associated Press and eight North Carolina newspapers shows less than a third of lawmakers are willing to publicly commit to that stance.
The law is best known for requiring transgender people to use restrooms in many public buildings that correspond to the sex on their birth certificates.
Only 12 of 50 state senators and 40 of 118 current House members said they support abolishing the law, nearly all of them Democrats. On the other side, 13 representatives and six senators said firmly that they want the law to remain.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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