North Carolina

The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were trying to track down whoever bought the hand grenade on July 13. Employees at the store said they thought it was nothing more than a harmless paperweight. “The grenade, thought to be inert, may contain materials that could degrade and explode,”

Outside of the arrests, five people died during Wednesday's events including a Capitol police officer, who was hit in the head by a fire extinguisher by a rioter. A woman was shot and killed by police after disregarding orders by officers and three others died of medical emergencies.

“I’m extending for three weeks the modified stay at home order that requires people to be home between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.,” Cooper said about the curfew. “Our other strong safety measures remain in place. The statewide mask mandate, closure of indoor bars and limits on mass gatherings and retail establishment capacity." 

The Governor said getting the vaccines to the public was a "top priority right now." Phase 1B: Group 1 started in Charlotte on Wednesday. Anyone 75 years of age or older is eligible to be inoculated on an appointment basis.

Basnight, a Democrat, served in the Senate for 26 years from 1984 to 2011. His nine two-year terms as Senate president pro tempore from 1993-2010 made him the longest-serving head of a legislative body in North Carolina history. Some of Basnight's accomplishments included the restaurant smoking ban, public education reforms and instituting the state's lottery system.

The arrests of these individuals is the first step to cleaning up our colleges and universities. Law enforcement agencies now needs to sweep out the rotten establishments contributing to this nonsense and hold everybody accountable.

The Christmas musical event at First Baptist Church took place over the December 5 weekend with a packed congregation of maskless attendees and choir members, who were singing shoulder to shoulder, witnesses told the Asheville Citizen Times.

President Trump was officially awarded North Carolina's 15 electoral votes. Monday is the deadline for all 538 member of the Electoral College to formally cast their ballots for president. They're expected to confirm President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris as the next leaders of the United States of America.

North Carolina is looking to end the regular season on a high note. The 20th-ranked Tar Heels (7-3) head to Miami to take on the 9th-ranked Hurricanes (8-1). Kick-off is set for 3:30 Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium (TV: ABC, Radio: WBT)

"Coaches and players are creatures of routine and most of this year we've had no clue about what's next," the Hall of Fame coach told Nick Wilson and Stan Norfleet on WFNZ Monday. "When you would ask a question about testing for COVID, or practice for COVID, or will we play this weekend, the answer was always 'I'm not sure'... 'I don't know'."