WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT/NBC News) — Police in Wilmington, North Carolina are working to find the mother of a newborn baby boy found in a trash can Thursday afternoon. Tamara Austin was in her apartment Thursday afternoon when she heard a woman yelling for help. She ran outside to find the woman had discovered the infant in a church trash can…
(NBC News) — State and local leaders are warning delays in testing and contact tracing are hampering efforts to slow down COVID-19 and safely reopen the economy. Six months into the coronavirus pandemic, cases are surging, hospitals are filling up and many of the same fights still raging on. “There is no reason for this nation to be going through…
(NBC News) — An investigation has been launched into a massive security breach at Twitter after the social media platform was targeted by a cyberscam. The accounts of some of Twitter’s most famous users, from former President Obama to tech billionaire Jeff Bezos were targeted. Many of the hacked accounts invited users to submit bitcoin to a single address with…
(NBC News) State and local leaders are warning delays in testing and contact tracing are hampering efforts to slow down COVID-19 and safely reopen the economy. Six months into the coronavirus pandemic, cases are surging, hospitals are filling up and many of the same fights still raging on. “There is no reason for this nation to be going through what…
(WECT/NBC News) A man kayaking North Carolina’s Waccamaw River over the weekend had a close encounter with an alligator. Peter Joyce put his kayak in near the dam on Lake Waccamaw to paddle down a part of the river he’d never explored. While paddling along the river, an alligator charged Joyce’s kayak, tipping it over. “I thought I heard a…
(KFDX/NBC News) Water safety has a whole new meaning for one Holliday, Texas family after almost losing their 3-year-old son. Jenna and Craig Kerr said they never thought it would happen to them. During what they thought would be a regular day of swimming on July 3rd, Graham, 8, spotted his brother JD, 3, at the bottom of the pool….
(NBC News) An investigation has been launched into a massive security breach at Twitter after the social media platform was targeted by a cyberscam. The accounts of some of Twitter’s most famous users, from former President Obama to tech billionaire Jeff Bezos were targeted. Many of the hacked accounts invited users to submit bitcoin to a single address with the…
(KARE) Minneapolis police body camera video is offering additional insights into the arrest and death of George Floyd in late May and shows a longer period of time in which now-former officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on Floyd’s neck. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the case. Fellow former officers Tou Thao, Thomas…
(NBC News) As restaurants and businesses reopen and schools prepare to welcome back students, a Centers for Disease Control study is raising concern over the role air conditioning systems may play in the spread of COVID-19. The CDC study of a restaurant in China showed an association between the transmission of the virus and the airflow from the air conditioning…
(NBC News) A massive cyber attack allowed hackers to take control of the accounts of some of Twitter’s most famous users Wednesday. President Obama, Bill Gates, Vice President Joe Biden and Elon Musk were just a few of those targeted as part of a scam seeking Bitcoin transfers. “It has all the classic elements of a scam they’re using this…
