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United States Marine dies during training exercise in eastern North Carolina

United States Marine dies during training exercise in eastern North Carolina
WE’LL DISCUSS IT ALL IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. LINDSAY. ALL RIGHT DAVE, THANK YOU ALL. 12 JURORS AND SIX ALTERNATES ARE NOW SEATED IN THE TRUMP HUSH MONEY TRIAL. FOUR MEN AND THREE WOMEN WERE ADDED TO THE FINAL JURY. THEY INCLUDE AN INVESTMENT BANKER, SECURITY ENGINEER, WEALTH MANAGER, SPEECH THERAPIST, PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND A PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. PROSECUTORS ACCUSED TRUMP OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS TO COVER UP HIS ALLEGED ROLE IN SILENCING ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS ON THE EVE OF THE 2016 ELECTION. I’M SITTING HERE FOR DAYS NOW FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT IN THAT FREEZING ROOM. VERY BAD THING. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING THIS, HE DENIES ANY INVOLVEMENT WITH HER AND HAS PLED NOT GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WILL BE IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEKEND. NBC AFFILIATE WCNC REPORTS HE WILL BE IN CHARLOTTE FOR A FUNDRAISER SATURDAY. THE EVENT IS PRIVATE, AND AFTER THAT, TRUMP IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN WILMINGTON FOR A CAMPAIGN RALLY AT 7 P.M. JUSTICE COURT FOR THE HUSH MONEY TRIAL WAS BEING DISMISSED. A MAN SETHIMSELF ON FIRE ACROSS THE STREET. POLICE SAY THE MAN IS FROM FLORIDA. PEOPLE RUSHED OVER WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND WORKED TO BAT THE FLAMES AWAY. RESPONDERS THEN TOOK THE PERSON AWAY ON A STRETCHER. HE’S NOW AT A HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. BE SURE TO TUNE IN TO NBC NIGHTLY TONIGHT TO LEARN THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE TRIAL AND THIS FIRE THAT STARTS AT SIX 0.30 POUNDS. A FOURTH POLICE DISTRICT THAT IS WHAT WINSTON-SALEM RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT FROM WINSTON-SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE COMING MONTHS, AS WXII 12 S MARIA DEBONE REPORTS, THIS IS TO DECREASE VIOLENT CRIME AMONG OTHER THINGS AS WELL. MARIA. WELL, WINSTON-SALEM POLICE SAY THIS FOURTH DISTRICT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. IT WILL INCLUDE THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WEST SALEM, HAPPY HILL AND WASHINGTON PARK. IN SHORT, WE WANT OUR DOWNTOWN, OUR DOWNTOWN WINSTON-SALEM AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. WINSTON-SALEM POLICE SAY THEY’RE DOING THIS TO INCREASE RESPONSE TIME, BUILD COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, INCREASE PRESENCE TO DETER VIOLENT CRIME, AND INCREASE POPULATION AND VISITATION. THAT’S SOMETHING DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNER TARIQ BLIGEN IS HOPING TO SEE WITH THIS IMPLEMENTATION. I THINK WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE THIS NEW POLICE DISTRICT AND JUST WITH MORE POLICE PRESENCE IN GENERAL, IT LIGHTEN THE CITY’S MOOD TO COMING DOWNTOWN IN GENERAL AND JUST, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO EVEN JUST ENJOY A GOOD DAY IN THE PARK WITH YOUR CHILDREN OR, YOU KNOW, JUST TO WALK AROUND DOWNTOWN. ADDITIONAL OFFICERS WON’T BE HIRED FOR THIS. INSTEAD, THEY’LL USE THE OFFICERS FROM THE CURRENT THREE DISTRICTS TO SPREAD OUT COVERAGE. THE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS IT TAKES TO ANSWER THOSE CALLS IN DISTRICT 3 OR 1 IS THE SAME AMOUNT IT’S GOING TO TAKE TO ANSWER THEM HERE. RIGHT? SO IT’S IT’S JUST A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO USE OUR RESOURCES BY CREATING THIS FOURTH DISTRICT. IT MEANS THAT THE WEST END WILL NO LONGER BE SPLIT INTO TWO POLICE DISTRICTS. IT WILL NOW BE ALL IN DISTRICT THREE. THAT’S SOMETHING COUNCILMAN JEFF MCINTOSH SAYS HE’S BEEN WANTING FOR A WHILE NOW. THIS REALLY DOES MAKE SENSE TO TO PUSH THEM ALL INTO ONE GROUP. THAT WAY, WHEN REPORTING HAPPENS, YOU GET ALL THE ALL THE INCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT JUST IN ONE PORTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN HAVE TO CORRELATE THAT WITH WITH ANOTHER DISTRICT. ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN WINSTON-SALEM WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT. WINSTON-SALEM POLICE SAY THIS WILL HELP THEIR OFFICERS TO FORM CONNECTIONS WITH THESE PEOPLE AND HELP THEM GET SERVICES THEY MAY NEED. WE ARE VERY GLAD THAT THIS THIS IS HAPPENING AND TAKING PLACE BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY SHELTER HERE IN FORSYTH COUNTY THAT SERVES FAMILIES, AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE BEING, UM, SAFE AND SECURE AS THEY’RE WALKING TO AND FROM OUR SHELTER, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT’S THEIR ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION IS BY FOOT. AND WINSTON-SALEM POLICE SAYS THEY PLAN TO HAVE THIS FOURTH DISTRICT IMPLEMENTED BY THE LATE SUMMER IN WINSTON-SALEM, MARIA DEBONE WXII 12 NEWS NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL COULD FILE CHARGES AFTER A CRASH INJURED A FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. TROOPERS SAY THE DEPUTY WAS RESPONDING TO A CALL AT THE TIME THEY SAY THE DEPUTY HAD BLUE LIGHTS AND A SIREN ON, BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY BOTH DRIVERS FAILED TO STOP AT A FOUR WAY STOP SIGN. THIS WAS YESTERDAY AT HORNEYTOWN ROAD AND NORTH MAIN STREET. THEY THEN CRASHED IN THE INTERSECTION. THE PATROL CAR WENT OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A UTILITY POLE. BOTH DRIVERS WERE HOSPITALIZED WITH MINOR INJURIES. THAT’S ACCORDING TO HIGHWAY PATROL AND THE DEPUTY WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. ARCHDALE POLICE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR A SUSPECT WHO FIRED SHOTS INSIDE A TRIAD BUSINESS. MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS ARE CHARGING JOSHUA ARQUETTE FOR POSSESSION OF A STOLEN CAR, ASSAULT AND MORE. THIS ALL STARTED TUESDAY MORNING. SOMEONE REPORTED A MAN FIRED SHOTS INSIDE THE CAROLINA CONTAINER COMPANY AND THEN DROVE AWAY. PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED. NO ONE WAS HURT. POLICE SAY CALLERS REPORTED A MAN WAS WALKING AROUND WITH GUNS, KNOCKING ON DOORS, GOING THROUGH CARS AND ASKING TO USE A PHONE. DEPUTIES LATER FOUND A TRUCK STOLEN IN THE INCIDENT, AND WEDNESDAY, ANOTHER STOLEN CAR WAS FOUND. ARQUETTE IS STILL ON THE RUN. STUDENTS ASSAULTED AT A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER IN ROWAN COUNTY, ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. DEPUTIES SAY ON TUESDAY, A BUS FROM IRWIN MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS DROPPING OFF STUDENTS WHEN TWO KIDS STARTED FIGHTING. THE BUS DRIVER TRIED TO STOP THE FIGHT, ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES. WHEN A THIRD STUDENT GOT INVOLVED, ONE OF THE STUDENTS JUMPED ONTO THE BACK OF THE BUS AND THEY WENT ON THE BACK OF THE BUS DRIVER. THAT’S WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE. THE JUVENILES ARE NOW CHARGED. THE COMMUNITY OF MOUNT AIRY IS TAKING A STAND AGAINST CRIME THIS WEEKEND, OUR NEWS PARTNERS AT THE MOUNT AIRY NEWS REPORT RECENT CRIMES, INCLUDING A CASE INVOLVING A HOMELESS MAN ABDUCTING A TEEN, PROMPTED A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT TO FIGHT BACK. AND TOMORROW, ORGANIZERS ARE GOING TO WALK DOWNTOWN, SENDING MESSAGES THAT THEY DEMAND A SAFER COMMUNITY. THAT WILL START AT PNC BANK ON NORTH MAIN STREET AT NINE IN THE MORNING. THE MARCH WILL GO THROUGH THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO THE GROUNDS OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING ON SOUTH MAIN STREET. PRAYER AND SPEAKER REMARKS ARE PLANNED AS WELL. NEW AT FOUR. WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR LOCAL VETERAN HEROES FORSYTH TECH, PARTNERING WITH QUILTS OF VALOR FOR A PROJECT. CHRIS PETERSON ATTENDED THIS MORNING’S EVENT AND HE HAS THE STORY FOR US NOW. IN A MOVING CEREMONY, FIVE LOCAL VETERANS WERE PRESENTED WITH HANDMADE QUILTS AS A THANK YOU FOR THEIR SERVICE. A QUILT IS LIKE A HUG RIGHT? IT’S LIKE A HUG. IT’S A THANK YOU HUG. A THANK YOU HUG. TO HONOR FIVE LOCAL VETERANS, RETIRED ARMY COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR DANIEL STANLEY WAS ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS. HE SAYS IT’S AN HONOR TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR HIS SERVICE. THAT TO BE HONORED BY THE CITIZENS OF WINSTON SALEM IS TO MAKE ME VERY PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN TODAY. STANLEY SERVED 30 YEARS IN THE ARMY, INCLUDING ONE TOUR OF DUTY IN VIETNAM, WHERE HE TAUGHT SOLDIERS HOW TO USE COMPUTERS IN LESS THAN IDEAL CONDITIONS. MANY TIMES I HAD TO TEACH THE CLASSES IN BUNKERS WHILE WE WERE BEING ATTACKED BY THE VIET CONG AND VCS. QUILTS AREN’T MADE TO BE KEPT BY THE PERSON WHO MADE IT. THEY’RE MADE TO BE GIVEN. AND THAT’S THAT’S PART OF WHY I JUST LOVE BEING ABLE TO DO THIS. STANLEY, ALONG WITH THE OTHER VETERANS, RECEIVED HANDMADE QUILTS THAT WERE LOVINGLY CRAFTED BY VOLUNTEERS LIKE ANNE EVERETT. THE QUILTS REPRESENT THE WARMTH, COMFORT, AND APPRECIATION. VOLUNTEERS WITH QUILTS OF VALOR HOLD FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN OUR ARMED FORCES IS TO JUST BLESS A VETERAN AND JUST SAY THANK YOU. THIS IS A PHYSICAL, TANGIBLE THING THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT SAYS THANK THANK YOU. A THANK YOU THAT STANLEY SAYS HE’LL TREASURE. WE APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOW TAKING NOW LOVING US IN THE WAY WE WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE LOVED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE A VETERAN TO RECEIVE A QUILT OR WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME TO MAKE QUILTS FOR VETERANS, YOU CAN GO TO SHOVE DOT ORG. WE’LL HAVE A LINK SET UP FROM OUR WEBSITE TO THEIRS IN WINSTON-SALEM. I’M CHRIS PETERSEN, WXII 12 NEWS. THE TRIAD HONOR FLIGHT RETURNS NEXT WEEK.- LOCAL VETERANS WILL FLY TO D.C. TO SEE MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS DEDICATED TO THEIR SERVICE FOR FREE. OUR TEAM WILL BE LIVE AS THEY TAKE OFF AND WHEN THEY RETURN HOME, AS WELL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALLISON HUBER REVITALIZED THE PROGRAM IN 2011. IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN OFFERED EXCLUSIVELY TO WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS, BUT HAD BEEN DORMANT FOR A DECADE.
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United States Marine dies during training exercise in eastern North Carolina
A Marine died during a training exercise in eastern North Carolina on Thursday night.The U.S. Marine Corps said a Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit was killed during a training exercise in Carteret County.Top StoriesNorth Carolina: Released 911 calls reveal frantic moments during and after deadly shooting on Pineville RoadVirginia motorcyclist dead after collision with dump truck in Rockingham County, troopers sayNorth Carolina Wildlife Agency responds to incident involving harassment of black bear cubsGet the latest news stories of interest by clicking hereThe person's identity will not be released until all next-of-kin notifications are complete. The incident is under investigation.For more on this story, visit our news partner, WRAL.Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here.Watch: NOWCAST streaming newscastsNAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We Love |TRENDING STORIES

A Marine died during a training exercise in eastern North Carolina on Thursday night.

The U.S. Marine Corps said a Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit was killed during a training exercise in Carteret County.

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The person's identity will not be released until all next-of-kin notifications are complete. The incident is under investigation.

For more on this story, visit our news partner, WRAL.

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