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Martha Waggoner

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Raleigh, NC, United States

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Past articles by Martha:

Woman’s lawsuit seeks at least $15M from NAACP, former boss

RALEIGH, N.C. - A woman who repeatedly told the national NAACP that her supervisor in the North Carolina conference had sexually harassed her is suing the national group and her former boss → Read More

ECU trustees who tried to influence student election send apology letter

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two East Carolina University trustees who tried to influence a student election said in a letter that they regret that their actions. Trustees Phil Lewis and Robbie Moore said in a Jan. 24 letter to a University of North Carolina board member that they had the “best intentions” when they recruited […] → Read More

Students back in court over Confederate statue case

RALEIGH — A national civil rights organization filed an appeal Tuesday on behalf of University of North Carolina students who want to intervene in a → Read More

Students back in court over Confederate statue case

RALEIGH, N.C. - A national civil rights organization filed an appeal Tuesday on behalf of University of North Carolina students who want to intervene in a settlement that gives $2.5 million and a Civil War commemorative statue to a Confederate heritage group. → Read More

NC will appeal ruling that blocked voter photo ID law

RALEIGH — North Carolina will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that blocks the state’s photo identification voting law but not before the March 3 primary, the state Department of Justice said Thursday.The office of Attorney General Josh Stein said in a news release that he will appeal the decision issued Tuesday by U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Biggs. The judge ruled the ID mandate is tainted… → Read More

“Sordid history” cited as judge blocks NC’s voter ID law

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The federal judge who blocked the newest version ofNorth Carolina’s voter identification law cited the state’s “sordid history of racial discrimination and voter suppression” as she ordered officials not toenforce the law in 2020. U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Biggs’decision was released Tuesday and prevents North Carolina from requiring voters to […] → Read More

N Carolina diocese publishes list of credibly accused clergy

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Catholic diocese in North Carolina on Mondaypublished a list of 14 clergy who it says have been credibly accused of child sexual abuse in the nearly 50 years since the diocese was established. The Diocese of Charlotte also listed six clergy members who served the area before the diocese was […] → Read More

Former North Carolina US Sen Kay Hagan dies

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, who stepped away from a banking career to be a stay-at-home mom and then ventured into politics, died Monday at her home following a prolonged illness. She was 66. Hagan died at her home in Greensboro of encephalitis, or brain inflammation, caused by Powassan virus, a […] → Read More

Ex-NAACP employee accuses supervisor of sexual harassment

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A sexual harassment claim against a North Carolina NAACP official is raising questions about how the national organization handled the case and whether a nationwide policy on sexual harassment is overdue for the venerated civil rights organization in the era of #MeToo. A former youth and college director for the state chapter, Jazmyne Childs, said at a news conference… → Read More

Former chief justice who pushed for innocence process dies

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The conservative North Carolina chief justice and prosecutor who led the way for the state's unique innocence process was remembered after his death Thursday as a man who had the political strength to improve the criminal justice system when he saw evidence of its failures. Chief Justice I. Beverly Lake Jr, 85, died Thursday at the retirement center where he lived,… → Read More

Former chief justice who pushed for innocence process dies

RALEIGH — The conservative North Carolina chief justice who led the way for the state's unique innocence process has died at age 85.His son-in-law, Tom Neal, said I. Beverly Lake Jr. died Thursday at the retirement center where he lived.Lake was chief justice when a string of high-profile wrongful convictions in North Carolina caught his attention. In 2002, he convened a commission to review how… → Read More

'That was my child': Transgender deaths devastate families

LUMBER BRIDGE — "Okay, Mommy. I love you."That was Brenda Scurlock's last text from her son, Avery, before he was shot eight times, his → Read More

'That was my child': Transgender deaths take toll in US

LUMBER BRIDGE, N.C. (AP) - "Okay, Mommy. I love you." That was Brenda Scurlock's last text from her son, Avery, before he was shot eight times, his body abandoned in a field in eastern North Carolina. Scurlock had always worried about Avery's safety. He was young and black in a society where those qualities could make him vulnerable. And to multiply her worries, he was transgender. Her fears… → Read More

‘That was my child’: Transgender deaths take toll in US

LUMBER BRIDGE, N.C. (AP) — “Okay, Mommy. I love you.” That was Brenda Scurlock’s last text from her son, Avery, before he was shot eight times, his body abandoned in a field in eastern North Carolina. Scurlock had always worried about Avery’s safety. He was young and black in a society where those qualities could […] → Read More

‘That was my child’: Transgender deaths take toll in US

LUMBER BRIDGE, N.C. (AP) — “Okay, Mommy. I love you.” That was Brenda Scurlock’s last text from her son, Avery, before he was shot eight times, his body abandoned in a field in eastern North Carolina. Scurlock had always worried about Avery’s safety. He was young and black in a society where those qualities could […] → Read More

'That was my child': Transgender deaths take toll in US

LUMBER BRIDGE, N.C. (AP) — A slaying in eastern North Carolina this summer left another victim in a deadly year for transgender people. → Read More

Parents slam schools that don't warn them of threats

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When officials at a Catholic high school in South Carolina learned that a 16-year-old student made videos of himself firing a gun and using racial slurs, → Read More

Parents slam schools that don't warn them of threats

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - When officials at a Catholic high school in South Carolina learned that a 16-year-old student made videos of himself firing a gun and using racial slurs, they alerted police, but not parents. After the videos made it into the news over the summer, the backlash came quickly. Outraged parents complained they were left in the dark about the teen's threat to shoot people at… → Read More

Schools face backlash for not reporting threats to parents

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When officials at a Catholic high school in South Carolina learned that a 16-year-old student made videos of himself firing a gun and using racial slurs, they alerted police, but not parents. After the videos made it into the news over the summer, the backlash came quickly. Outraged parents complained they […] → Read More

Schools face backlash for not reporting threats to parents

While schools are more vigilant than ever about threats or signs of potential violence, some have faced intense criticism for favoring privacy over informing the community. → Read More