#Rick Scott: Senate Republicans have path to 55-seat majority

#Rick Scott: Senate Republicans have path to 55-seat majority

Rick Scott: Senate Republicans have path to 55-seat majority GREENSBORO, N.C. — National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott (Fla.) says Republicans will likely control 52 Senate seats next year and have a pathway to a 55-seat majority, given how recent polls show GOP candidates picking up momentum.   Scott is voicing a more confident…

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#911 call reveals NC pilot Charley Hew Crooks jumped from plane

#911 call reveals NC pilot Charley Hew Crooks jumped from plane

“911 call reveals NC pilot Charley Hew Crooks jumped from plane” A 911 call released Tuesday revealed that the co-pilot who mysteriously vanished mid-air in North Carolina had “jumped” out of the aircraft. Two Federal Aviation Administration employees could be heard saying that Charley Hew Crooks’ co-pilot reported that he leaped out of the damaged…

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#’He did everything for us’

#’He did everything for us’

“‘He did everything for us’” The widow of an FDNY veteran killed when a tree fell on the family’s SUV in North Carolina told The Post on Sunday that her selfless husband died the way he would have chosen — with everyone else spared. “I have more of a smile on my face than tears…

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#Charter school’s skirt requirement for girls unconstitutional, court rules

#Charter school’s skirt requirement for girls unconstitutional, court rules

“Charter school’s skirt requirement for girls unconstitutional, court rules” A North Carolina charter school’s requirement that girls wear skirts based on the view that they are “fragile vessels” deserving of “gentle” treatment by boys is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 10-6 that Charter Day School violated three female students’ equal protection rights by adopting the skirts policy based on gender stereotypes about the…

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#Convicted North Carolina rapist accused of rape on same block

#Convicted North Carolina rapist accused of rape on same block

“Convicted North Carolina rapist accused of rape on same block” A convicted rapist who was recently released from prison allegedly returned to the street where he committed his crime and sexually assaulted a woman, authorities said. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested Robert Lamar McFadden on two counts of first-degree rape and two counts of first degree…

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#Rep. Madison Cawthorn loses North Carolina GOP primary

#Rep. Madison Cawthorn loses North Carolina GOP primary

“Rep. Madison Cawthorn loses North Carolina GOP primary” It’s one term and done for controversial Rep. Madison Cawthorn. The 26-year-old right-wing firebrand was beaten by North Carolina state Sen. Chuck Edwards in Tuesday’s Republican primary contest for the right to represent the solid red 11th Congressional District. Edwards topped the embattled Cawthorn by a razor-thin…

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