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A Morganton man faces multiple charges after a hit-and-run, including driving while impaired and license revoked. MORGANTON, N.C. — A Morganton man is facing several charges after a hit-and-run on Friday, according to the Morganton Department of Public Safety. The department responded to a reported hit-and-run around 3:30 p.m. Friday on South Sterling Street, near the intersection with West Fleming Drive. While officers were heading there, they got a description of the suspect’s vehicle. Shortly after, investigators found a vehicle matching that description in a parking lot on West Fleming Drive. Investigators inspected the vehicle and reviewed surveillance footage, then determined…

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Christopher Street West Association, the nonprofit that has produced the historic LA Pride celebration for more than 50 years, has announced the 55th annual LA Pride Parade Grand Marshals along with this year’s theme.The 2025 Grand Marshals are Vanguard Grand Marshals Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts, Celebrity Grand Marshal Andrew Rannells, and Community Grand Marshals Trino Garcia and Adam Vasquez, aka “TrinoxAdam” – viral Angelinos who are overcoming stereotypes through their unexpected love story.Organizers say the 2025 theme for LA Pride is “Pride Marches On,” celebrating the LGBTQ+ community’s tenacity and resilience.The parade will also pay…

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Two men are dead and four other people are hospitalized after a multi-vehicle crash involving a suspected drunk driver in the Westlake District on Sunday.The Los Angeles Fire Department said four vehicles were involved in the crash at the corner of Olympic Boulevard and Union Avenue just before 1 p.m.The four patients in the hospital, including the at-fault driver, are expected to survive, according to LAFD. The two men who died had to be extricated from their vehicle before being taken to the hospital, where they were later pronounced dead.The witness said she saw the driver…

Red Sox left-handed prospect Payton Tolle had the best start of his professional career Sunday.The 22 year-old struck out 12 of the 18 batters he faced in High-A Greenville’s 16-0 win over Asheville.He allowed just three hits (two singles, one double) and no walks over five innings.Ian Cundall, the director of scouting for SoxProspects.com, had him topping out at 98 mph — and even hitting 97 mph in the fifth inning.Tolle earned his professional win. He gave up six runs while recording just five outs in his first pro start April 8 against this same Asheville team. Since then, he…

TANGIER – More than a year of protests over Morocco’s decision to normalize ties with Israel has emboldened activists and widened a gap between the decisions of the government and the sentiments of the governed. The fury has spilled into the country’s strategic ports.Amid shipping cranes and stacked containers, 34-year-old agricultural engineer Ismail Lghazaoui marched recently through a sea of Palestinian flags and joined protesters carrying signs that read “Reject the ship,” in reference to a vessel transporting fighter jet components from Houston, Texas.Activists are urging Moroccan port officials to try to block ships carrying military cargo to Israel, much…

KHAN YUNIS – Israel’s total blockade of Gaza is entering its third month, and food and medical supplies in the aid-dependent Palestinian territory are running dangerously low.Acute malnutrition among children is increasingly prevalent as hospitals hang by a thread, forced to prioritize deadly emergencies from mass casualty attacks. The price of what little food is still available in the market is exorbitant, unaffordable for most in Gaza, where the United Nations says more than 80% of the population relies on aid. Israel’s longest blockade on Gaza, which began March 2, has sparked a growing international outcry. But that has failed…

TEL AVIV – A missile launched by Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen briefly halted flights and commuter traffic at Israel’s main international airport on Sunday after its impact near an access road caused panic among passengers.The attack on Ben-Gurion International Airport came hours before Israeli Cabinet ministers were set to vote on whether to intensify military operations in Gaza. The army was calling up tens of thousands of reserves, Israel’s chief of staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said.Israel’s army said it was the first time a missile struck the airport grounds since the war in Gaza began. The military said initial…

NEW YORK – President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as pope as the mourning of Pope Francis continues and just days before the conclave to elect his successor is set to begin. Trump’s action drew rebukes from a group representing Catholic bishops in New York and among Italians.The image, shared Friday night on Trump’s Truth Social site and later reposted by the White House on its official X account, raised eyebrows on social media and at the Vatican, which is still in the period of nine days of official mourning following Francis’ death on April…

LONDON – British counterterrorism officers arrested four Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target and three others over a national security threat, police said Sunday. The government called them the biggest “counter state threat and counterterrorism” operations for years.The Metropolitan Police force said five men aged between 29 and 46 were detained Saturday in various parts of England under the Terrorism Act on suspicion of preparing “a terrorist act.”Four are Iranian citizens and the nationality of the fifth was still being established.Police said the attack plot targeted a single location that was not being named “for…

SAN ANTONIO – A woman who was killed in a crash on the North Side has been identified, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.The crash happened around 1:35 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Harry Wurzbach Road and Dalewood Place. Police said the driver of a white 2017 Dodge Ram 2500 was traveling southbound on Harry Wurzbach Road “at a high rate of speed.”Police said the Ram crashed into the passenger side of a black 2005 Toyota Tacoma that made a left turn at the intersection.Police said the driver of a white 2017 Dodge Ram 2500 was traveling…