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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former NFL and Texas running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36.

ATLANTA – A federal grand jury has indicted Todd and Julie Chrisley, the stars of the reality television show Chrisley Knows Best, on multiple counts of conspiracy, bank fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion.  The Chrisleys’ accountant, Peter Tarantino, has also been indicted on tax-related offenses.    

Science Daily -- A study of over 1,000 healthy women with no urinary tract infection symptoms showed nearly 9% carried multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli strains in their guts. Additional findings highlight likely reasons behind the pandemic of resistant E. coli strains.

Stevens team repurposes smartphone-style motion sensors to reduce stillbirths

WUNC 91.5 North Carolina Public Radio News -- Forecasters Predict A More Active Hurricane Season
By WILL MICHAELS • AUG 8, 2019    

Union of Concerned Scientists Union of Concerned Scientists website              (photo credit Marjorie Farringtong)

What happened: EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler exempted farms from reporting hazardous air emissions from animal waste. Prior to this action, farms that emitted 100 pounds or more of ammonia or hydrogen sulfide per day into the air were required to report to local agencies.

Information below is found on ACLU of North Carolina website: The following are guidelines for interactions with immigration agents (ICE). For information on interactions with police, click here. This information is not intended as legal advice.

Mississippi -- Koch Food Plant Information

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — First-year North Carolina coach Mack Brown is implementing a new offensive scheme with three quarterbacks competing to become the starter.

Sixities Quotes!

"Can we talk?"  This Rooster has been hanging out all day on the porch. Not sure why ... maybe he knows it's Saturday? You never know what's going to happen next!

Everyone is invited to join the City of Asheville and a design planning team to provide feedback on the vision for the Thomas Wolfe Cabin site in Oteen. The planning team has prepared two design concepts based on a site reconnaissance study and initial community input received this past spring. Now the City is ready to share those concepts with the community for additional feedback prior to finalizing the master plan.

Written by former AP reporter Terrence Petty, “Enemy of the People: The Munich Post and the Journalists Who Opposed Hitler” examines how the newspaper covered Hitler and the Nazi party, including telling readers how the country would change if he and the Nazis were to assume power.

Science -- Date: July 9, 2019 Researchers have developed two new antibiotics that are effective against Gram-positive and negative multi-resistant bacteria, and they also appear not to trigger resistance when used to treat infection in mice.

Science -- WNCTIMES shares this article as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Landing on the moon July 20, 1969! Silica aerogel could warm the Martian surface similar to the way greenhouse gasses keep Earth warm