WITN Headlines

“We are literally sitting on the edge of what could be a major crisis,” said Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.https://www.witn.com/2021/07/16/covid-19-mask-vaccine-mandates-rise-along-with-delta-variant/ …

President Joe Biden’s administration is reversing a Trump-era rule approved after the former president complained he wasn’t getting wet enough because of limits on water flow from showerheads.https://www.witn.com/2021/07/16/total-washout-biden-drops-trump-showerhead-rule/ …

One person was killed in an explosion at an Ardmore asphalt plant Friday morning.https://www.witn.com/2021/07/16/one-dead-explosion-fire-okla-asphalt-plant/ …

Family members of a man shot and killed by a Greenville Police officer will view body camera footage from that night in 2019 for a second time.https://www.witn.com/2021/07/16/family-view-body-cam-footage-2nd-time-2019-greenville-officer-involved-shooting/ …

Awww so cute!https://www.witn.com/2021/07/16/disneys-animal-kingdom-welcomes-baby-gorilla-hippotamus-born-one-day-apart/ …

BREAKING: Deputies have arrested a man for shooting and killing a woman this past Wednesdayhttps://www.witn.com/2021/07/16/sheriff-duplin-county-man-charged-womans-murder/ …

Leaders of the agencies that provide blood to some North Carolina hospitals say the easing of the coronavirus pandemic has created potentially dangerous shortages.https://www.witn.com/2021/07/16/some-north-carolina-hospitals-dangerously-low-blood/ …

An Uber driver was robbed at gunpoint by his own passenger Monday night next to Pontchartrain Park, and it temporarily cost the driver his job.https://www.witn.com/2021/07/16/uber-driver-robbed-by-passenger-fired-having-gun/ …

Craven County’s Partners In Education (PIE) has announced a $60,000 grant to benefit local teachers.https://www.witn.com/2021/07/16/partners-education-announces-funding-grants-resources-beginning-teachers/ …

Miami-Dade police identified six more victims of last month’s Surfside condo collapse on Thursday, meaning that 92 of the 97 confirmed dead have been identified.https://www.witn.com/2021/07/16/recovery-effort-collapsed-building-could-end-soon/ …

Police said they ended up charging Niyon Lathon, 19, Tyler Davis, 21, and Tajiri Hines, 19, all of Kinston, after they determined they were responsible.https://www.witn.com/2021/07/16/three-arrested-kinston-following-report-shots-fired/ …

Assistant County Manager Glenn Hargett says TSA officers are having to manually inspect baggage as a result.https://www.witn.com/2021/07/16/albert-j-ellis-airport-experiencing-security-check-in-delays-due-technical-issue/ …

Officials say the pair used multiple messaging apps to plan to attack targets they associated with Democrats after the November 2020 presidential election.https://www.witn.com/2021/07/16/2-charged-with-plotting-blow-up-democratic-headquarters/ …

At least 110 people have died in devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium, officials said Friday, as rescue operations and the search for hundreds still unaccounted for continued.https://www.witn.com/2021/07/16/europe-floods-search-missing-goes-toll-tops-90/ …

The debate is over. The “laugh out loud” face is officially the most popular emoji in the world. https://www.witn.com/2021/07/15/lol-face-most-popular-emoji-planet/ …