North Carolina Father Charged with Murder of Newborn Son in Hospital

A 22-year-old father from Raleigh, North Carolina, was taken into custody last week, charged with the fatal assault of his three-week-old son in a hospital where the baby’s twin sister was being treated in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Noah Benjamin Bliss was arrested on Friday, facing allegations of first-degree murder and intentional child abuse resulting in severe physical harm, as per court records. The victim, Gunner Bliss, was the son of the accused. …

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Man Charged in Immigrant Wife’s Death, Throwing Body Off Bridge

A North Carolina man has been apprehended and charged in connection with the death of his wife, a recent immigrant from Iraq. Omar Matthew Ibrahim Drabick, 34, was arrested by the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday. He faces charges of first-degree murder and concealment of an unnatural death. The body of Drabick’s wife, Hadeel Ghadhanfer Hikmat, also 34, was discovered on August 29 by a boater near a boat ramp in Jordan Lake, located …

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Mass shooting in Raleigh leaves 5 dead

At Least 5 Killed, Including Off-Duty Police Officer, in Raleigh Shooting – The New York Times There are five people dead, including an off-duty police officer, as a result of a shooting that occurred Thursday in eastern Raleigh, North Carolina, police said. It was reported that two people were taken to a hospital, one of whom was a Raleigh K9 officer, who was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and later released from the hospital. Lt. Jason …

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