Climate talks promise more action but fall short say experts
Greta Thunberg and other child petitioners announce a filing with the United Nations rights panel to push governments to act on the climate crisis. At the UN Climate Action Summit 66 countries pledged tougher goals and 30 promised midcentury carbon neutrality, but critics call the pledges insufficient and largely promises.
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Greta Thunberg
United Nations Committee On the Rights of the Child
New York
United Nations
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Arrest Made After Saturday Shooting in New Bern
New Bern police report an early Saturday shooting leading to the arrest of 21 year old Ricardo A Gonzalez of New Bern. The victim Matthew Bornema 28 was treated at Vidant Medical Center after being shot in the 200 block of Poplar Street. Warrants include assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle and discharging a firearm in city limits.
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New Bern
Carolina East Medical Center
Matthew Bornema
Vidant Medical Center
Poplar Street
Gonzalez
Nissan ex-chairman Ghosn to pay 16 million in fines
Nissan Motor Company said former chair Carlos Ghosn will pay 16 million in fines related to accounting irregularities. The settlement covers penalties and restitution, resolving long standing legal battles tied to the company’s leadership and governance reforms.
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Nissan
Darios Ghosn
Store founder reminisces in New Bern Sporting Goods closing
Bill Hand reports New Bern Sporting Goods, a long time supplier of uniforms equipment trophies and plaques to local high schools and teams, closed its doors three weeks ago after 41 years founder Richard Peeler who sold the business a decade ago says he remains connected to sports through family and coaching past.
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Raleigh
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Berne Square
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SUN Journal
Pacific heat wave threatens Hawaii coral reefs
On Hawaii's Big Island remote Papa Bay reefs face rising heat as NOAA researchers warn of a severe coral bleaching season. Four years after a marine heat wave killed much of the coast, officials anticipate another record warming event that could devastate the region's corals. Jamison Gove of NOAA notes unprecedented temperatures in Hawaii.
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Big Island
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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