North Carolina
Quickly-changing tariff news creates uncertainty among central NC consumers
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — When it comes to the tariffs President Donald Trump announced, the news out of Washington seems to be constantly changing, leaving some consumers confused.
Monday, the White House announced pauses on 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods that were supposed to go into effect Tuesday after being announced over the weekend.
That morning, with potential tariffs looming, Debbi Winogracki raced to get ahead of higher prices.
“I want to go shopping very quickly to get what I need,” she said.
Jeffrey Dorfman, a professor of agricultural and resource economics at North Carolina State University, said if sellers know tariffs are coming, they may not wait to hike prices.
“If you’re a seller and you know when you refill your shelves, you’re going to have to pay more to replace your inventory, you raise the price on what you’re selling immediately,” he said.
With tariff-related news changing throughout the day, some people say it’s almost impossible to plan and budget.
“It’s really stressful, especially if you’re above minimum wage, but in that in between area,” said Christina M., who asked only use her last initial be used. “I have a strict budget I have to go by every month to make sure that I’m doing well. If we’re putting in tariffs affecting that, I’m going to have to rearrange just about everything else.”
According to Dorfman, the uncertainty surrounding tariffs can also have a larger-scale impact.
“If we keep changing our economic policies on a whim, on a moment’s notice, by a tweet, then other countries may say it’ll be easier just to sell [their] stuff to somebody else or buy [their] stuff for somebody else,” he explained. “If other countries don’t want to buy our stuff, then that’s going to hurt a lot of jobs.”
Dorfman cited North Carolina’s furniture industry as one example of a field that could be affected by retaliatory tariffs.
If and when these tariffs go into effect, economists expect higher prices on fruits and vegetables, as well as cars, car parts, and electronics. Shoppers said paying more for some items will impact their budgets across the board.
“I don’t think I can plan and budget,” Winogracki said. “Am I going to be able to take a vacation this year? I don’t know. Am I going to buy all the items on my to-do list? Probably not.”
North Carolina
North Carolina man extradited to Pa. for $100,000 ATM theft spree: police
A 42-year-old North Carolina man on Tuesday was extradited to Pennsylvania after state police said he stole more than $100,000 from ATMs in Snyder and Union counties.
Between Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, Antoni J. Garcia-Cordoba, of Raleigh, North Carolina, stole from four ATMs at Central Penn Bank and Trust locations, state police said.
In a five-hour span, Garcia-Cordoba took $43,000 from three separate ATMs in Snyder and Union counties, according to a police report. On Oct. 1, he stole an additional $58,000 from an ATM in Titusville, bringing the total amount stolen to $101,000.
Garcia-Cordoba is charged with two counts of corrupt organizations – employee, a first-degree felony, and two counts of theft by unlawful taking, a third-degree felony.
After being in custody at a jail in Boone County, Missouri, Garcia-Cordoba was extradited to Union County on Tuesday.
He is being held in the Union County Prison after being unable to post $100,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 13, 2026.
North Carolina
11 firefighters and 2 others injured after North Carolina house fire and explosion
SALISBURY, N.C. — Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, officials said.
Salisbury Fire Chief Bob Parnell said firefighters did not have life-threatening injuries but were getting treated for contusions, concussions and smoke inhalation following the fire Monday evening. Two other people were taken to the hospital, but Parnell said he didn’t know their conditions and couldn’t confirm whether they were in the house at the time of the fire.
The Salisbury Fire Department responded to the single-family home around 5 p.m. and found it engulfed in flames.
Eleven of the 22 firefighters at the scene went inside the house to search for occupants and “get water on that fire,” which preceded the explosion, Panell said at a news conference.
“It was enough force that the outside walls blew out, the roof came up and went back down,” Parnell said.
An investigation of the fire and explosion is continuing.
North Carolina
Harrison Bertos scores in OT to help Washington beat N.C. State 3-2 and win first Men’s College Cup
CARY, N.C. (AP) — Harrison Bertos scored 1:54 into overtime after Washington blew a two-goal lead in the second half, and the Huskies beat North Carolina State 3-2 to win the Men’s College Cup at First Horizon Stadium on Monday night.
It was the first national championship for unseeded Washington (16-6-2), who became the first team to win six road matches in the tournament — beating six seeded teams along the way under the guidance of coach Jamie Clark. The Huskies won in their second trip to the final after losing 2-0 to Clemson in 2021.
No. 15 seed N.C. State (16-3-4) made the final for the first time behind coach Marc Hubbard. The Wolfpack were aiming for the school’s first national championship since Jim Valvano led the men’s basketball team to the title in 1983.
Zach Ramsey scored unassisted with 1:12 remaining in the first half and Washington took a 1-0 lead into the break. It was only the second time this season that N.C. State trailed at halftime.
Ramsey scored into an empty net after Wolfpack goalkeeper Logan Erb couldn’t corral the ball at the top of the box. It was Ramsey’s second goal of the tournament.
Richie Aman sent a cross to the center of the goal and Joe Dale knocked it in for a 2-0 lead in the 62nd minute.
Donavan Phillip answered in the 66th, scoring with an assist from Nikola Markovic to cut it to 2-1 with his fourth goal of the tournament. The Wolfpack entered 11-0-1 when Phillip scores.
Taig Healy scored the equalizer with 3:28 remaining with assists from Justin Mclean and Calem Tommy.
Egor Akulov had an assist on Bertos’ winner.
Huskies keeper Jadon Bowton, the only remaining player from the 2021 squad, had five saves.
Erb saved six shots for N.C. State, which was the last school to concede a goal this season.
The temperature was 28 degrees when the match between two teams that had never faced each other began.
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