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The Walmart corporation “appeared to distance itself” from the billionaire heiress and activist who inherited her wealth from a son of the company’s founder, .. Christy Walton, one of the richest women in the country, was widely criticized by conservatives this week for buying a full-page ad in the New York Times promoting the “No Kings” organization that is coordinating hundreds of protests against President Donald Trump. The controversial “No Kings” ad had many calling for a Walmart boycott. .... Paid for by Christy Walton. Walmart heiress ... June 14, which is both Trump’s 79th birthday and the date of...

January 22, 2007 | Day One at the PETA-Kills-Animals trial began with a whimper but ended with an unexpected bang. At the very end of a day consumed by the mundane business of pre-trial motions and jury selection, defense lawyers for PETA employees Adria Hinkle and Andrew Cook asked Hertford County (NC) Superior Court Judge Cy Grant to schedule one final defense motion -- a request "to exclude evidence of other crimes" from the trial. Asked by Judge Grant for her take on this legal maneuver, District Attorney Valerie Asbell explained: "The other crimes, the other things they're seeking to...

PETA Animal-Cruelty Trial Date Finally Set On November 13th, nearly 18 months after their arrest, two employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will face a felony Superior Court trial on animal-cruelty charges in Hertford County, North Carolina. The defendants, Andrew Benjamin Cook and Adria Joy Hinkle, were each indicted on 22 counts of Cruelty to Animals and 3 counts of Obtaining Property By False Pretenses. The Honorable Cy Grant will be presiding. Police in Ahoskie, North Carolina arrested Cook and Hinkle on June 15, 2005 near a shopping-center dumpster, from which they recovered 18 dead pets...

The complainant Bob HallBob Hall is Executive Director and Research Director for Democracy North Carolina. [Return to top] Elections Board Larry LeakeLarry Leake, State Board of Elections Chairman, is a Democrat from Mars Hill. [Return to top] Lorraine G. ShinnLorraine G. Shinn, board member, is a Republican from Greenville. [Return to top] Charles WinfreeCharles Winfree, board member, is a Republican from Greensboro. [Return to top] Genevieve C. SimsGenevieve C. Sims, board member, is a Democrat from Raleigh. [Return to top] Robert CordleRobert Cordle, board member, is a Democrat from Charlotte (he has recused himself from the hearings because his...