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The family of a meteorologist who was killed in a helicopter crash on Interstate 77 is suing a maintenance facility and the company that owned and operated the aircraft.

Investigators say that a U.S. Army soldier wrote on Instagram that he joined the military for combat experience to be more proficient in killing Black people.

An independent commission says renaming nine U.S. Army posts that commemorate Confederate officers would cost $21 million. The name changes would lead to the rebranding of everything from welcome marquees and road signs to water towers and hospital doors. The Naming Commission released its final report to Congress on recommending the new Army base names Monday. It included a list of assets tied to the Confederacy at each base. They range from the decals on 300 recycling bins at Fort Bragg in North Carolina to the sign for a softball field at Fort Hood in Texas.

Federal authorities say a man who teaches military tactics in North Carolina has been charged with showing someone how to make a bomb that would kill people in federal law enforcement. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that 38-year-old Christopher Arthur has been arrested.

The family of Andrew Brown Jr., an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot by sheriff's deputies in Elizabeth City, says he died because of the officers' “intentional and reckless disregard of his life,” according to a $30 million civil rights lawsuit filed Wednesday.

Authorities say that a white woman has been charged with striking two Black women protesters with her car during a march against the police shooting of an unarmed Black man in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Many U.S. police departments limit shooting at moving vehicles because they consider the practice to be ineffective and not worth the risk to human life. But dozens of such shootings still occur each year with deadly results. The latest high-profile case involved an unarmed Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City.

District Attorney Andrew Womble said Andrew Brown Jr.'s actions caused deputies to believe it was necessary to use deadly force. Brown ignored deputies' commands to stop and began to drive his car directly at one of the officers, Womble told a news conference.

Nearly 70% of North Carolina's gas stations were still without fuel Thursday, as were about half the stations in South Carolina and Georgia, GasBuddy.com reported. But the situation could improve as Colonial Pipeline reported “substantial progress" in restarting the supply line.

Lawyers for relatives of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man fatally shot by deputies, said Tuesday that body camera videos show that he didn’t strike them with his car before they opened fire, contradicting a local prosecutor.