
Huffington Post - 4 hours 52 min ago
Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, of Fayetteville, will receive a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge, and will be promoted posthumously to staff sergeant.

The Guardian - 5 hours 30 min ago
Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton died during a controlled detonation at Erbil airbase as US-Iran war toll reaches 17 The US military has identified an army soldier killed recently during a "controlled detonation" of a downed Iranian drone in Iraq as Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton, of Fayetteville, North Carolina. According to a press release from the US defense department on Tuesday morning, the 30-year-old Swinton was supporting overseas contingency operations in Iraq and he was "killed in...

Stereogum - 5 hours 32 min ago
Hey, you know what's a good song? Motherfucking " Svefn-g-englar, " the deathlessly beautiful 1999 classic from Sigur R s. I'd read a whole lot about Sigur R s before I finally bought an import copy of the g tis Byrjun CD for like $20, and that's a heavy burden to put on a hyped-up new album. That time, though, the hype was justified. I heard "Svefn-g-englar," and I felt like I was in space. North Carolina indie-dance-folk-pop duo Sylvan Esso evidently agree, since their...

The Independent - 5 hours 50 min ago
Posthumously, Swinton will receive the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Combat Action Badge...

ABC News - 5 hours 55 min ago
The U.S. military has identified a soldier killed while disarming an Iranian drone in Iraq as Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton from North Carolina...

The Guardian - 6 hours 38 sec ago
As the Latino population of North Carolina booms, opportunities abound and Donal Gooch is capitalizing on changing nature of his home region Donal Gooch is not pleased about the trash on his arena floor. "Shit, it's pitiful," he says. Continue reading...

Huffington Post - 7 hours 43 min ago
The chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party accused the state's GOP of having "no original thoughts" after critics spotted one striking detail in a social media graphic.

Newser - 9 hours 11 min ago
A US soldier killed while handling a downed drone in Iraq has now been identified as Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Pentagon says the 30-year-old was killed in action on Sunday during a controlled detonation at Erbil Air Base, per CBS News . US Central Command had...