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An armed North Carolina man was arrested after it was reported that he had made comments about “possibly harming
’s response in the area has been the subject of rampant misinformation and conspiracy theories, such as false claims that the federal government was planning on “bulldozing and seizing” Chimney Rock. The Washington Post reported that on Saturday, a U.S. Forest Service official sent an alert saying that “
that, in accordance with protocol, he relayed to interagency leadership.' A spokesperson said the North Carolina National Guard had not identified any National Guard members in the state who made such claims or reports. The soldier said in the report that there was “a truck load of militia involved,” but the sheriff’s office said it found that Parsons had acted alone and that there were no trucks with militia going to Lake Lure.
continues to support communities impacted by Helene and help survivors apply for assistance,” a ’s director of public affairs, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the mayor of Asheville have been the targets of antisemitic attacks, according to a report last week by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank. It said in its report that its analysts had found 33 posts on X that included debunked
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