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                                                                                                 U.S. NEWS Tuesday 11 december 2018


















            Snowed-in South



            Continued from Front         to  Durham  from  Chicago
                                         several years ago and was
            Scores of schools canceled  surprised  to  see  this  much
            class  Monday,  and  many  snow: “I didn’t expect this.”
            businesses  and  govern-     The  North  Carolina  De-
            ment  offices  —  including  partment of Transportation
            Virginia’s executive-branch  said  a  livestock  truck  car-
            agencies  in  Richmond  —  rying  pigs  overturned  on
            were closed.                 Interstate  40  westbound
            For  those  staying  close  to  near  the  Tennessee  line.
            home,  the  storm  provided  The westbound lanes were
            a chance to sled, drink hot  closed  temporarily  Mon-
            chocolate  with  friends  or  day  so  the  pigs  could  be
            simply take in a wintry land-  corralled,  but  at  least  one
            scape in places that don’t  lane  was  reopened  by
            often  see  so  much  of  the  midafternoon.
            white stuff.                 North  Carolina  Gov.  Roy
            In North Carolina’s Durham  Cooper  said  Monday  that
            County,  where  a  foot  (.3  the worst of the storm had
            meters)  fell  in  places  Sun-  passed, but residents — par-
            day, kids reveled in a day  ticularly motorists — should
            off  from  school  as  a  sec-  keep watch for dangerous
            ond  dusting  of  snow  and  conditions.  Melting  snow   Pigs wander the shoulder of Interstate 40 near the state line with Tennessee in Haywood County,
                                                                      North  Carolina,  after  a  crash  on  Monday  Dec.  10,  2018.  The  crash  caused  delays  while  local
            sleet fell Monday morning.  and ice could result in slick   farmers helped authorities corral the pigs.
            Children  threw  snowballs  road  conditions  Tuesday                                                                           Associated Press
            or  built  snowmen,  and  a  morning  as  temperatures    ficials  declared  emergen-  at Charlotte Douglas Inter-  ported  across  the  region
            young  girl  in  a  pink  jacket  fall  and  moisture  refreez-  cies  ahead  of  the  storm  national  Airport,  the  sixth  Monday   morning,   with
            threw  her  hands  up  and  es, Cooper said at a news     crossing  several  Southern  busiest airport in the coun-  North   Carolina   bearing
            yelled  “Merry  Christmas!”  conference.  The  Highway    states, which hit portions of  try.  The  airport  had  nearly  the  brunt  of  it,  according
            at a passer-by along a resi-  Patrol  already  had  re-   North Carolina and Virginia  400  cancellations,  about  to  poweroutage.us.  South
            dential sidewalk.            sponded to more than 670     particularly hard.           one-fourth of its scheduled  Carolina, Virginia and Ten-
            A  few  cars  passed  on  the  collisions  and  nearly  1,600   Flight  cancellations  and  flights.  More  than  244,000  nessee  also  had  outages
            road,  but  several  people  calls  for  services  since  the   delays  continued  Monday  power  outages  were  re-  reported Monday.q
            decided it was safer to get  storm began.
            where they were going by  Snowfall  totals  topped  20
            foot. Andrew Dedman, 16,  inches  (50  centimeters)  in   Customs officers searching more travelers’ devices
            was  walking  about  a  mile  some areas of the western
            (1.6  kilometers)  through  a  part  of  the  state,  accord-  By COLLEEN LONG         ments  and  passports  are  data not properly secured.
            flurry to visit a friend on their  ing to the National Weath-   Associated Press       reviewed.  If  a  secondary  Some    of   the   devices
            day off from high school.    er Service.                  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Cus-    inspection  is  needed,  of-  searched  were  not  taken
            “We’re  just  going  to  hang  A truck driver died Sunday   toms and Border Protection  ficers  may  search  devices  offline,  in  violation  of  pro-
            out,  sit  around,  drink  hot  after  suffering  what  ap-  officers  are  searching  the  like  phones,  thumb  drives  cedures  that  say  officers
            chocolate,” he said.         peared  to  be  a  heart  at-  electronic  devices  of  trav-  and  computers  to  deter-  can  search  the  physical
            Others  ventured  Monday  tack  from  shoveling  out      elers  more  often,  and  did  mine  admissibility  into  the  device  but  not  what’s  on
            into  ankle-deep  snowdrifts  his rig that got stuck at the   not  always  follow  proper  country,  and  also  to  iden-  a traveler’s cloud network.
            to walk dogs. Ron Gordon,  height  of  the  storm  along   protocol, a new watchdog  tify potential law violations.  Homeland  Security  is  the
            75,  donned  boots  and  a  Interstate 77 in the central   report has found.           For  example,  in  March  department  that  oversees
            hooded  winter  jacket  to  part  of  the  state,  Yadkin   The  report  made  public  2018, officers found images  the nation’s borders. In ad-
            take out his dog, Easy.      County  Emergency  Ser-      Monday found there were  and  videos  of  terrorist-re-   dition, in some cases, under
            “She  seems  to  like  it,”  he  vices  Director  Keith  Vestal   29,000  devices  searched  lated materials, and in an-  a  pilot  program,  officers
            said,  holding  a  walking  said.                         at a port of entry out of 397  other  search,  graphic  and  can  do  an  “advanced”
            stick for extra traction. “She  The state emergency oper-  million  travelers  to  the  U.S.  violent  images  including  search which means a spe-
            enjoys it more than I do.”   ations center also said one   in  budget  year  2017,  up  child pornography. Neither  cially trained officer down-
            The  semi-retired  photog-   man died Sunday when a       from 18,400 the year before  person  was  admitted  into  loads  information.  But  the
            rapher said he could work  tree  fell  on  him  in  Meck-  from 390 million travelers.  the  United  States,  accord-  system  wasn’t  maintained
            inside  for  the  rest  of  the  lenburg  County,  while  an   Officers are allowed under  ing to the report.       properly — software licens-
            day, and he can cook on  ailing woman died in Hay-        law  to  look  through  de-  But  the  Office  of  the  In-  ing wasn’t renewed — and
            the  gas  stove  even  if  the  wood  County  when  her   vices  of  travelers  who  are  spector General for Home-  some  information  copied
            house  loses  power  again,  oxygen was cut off due to    referred for a secondary in-  land  Security  found  some  to  thumb  drives  was  not
            as  it  did  for  several  hours  power outages.          spection. During the prima-  searches  were  not  prop-   deleted  when  it  should
            Sunday. He said he moved  Governors  and  local  of-      ry  inspection,  travel  docu-  erly   documented,   and  have been.q
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