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The man facing a murder charge after a Friday night shooting at Cary’s Fenton social district is an employee of the security provider there.
Cory Edward McNeill was found shot to death just before 9 p.m. Friday in Fenton’s Green parking deck, police said.
Shortly thereafter, police say, Malik Emaje Scott-McClarin called them and surrendered in connection with the shooting.
According to the warrant for his arrest, Scott-McClarin is an employee of Sunstates Security, a private security provider based in Raleigh. In a statement, Sunstates VP Roberta Scoblick said the company is cooperating with police in the murder investigation.
“Sunstates Security provides services for Fenton in an unarmed capacity,” she said.
She did not address why Scott-McClarin had a weapon on the property or whether he was on duty for Sunstates at the time of the shooting.
On Saturday, at least one guard wearing a Sunstates patch was visible on Fenton property. 
Mike Woodard, who identified himself as a Sunstates employee contracted with Fenton, referred questions to the corporate office and asked WRAL News to leave the property.  
Woodard did say that security at Fenton on Saturday was on par with the crowds to be expected on the final weekend before Christmas. He declined to offer specifics about security or personnel.
According to the Cary Police Department, officers were called around 8:45 p.m. to the Green parking deck at Fenton, where they found McNeill inside a vehicle.
Police Scott-McClarin and McNeill knew each other, and that there was no further threat to anyone else.
Court records show the two men were arrested on the same day (Oct. 22) and on the same charges in Selma — possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. 
The shooting in Cary was the second in two days for the town. On Thursday night, a woman was shot on Berry Chase Way. 
It was also at least the second at a busy shopping area Friday night, just days before Christmas. In Lumberton, a 42-year-old woman was shot and killed at a Walmart on the 5000 block of Fayetteville Road. Police there also said it was an isolated incident with no further threat to the public, although they did not immediately make an arrest or release the name or description of a suspect.

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In past years I have suggested going beyond Christmas and other holiday gifts that will soon be forgotten, returned or worn out, in favor of one that will last for generations to come.

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Last year I wrote about the Children’s Scholarship Fund, which provides private school tuition for poor and middle-class children in failing public schools. Not only do the private schools offer them a better education (most go on to college), but they also provide a moral foundation essential to living a successful life.

This year I’m recommending the ultimate gift — the gift of life to an unborn child, with accompanying assistance to the mother to help her prevail over what can be difficult circumstances in an unplanned pregnancy.

Heartbeat International was founded in 1971, two years before the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case which struck down all state abortion restrictions. According to its year-end report, “(Heartbeat) is now the most expansive network in the world, assisting more than 3,500 affiliated pregnancy help locations … with medical clinics (ultrasounds), maternity homes and adoption agencies in more than 90 countries to provide alternatives to abortion.”

In its annual report for 2023, Heartbeat says it received more than 1.8 million in-person client visits. Their promotion of a pill that reverses abortions for women who have changed their minds after initiating the procedure has “rescued” 5,000 babies. It is something Planned Parenthood vigorously opposes.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Heartbeat to force the organization to provide women at their help centers with abortion information. The Supreme Court rejected California’s efforts, but thanks in part to subsidies from the federal government (Elon and Vivek take note as you seek to reduce spending), they are likely to pursue other efforts to stymie the work of Heartbeat and pro-life organizations.
The experience of holding a baby in your arms and embracing a woman who sought life-affirming help, rather than an abortion – realizing you have contributed to that moment – is a unique experience. It is one I have enjoyed on many occasions.
Think of the positive impact. Each child rescued from an abortion will likely have children, and they will have children and so on for generations to come. A woman will be free of the guilt and sometimes depression and self-destructive behavior that too often comes after the procedure. An abortion removes a branch from the family tree.
News stories report sharp declines in birth rates in the U.S., Canada and Europe . There are several reasons, but abortion, along with a desire to avoid the “expense” of children, appear to be the main ones. Failing to have enough children to at least replace adults who die will have serious economic, social, political and other consequences for especially free nations.
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While there have been more abortions since Roe was overturned in the Dobbs decision, Heartbeat and other pro-life groups continue to spread information often denied women by abortion clinics. On Heartbeat International’s website there are testimonies from women who at first sought an abortion, in some cases taking the abortion pill, and then changed their minds. Their comments also include the words “support” and “resources,” something lacking at abortion clinics. Their stories counter the lie told over the years that pro-life people don’t care about the woman or the baby after birth.
Saving lives — babies and mothers — is a two-way blessing. Make a donation and see what I mean.

This Cal Thomas commentary is his opinion. He can be reached at cthomas@wctrib.com.
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NEW YORK — A prolonged and closely watched copyright case involving an online library’s unauthorized offering of free e-books has ended after the defendant, Internet Archive, decided not to challenge an appeal’s court’s ruling against it.
In September, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a Manhattan federal court’s decision that found the Archive in violation of copyright law and granted a permanent injunction. The Archive had until this week to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, but declined to do so.
In 2020, four major publishers — Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, John Wiley & Sons and Penguin Random House — sued the Archive, alleging that it had illegally provided free copies of more than 100 books, including fiction by Toni Morrison and J.D. Salinger. The Archive had contended that its program of scanning and sharing books, “controlled digital lending,” was protected by fair use law.
“After five years of litigation, we are thrilled to see this important case rest with the decisive opinion of the Second Circuit, which leaves no room for arguments that ‘controlled digital lending’ is anything more than infringement,” Maria A. Pallante, president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, said in a statement.
The Archive’s director of library services, Chris Freeland, posted a brief statement on the Archive’s web site saying that “While we are deeply disappointed with the Second Circuit’s opinion,” they would “continue to honor” an agreement to “remove books from lending at their member publishers’ requests.”
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