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A North Carolina appeals court agrees that a trial judge was correct to dismiss a lawsuit filed by University of North Carolina students seeking refunds when in-person instruction got canceled in spring 2020 from the coronavirus pandemic.
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A bill allowing police to charge a bigger fine for people driving slow in the left lane of interstates and other multilane highways is one of the first to be taken up at the South Carolina Statehouse in 2023.
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The program under the Senate bill would be limited to families that qualify for Medicaid, which is usually about twice the federal government’s poverty level.
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North Carolina’s Division of Motor Vehicles has now OK'd more than 200 phrases that had been blocked from being affixed to vanity license plates, including some related to sexual orientation.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says the drive for clean water and air for minority and low-income residents is inextricably linked to the march toward racial equality championed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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The summer event attracts 7,000 athletes ages 18 to 25 from over 150 countries and more than 600 universities. The nearly two-week summer games event features 15 required sports, including swimming, track and field and basketball, as well as optional sports proposed by the local hosts.
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According to new North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards, Madison Cawthorn's office didn't transfer official constituent casework — standard practice for a seat transition — by a Dec. 23 deadline.
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In describing the fatal shootings, the High Point Police Department had previously said that officers came to the house Saturday after a man and a woman ran from the house screaming for help.
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Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican who didn’t seek reelection in November after three Senate terms, and Gerald Fauth, the brother of Burr’s wife, had been scrutinized for potential insider trading by the SEC.
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UNC's first female system president, passes away at 81.