Associated Press
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The NFL has fined Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper $300,000 for tossing a drink at fans in Florida toward the end of a game on Sunday.
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The family of a transgender boy in North Carolina is suing state health officials to block implementation of gender-affirming care restrictions.
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Last month, American Airlines booted a 17-year-old from a flight and banned him for three years when he tried to use the tactic to fly home to Charlotte.
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Bonnie Peltier was at her daughter's kindergarten orientation in North Carolina when she learned all girls at the charter school must wear skirts. “I was stunned," she said.
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Passengers aboard a Delta flight disembarked using the jet slide Wednesday after the plane’s front landing gear failed to deploy as it landed at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The flight landed safely and no injuries were reported, according to officials.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that North Carolina’s top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law.
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The North Carolina Farm ACT was approved by the general assembly on Thursday and now goes to the governor’s desk. It includes a provision that says the state can’t adopt more stringent protections for wetlands than federal ones.
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As the Supreme Court decides the fate of affirmative action, most people in the U.S. say the court should allow consideration of race as part of the admissions process. Yet few believe students’ race should play a significant role in those decisions.
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A U.S. agency is agreeing to participate in an in-depth study on whether dredging a Georgia shipping channel in the spring and summer would pose threats to rare sea turtles.
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The bill would raise the felony by one level if the obscenity is “committed knowingly in the presence” of someone under 18. The higher level of felony means an offender could receive active jail time on a first offense.