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NC Rolls Back Offensive Bathroom Bill so State Can Stop Losing Money and Basketball Tournaments
The state of North Carolina made a step in the right direction Thursday, even if it was for a disingenuous reason, by repealing its disgusting bathroom bill, H.B. 2, which required transgender people to use the bathroom for the gender listed on their birth certificate, and not the one corresponding to their gender identity. NBC…
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Community Calls for Boycott of Beauty Supply Store After Owner Is Seen on Video Kicking, Choking Black Woman
A community is outraged about cellphone footage going viral on social media that shows a Charlotte, N.C., beauty supply store owner constraining a black woman in a choke hold after accusing her of stealing. Community leaders and customers are now calling for a boycott of the store. According to WBTV, the incident started when Sung…
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NC Cop Pleads Guilty to Statutory Rape After Impregnating 13-Year-Old Girl He Was Mentoring
A Lowell, N.C., police officer was sentenced to at least 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl who ended up pregnant because of the cop’s sick advances. According to WCNC-TV, James Blair, 51, will also register as a lifetime sex offender and is prohibited from having any…
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NC Grand Jury Declines to Charge Cop Seen Slamming 15-Year-Old Girl to Ground
A Wake County, N.C., grand jury has declined to charge a Rolesville (N.C.) High School resource officer who was seen on video slamming a 15-year-old student to the ground. According to WTVD, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said that her office sent presentments to the Wake County grand jury for willful failure to discharge…
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NC School Board Rejects Call to Ban Confederate Flags From School Properties
A North Carolina school board has decided to continue ignoring pleas from a local NAACP to ban Confederate flags from all school properties. According to the News & Observer, the Orange County Schools Board of Education rejected the ban at a meeting Monday, saying that it would instead establish an equity committee of the school…
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Lawmakers in NC Fail to Repeal Controversial ‘Bathroom Bill’
After convening a special legislative session for the purpose of repealing the controversial “bathroom bill,” North Carolina legislators left Wednesday with the law still in place. Republicans in the Legislature debated over whether to fully or partially repeal the measure, and Democrats accused them of reneging on a pledge to completely eliminate H.B. 2, which…
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NC Gov. Pat McCrory Concedes Super-Close Race
For nearly four weeks, North Carolina governor’s race had been too close to call. On Monday, incumbent Pat McCrory conceded, clearing the way for Democrat Roy Cooper to be declared the winner. “Despite continued questions that should be answered regarding the voting process, I personally believe that the majority of our citizens have spoken, and…
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3 Weeks After Election Day, the NC Governor's Race Is Still Not Resolved
The North Carolina governor’s race is still unresolved, three weeks after Election Day. Roy Cooper, the Democrat who challenged Republican incumbent Pat McCrory, has already declared victory, but McCrory refuses to concede. By Wednesday afternoon, Cooper had a lead of more than 10,250 votes, surpassing the threshold that would block McCrory’s request for a statewide…
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NC Gov. Pat McCrory Refuses to Concede, Demands Recount
North Carolina’s incumbent governor has dug in his heels and is not going out without a fight. Two weeks after the election, Pat McCrory, a Republican, officially asked for a recount Tuesday. Roy Cooper, McCrory’s Democratic challenger, claimed victory election night with a 4,000-vote lead out of 4.2 million votes cast, and as the Washington…