North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits ticked lower last week, pushing down the four-week average of applications to its lowest level since April 2000. Weekly applications fell 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 264,000 last week, ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — An attorney who represented the first person in North Carolina released from prison after a being found innocent by a special judicial panel now faces charges herself from the group that regulates lawyers. The North Carolina State ...

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Young people aspiring to buy their first home are already facing disappointment this year. Rising prices are putting more homes out of reach, and pickings are slim because few properties have come onto the market this spring, when sales are ...

BUXTON (AP) — By next month, shorebirds and anglers could share parts of the North Carolina seashore in a way that works for them both. Public hearings were held last week by the National Park Service regarding smaller buffers around ...

MIAMI (AP) — A tropical storm warning has been issued for parts of North and South Carolina as Ana approaches the U.S. coast. The storm formed nearly a month before the Atlantic Hurricane season officially kicks off. The U.S. National ...

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — An Atlanta-based development group has announced plans to build in an area near BB&T Ballpark in Winston-Salem with a hotel, almost 600 luxury apartments and 300,000 square feet of retail space. The Winston-Salem Journal (http://bit.ly/1AJUodn ) reports ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will conduct a broad investigation into the Baltimore police force in search of law enforcement practices that are unconstitutional and violate civil rights, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Friday. The announcement of the federal ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The bulk collection of Americans’ phone records by the government exceeds what Congress has allowed, a federal appeals court said Thursday as it asked Congress to step in and decide how best to balance national security ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they have reached an agreement with six large video sweepstakes companies that requires them to stop providing software to hundreds of Internet cafes in North Carolina. The office of U.S. Attorney Thomas ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Pat McCrory says North Carolina will have a revenue surplus of $400 million this fiscal year. The governor already has ideas on how to spend it. McCrory announced the surge in tax collections Wednesday at an ...

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