North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

SOUTHPORT (AP) All police operations have been suspended in a North Carolina town in the aftermath of public corruption charges levied against its chief and an officer. Southport Mayor Jerry Dove tells WECT-TV that he and the city board last week asked ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on July 27 vetoed legislation approved by Republicans during this week’s special session that alters North Carolina ballot language for constitutional referenda and a state Supreme Court race this fall. Cooper’s vetoes of the two ...

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DURHAM (AP) A judge says a Texas man’s affair with a North Carolina man’s wife should cost him nearly $9 million. The Herald-Sun of Durham reports that Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson awarded Keith King $8.8 million in compensatory and punitive damages ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The repeatedly altered composition of North Carolina’s elections board returned to court July 26 as a proxy for the lengthy power struggle between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-dominated legislature. A panel of three trial judges listened for ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Emissions testing during vehicle inspections in North Carolina is likely to end in 26 counties thanks to a new law which has the support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the N.C. ...

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SOUTHPORT (AP) The police chief of a coastal North Carolina city has been arrested following what authorities say was a “long-term investigation” by the FBI and State Bureau of Investigation. The Brunswick County District Attorney’s office announced Southport Police Chief ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The extended power struggle between North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-dominated legislature is back in court. Cooper’s lawyers are asking a three-judge panel July 26 to throw out laws that restructure the state elections board. Cooper ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Federal agents arrested an immigrant who is in the U.S. illegally after a North Carolina sheriff declined their request to keep the registered sex offender in custody, immigration officials said July 25. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump says the United States will impose sanctions on NATO ally Turkey over a detained American pastor held on terror and espionage charges. Shortly after the possibility of sanctions was first announced by Vice President Mike ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A Democratic candidate for the North Carolina House says she plans to quit the race after being criticized for a 2006 blog post that made incendiary remarks about Mexican immigrants. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the N.C. ...

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