A former police officer says a North Carolina town’s police chief touched him inappropriately days before he died by suicide. The News & Observer reports Nicholas Zappia sued the town of Rolesville on Monday, seeking unspecified damages. The lawsuit says ...

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GREENSBORO (AP) A federal judge is keeping alive a lawsuit accusing the country’s second-largest electricity company of violating water pollution laws by allowing potentially toxic coal ash sludge into neighboring waterways. U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs ruled this week that ...

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DURHAM (AP) A North Carolina judge has dismissed lawsuits filed by the woman who gained attention for accusing a group of Duke University lacrosse players of raping her at a party. The Herald-Sun of Durham reports 40-year-old Crystal Mangum filed lawsuits ...

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WINSTON-SALEM (AP) A lawsuit filed against a North Carolina school system and its board of education says an elementary school in need of repairs was discriminated against because of race. The Winston-Salem Journal reports the lawsuit, filed Aug. 13 against the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina legislative leaders will challenge a trial judge’s decision allowing a state Supreme Court candidate accused by some of masquerading as a Republican for electoral mischief to appear on the ballot with a GOP designation. Spokesmen for ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A state Supreme Court candidate on Aug. 13 won permission for now from a judge to have his Republican affiliation listed on the November ballots. Chris Anglin had filed a lawsuit against Republican legislators challenging a recently passed law ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A North Carolina man is suing a sheriff and deputy over a videotaped beating by law enforcement officers. Lawyers for Kyron Hinton filed the lawsuit Aug. 13 in Wake County arguing his rights were violated during the April 3 ...

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CARY (AP) Despite a plea from a Delaware teen’s mother, developers of popular third-person shooter game “Fortnite” will be allowed to pursue their lawsuit against him after he boasted online about using cheat software. The Herald-Sun reported Aug. 7 that a federal ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper contends ballot language approved by Republican lawmakers describing two proposed constitutional amendments are so false and misleading the courts must prevent voting on them. Cooper’s office announced Aug. 4 he would sue in ...

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ASHEVILLE (AP) A North Carolina city has reached a $650,000 settlement with a black pedestrian whose beating by a white police officer was captured on body camera video. A settlement filed Aug. 3 in Buncombe County shows the city of Asheville ...

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