A federal Appeals Court has ruled that the Avery County sheriff and a deputy did not have qualified immunity from a lawsuit challenging a 2016 arrest as unconstitutional. The unanimous decision Monday affirmed a trial court ruling against Kevin Frye, Avery’s sheriff at the time, and Lee Buchanan, the deputy in charge of sex offender registrations.
The full 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has tossed out the North Carolina State Health Plan’s ban on coverage of medical treatments sought mainly by transgender people. The decision created an 8-6 split among the appellate jud
Hamas released footage over the weekend of Chapel Hill native Keith Siegel, who was kidnapped by the terrorist group during the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.
All eyes are fixated on former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, which got underway this week in New York City.
A federal election lawsuit In North Carolina tied to Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm could be put on hold for the rest of the 2024 election cycle. All parties in the case are asking a judge to issue a stay.
In-person early voting for the May 14 second primary/runoff election began Thursday at 8 am. It will end on Saturday, May 11 at 3 pm.
Virginia Fox and others responded negatively to Title IX rewrite.
It might sound odd to hear this from someone who’s been writing a syndicated column on politics for nearly four decades, but politics has become vastly more important in our lives than it should be. Virtually every decision we make in our ostensibly free society is now subject to review, refinement, and reversal by some...
A federal judge will not split the bribery and fraud retrials of Greg Lindberg and John Gray. Both are scheduled to return to court on May 6. Lindberg was once North Carolina’s top election campaign donor.
On Monday, on the eve of Passover, Rep. Kathy Manning, D, NC-06, was among four members of Congress calling for an end to antisemitism at Columbia University and on college campuses across the country.
A federal judge has struck down North Carolina’s law criminalizing felon voting. The law “was enacted with discriminatory intent, has not been cleansed of its discriminatory taint, and continues to disproportionately impact Black voters,” according to a court order US District Judge Loretta Biggs issued Monday.
