North Carolina lawmakers meeting to consider HB2 repeal
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and JONATHAN DREW North Carolina’s legislature is reconvening to see if enough lawmakers are willing to repeal a 9-month-old law that limited LGBT rights, including which…
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DIVIDED AMERICA: The evolving face of US immigration
By JOSH BOAK When Manasi Gopala immigrated to America, she finally got the chance to row crew. As a child in India, she had dreamed of the sport from watching…
New laws and rulings could cause Election Day confusion
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY With more than 120 million Americans expected to cast ballots for president this fall, the nation’s voting process seems more convoluted than ever and rife with…
Protesters in police shooting injure officers, shut highway
By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Authorities used tear gas to disperse protesters in an overnight demonstration that left about a dozen officers injured in North Carolina’s largest city and shut down…
Divided America: Diverse millennials are no voting monolith
GILLIAN FLACCUS, TAMARA LUSH and MARTHA IRVINE The oldest millennials — nearing 20 when airplanes slammed into New York City’s Twin Towers — are old enough to remember the relative…
Donald Trump’s Campaign Director Pulls Gun & Threatens To Shoot Staffer’s Kneecap
By Georgia Bristow Vincent Bordini, a former staffer from Donald Trump’s North Carolina operation, is suing both the Trump campaign and his former state campaign director, Earl Phillip. Bordini alleges…
Charting a road to 270, Clinton sets out most efficient path
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Hillary Clinton doesn’t appear all that interested in making scenic stops on her state-to-state quest to become president. The Democratic nominee is instead programming her GPS to…
DIVIDED AMERICA: Town and country offer differing realities
From where Peggy Sheahan stands, deep in rural Colorado, the last eight years were abysmal. Otero County, where Sheahan lives, is steadily losing population. Middle-class jobs vanished years ago as…