North Carolina

Pennsylvania Governor bans LGBT discrimination via executive orders

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has signed executive orders to prohibit discrimination by state contr...

Apr 08, 2016 12:39 AM EDT

US executives call to repeal Mississippi anti-LGBT law

Executives of several major U.S. corporations urged Mississippi on Wednesday to repeal a new state l...

Apr 07, 2016 01:05 AM EDT

Mississippi passes law that enables businesses to deny services to gay people

The state of Mississippi has passed a law that would allow businesses to deny services to gay couple...

Apr 06, 2016 02:11 AM EDT

North Carolina transgender bathroom law draws lawsuit

Transgender people challenged North Carolina’s new law that bans local governments from passing lo...

Mar 29, 2016 04:20 AM EDT

San Francisco mayor bans employee travels to North Carolina over ‘anti-LGBT’ law

San Francisco Mayor, Ed Lee, has issued a ban on all city-funded travels to the North Carolina after...

Mar 28, 2016 01:46 AM EDT

Concord man alleged of not returning VHS movie rental of “Freddy Got Fingered” 14 years later

A North Carolina man was arrested after police discovered that he had a warrant from 2002 for not re...

Mar 27, 2016 04:09 AM EDT

North Carolina heads to Supreme Court over redistricting case

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to stay a ruling that two North Carolina congressional districts be r...

Feb 24, 2016 06:24 AM EST

North Carolina awaits voter ID mandate for weeks

The fate of North Carolina's voter ID law may not be known for weeks after six-day trial. The law co...

Feb 07, 2016 10:49 PM EST

Trial to begin for lawsuit over ID requirement provision in North Carolina Voter ID Law

The legality of acquiring a valid photo identification requirement in the 2013 North Carolina law wi...

Jan 25, 2016 07:40 AM EST

Minority Groups Being Left Out as North Carolina’s Strict Voter-ID Rule Prevents Them from Voting; NC’s Law Trial Starts

North Carolina's new voter-id rule to be in trial this Monday. Minority groups demand it to be taken...

Jan 24, 2016 11:54 PM EST

Mistrial for North Carolina policeman who shot unarmed black man

A North Carolina judge declared a mistrial on Friday when a jury deadlocked in the trial of a white ...

Aug 21, 2015 07:06 PM EDT

U.S. justices refuse to restore North Carolina abortion ultrasound law

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by the state of North Carolina to revive its law requirin...

Jun 15, 2015 06:48 PM EDT

Former NFL player sentenced in North Carolina for mortgage fraud

A former NFL player was sentenced in North Carolina to almost four years in federal prison for being...

Sep 25, 2014 04:46 AM EDT

Book Banning: A North Carolina County Shelves Ralph Ellison's Classic Novel 'Invisible Man' From Its School Libraries (Video)

While deemed as one of the greatest American novels written since World War II, Ralph Ellison's "Inv...

Sep 19, 2013 03:10 PM EDT

North Carolina Gun Law: Legislation Forbids Police Dept. Destroying Confiscated Weapons (Video)

The state of North Carolina became the third state to forbid law enforcement from destroying unclaim...

Sep 03, 2013 07:26 PM EDT

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