Emery P. Dalesio
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Raleigh, NC, United States
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After NC ballot fraud, voters concerned about fair elections
In the North Carolina county where a congressional election was scrapped last year after suspected ballot tampering, voters say the county's history of underhanded politics makes them wonder whether fairness will continue beyond next week's special election. "In this county, I've always → Read More
NC election tests Trump clout, suburban flight from GOP
MINT HILL, N.C. (AP) - A tossup special election in North Carolina is shaping up as a pre-2020 test of President Donald Trump's pull on voters and whether the suburbs are continuing the flight from Republicans that fueled the party's 2018 congressional election debacle. The House district flows eastward from the prosperous Charlotte suburbs into rural areas hugging the South Carolina border.… → Read More
NC election tests Trump clout, suburban flight from GOP
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File FILE - In this May 15, 2019, file photo, Ninth Congressional district Democratic candidate Dan McCready answers a question during a news conference in Charlotte, N.C. There’s a do-over special election next week for an open House seat from North Carolina. And it’s providing a pre-2020 test of President Donald Trump’s popularity and whether the suburbs… → Read More
North Carolina judges throw out state legislative maps as gerrymandered
The judges said legislators took extreme advantage in drawing voting districts to help elect a maximum number of Republican lawmakers. → Read More
Judges rule against ‘extreme partisan’ voting maps drawn by North Carolina GOP
The judges gave lawmakers two weeks to try again. → Read More
North Carolina judges toss districts drawn for GOP advantage
"Partisan intent predominated over all other redistricting criteria resulting in extreme partisan gerrymandered legislative maps," the judges wrote. → Read More
North Carolina trial court rejects gerrymandered GOP legislative redistricting maps
A three-judge trial court has said Republican-drawn maps are so gerrymandered they diminish democracy. → Read More
NC judges toss districts drawn for GOP advantage
RALEIGH — A North Carolina judicial panel rejected state legislative district maps Tuesday, saying legislators took extreme advantage in drawing → Read More
North Carolina judges toss districts drawn for GOP advantage
A North Carolina judicial panel on Tuesday rejected state legislative district maps, saying legislators took extreme advantage from drawing voting districts to help elect a maximum number of Republican lawmakers. → Read More
Rivals in N. Carolina special election: Gun laws need work
CHARLOTTE — The two main candidates in the country's only still-undecided congressional district debated Wednesday how to tackle gun violence and → Read More
Candidates in N. Carolina special election meet for debate
CHARLOTTE — The two main candidates in the country's only congressional district still without a representative since last year's elections were → Read More
Jury sides with author Nicholas Sparks in lawsuit by former school headmaster
A jury backed novelist Nicholas Sparks and the school he founded, dismissing claims by the ex-headmaster that he was unjustly fired, then slandered. → Read More
Jury backs Nicholas Sparks in lawsuit by former school head
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A federal jury sided Wednesday with novelist Nicholas Sparks and the private Christian school he founded in his North Carolina hometown, dismissing claims by the school's former headmaster that he was unjustly fired and then slandered by the author. Jurors spent about three hours before deciding that the author of "Message in a Bottle" and "The Notebook," the novelist's… → Read More
Jury backs Nicholas Sparks in lawsuit by former school head
A federal jury sided Wednesday with novelist Nicholas Sparks and the private Christian school he founded in his North Carolina hometown, dismissing claims by the school's former headmaster that he was unjustly fired and then slandered by the author. Jurors spent about three hours before deciding → Read More
Jury backs Nicholas Sparks in lawsuit by former school head
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal jury sided Wednesday with novelist Nicholas Sparks and the private Christian school he founded in his North Carolina hometown, dismissing claims by the school's former headmaster that he was unjustly fired and then slandered by the author.Jurors spent about three hours before deciding that the author of "Message in a Bottle" and "The Notebook," the novelist's… → Read More
Contest offers chance to meet Dolly Parton at 50th Anniversary Grand Ole Opry performance
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — To celebrate a huge milestone, legendary country music star Dolly Parton is offering a chance for one lucky fan to celebrate with her. Dolly Parton is inviting fans to enter to be her VIP guest at her sold-out 50th-anniversary show at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on October 12. The […] → Read More
Dem House candidate joins GOP rival in helping super PACs
RALEIGH — The Democrat in the country's last undecided U.S. House race has decried dark money in politics but is joining his Republican rival by making it easier for outside flows of political spending to help out their campaigns.A four-minute silent video of Charlotte's Dan McCready was uploaded on YouTube last week. McCready is running against Republican state Sen. Dan Bishop and two other… → Read More
Novelist Sparks: Ex-school head started fires he put out
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Novelist Nicholas Sparks says problems at the private Christian school he founded in his North Carolina hometown were claiming too much of his attention before cutting ties with a headmaster four months after he started. Sparks testified for a second day Thursday about the 2013 departure of the educator hired to […] → Read More
Author Nicholas Sparks denies lawsuit claims that he defamed educator
RALEIGH, N. C. (AP) — Author Nicholas Sparks was balancing his entertainment career with overseeing the private Christian school he founded in his North Carolina hometown when he concluded the school's new headmaster was a failed experiment, the novelist testified Wednesday in a federal lawsuit. Sparks said he sought the educator's resignation before leaving for a 2013 business trip and days… → Read More
Jury selected in defamation lawsuit against author Sparks
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A jury is ready to start hearing evidence in a federal lawsuit accusing novelist Nicholas Sparks of defaming the former → Read More