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Senators want tougher language returned to driving phone ban
Some North Carolina state senators plan to try restoring robust language prohibiting handheld cellphone use while driving in legislation that got watered down before leaving the House last month. → Read More
Suspect fatally shot by Fort Worth police
Fort Worth police say police fatally shot an armed assault suspect who fled on foot and then didn't comply with instructions to get out of a truck where he was hiding. → Read More
Governor signs bill creating hurdles to change constitution
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Friday that creates more hurdles for citizens to change the Florida Constitution through petition drives. → Read More
Finalist named as next Georgia Tech president
Georgia Tech is a step closer to filling its open presidency. → Read More
Woman in viral racist rant sentenced to 1 year of probation
Authorities say a white woman in North Carolina whose racist rant against two black women having car trouble was captured in a viral video has been sentenced to probation and will not go to jail. → Read More
Whitmer joins lawmakers to call for adding LGBT protections
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday joined with Democratic lawmakers and others to get behind newly introduced legislation that would expand Michigan's civil rights law to include protections for LGBT people, saying it is time for the state to be on the right side of history. → Read More
Teenager's leg amputated after weekend shark attack
A 17-year-old who was attacked by a shark on the North Carolina coast over the weekend says she had a leg amputated. → Read More
Man gets DUI charge after reporting abuse by Georgia sheriff
Police reports show a 75-year-old man who filed a complaint that a Georgia sheriff had grabbed him by the throat was arrested on a drunken-driving charge the following day. → Read More
Suspension possible if SC town's mayor-elect takes office
A man recently elected mayor of a small South Carolina town will likely be immediately suspended once he takes the oath of office. → Read More
2021 MLB All-Star Game to be played in Atlanta
Major League Baseball's 2021 All-Star Game will be played at Atlanta in what could be the first national showcase for SunTrust Park since the stadium opened in 2017. → Read More
Official linked to Olympic ticket scam set to be IOC member
The IOC has nominated Greek official Spyros Capralos as a member, seven years after he was linked to black market ticket sales for the 2012 London Olympics. → Read More
Congress joins debate over sending TSA employees to border
Lawmakers are clashing over the Trump administration's move to send hundreds of Transportation Security Administration employees to the U.S.-Mexico border. → Read More
Mom of 5 slain children sobs on stand at ex-husband's trial
The mother of five slain children fell into heaving sobs during the death penalty trial of her ex-husband. → Read More
DeSantis signs bill to build 3 major Florida toll highways
Florida will build three new major toll highways through mostly rural areas under a bill signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday over the objections of environmentalists who have otherwise praised him since taking office. → Read More
Lawmakers urge special session on state prisons
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to call a special session as the state attempts to respond to scathing Department of Justice findings regarding state prisons. → Read More
Joe Biden steps up the retail politics in New Hampshire
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is stepping up the retail politics as his 2020 campaign moves toward full gear. → Read More
Woman convicted in strangulation death of stepdaughter
A 55-year-old stepmother has been convicted in the 2016 death of her child who was found strangled in the bathtub of her New York City home. → Read More
Jury selection nears in SC father's death penalty trial
Prosecutors and defense attorneys are ready to pick a jury in the death penalty trial of a father charged with killing his five children in their South Carolina home. → Read More
Sanders campaign workers ratify union contract
Approximately 100 of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign workers have ratified a new union contract. The campaign says that this is the first union contract for a major-party presidential campaign. → Read More
Lawmakers get ready to work out differences in SC's budget
South Carolina lawmakers are gearing up to work out differences in the House and Senate versions of the state's nearly $9 billion budget. → Read More