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NC teacher dies trying to save kids from rip current

Sunrise on Kure Beach by the Pier (Getty Images)

Prosecutor on leave over statements about boy shot by police

This image from Chicago Police Department body cam video shows the moment before Chicago Police officer Eric Stillman fatally shot Adam Toledo, 13, on March 29, 2021, in Chicago. (Chicago Police Department via AP)

Faith leaders across US join in decrying voting restrictions

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, Voters line up outside Vickery Baptist Church waiting to cast their ballots on Election Day in Dallas. In Georgia, faith leaders are asking corporate executives to condemn laws restricting voting access — or face a boycott. In Arizona and Texas, clergy have assembled outside the state capitols to decry what they view as voter-suppression measures targeting Black and Hispanic people. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Atlanta school replacing KKK leader’s name with Hank Aaron’s

FILE - Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron smiles as he is honored with a street named after him outside CoolToday Park, the spring training baseball facility of the Atlanta Braves, in North Port, Fla., in this Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, file photo. An Atlanta high school that was named after a Ku Klux Klan leader will strip the name and instead honor the late baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Liberty sues Jerry Falwell Jr., seeking millions in damages

FILE - In this, Nov. 13 2019, file photo, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. talks to Donald Trump Jr. about his new book "Triggered" during convocation at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. Liberty University has filed a civil lawsuit against its former leader, Jerry Falwell Jr., seeking millions in damages after the two parted ways acrimoniously last year. The Associated Press obtained the complaint, which was filed Thursday, April 15, 2021 in Lynchburg Circuit Court. (Emily Elconin/The News & Advance via AP, File)

No dice: Judge rejects challenge against NC casino plans

FILE - In this Friday, April 26, 2019 file photo, a sign welcomes people to the Catawba Indian Nation’s reservation near Rock Hill, S.C. The South Carolina-based tribe has received federal and state approvals to build and run a casino near Kings Mountain, North Carolina. A federal judge on Friday rejected a legal challenge from Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, which currently runs two casinos in the state. The land for the proposed casino is 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of the Catawba reservation in upstate South Carolina. (AP Photo /Jeffrey Collins, File)

NC court rules landlord is not liable after tenants’ dog bites child in face

North Carolina man sentenced after killing daughter, daughter-in-law by driving Jeep into restaurant

Stock image of broken glass. (Getty Images)

House Republicans discuss forming America First Caucus to save ‘Anglo-Saxon’ traditions

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2021 file photo, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Greene was briefly suspended from Twitter Sunday, April 4 in what the platform called an error. It's the second time in less than a month that that has happened to the Georgia Republican's account. Twitter said Monday, April 5 that automated systems were to blame for both. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

North Carolina’s unemployment rate continues to fall; down to 5.2% in March