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Money for N.C. ‘Freedom Park’ signed into law by Gov. Cooper

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks during a briefing at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, June 2, 2020. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP)

White House to ‘seriously consider’ second stimulus payment, US treasury secretary says, as unemployment rate falls to 11.1%

FILE - In this April 23, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump's name is seen on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, in San Antonio. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in coronavirus relief payments have been sent to people behind bars across the United States, and now the IRS is asking state officials to help claw back the cash that the federal tax agency says was mistakenly sent. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Stonewall Jackson removed from Richmond’s Monument Avenue

Florida sheriff says he will deputize gun owners if violent protests erupt

Handgun (Stock image/Getty)

President Trump says he is ‘all for masks’ and that he likes the way he looks in one

Man brings toys for birthday kids isolated by virus

11 more people arrested outside N.C. governor’s mansion

North Carolina Executive Mansion (NCDCR)

North Carolina to test all nursing home residents, workers

FILE - In this Friday, June 12, 2020 file photo, a nurse uses a swab to perform a coronavirus test in Salt Lake City. Months into the outbreak, no one really knows how well many of the screening tests work, and experts at top medical centers say it is time to do the studies to find out. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

President Trump threatens to veto defense bill to keep Confederate base names like Fort Bragg

Fort Bragg sign (Photo by Logan Mock-Bunting/Getty Images)

Officers put on leave over photos tied to Elijah McClain