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November 19, 2020 at 1:59 pm

Court upholds hog verdict; Smithfield announces settlement

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a 2018 jury verdict that led to awarding monetary damages to neighbors of a...

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November 11, 2020 at 2:07 pm

North Carolina Sen. Tillis reelected, keeps seat for GOP

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis has won reelection to his U.S. Senate seat, confirming that Democrats must now win both runoff...

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to supporters at a election night rally Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Mooresville, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) NCCC122 NCCC122

November 10, 2020 at 12:20 pm

Cunningham concedes to US Sen. Tillis in North Carolina

Tillis, a staunch defender of President Donald Trump during the impeachment, also benefited from fallout over a Cunningham sex scandal late in the campaign.

October 24, 2020 at 7:30 am

Cunningham keeps low in NC Senate race marked by his affair

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Cal Cunningham is bypassing uncomfortable questions about his extramarital activities in the final days of his...

October 9, 2020 at 1:27 pm

Cunningham won’t directly address possible other affairs

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham refused on Friday to address whether other sexual affairs could surface days after The Associated...

FILE – Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham speaks during a televised debate with U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Raleigh, N.C. Cunningham has admitted to sending sexual text messages to a California strategist who is not his wife. Cunningham apologized but said he would not drop out of the race in a statement to multiple news outlets late Friday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool, file) NY107 NY107

October 7, 2020 at 11:20 am

Cunningham inches back into public as Army confirms probe

Cal Cunningham, a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve who is trying to unseat Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, acknowledged late last week that he and...

October 6, 2020 at 2:24 pm

Democrat’s personal scandal roils N. Carolina Senate race

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A race in North Carolina critical to control of the U.S. Senate has been thrown into turmoil over allegations of personal...

October 3, 2020 at 4:02 am

N. Carolina Senate race upended by sexting, virus diagnosis

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's intensely competitive and expensive U.S. Senate race has been upended by personal and health disruptions that sent sharp tremors...

September 25, 2020 at 6:34 am

Voters struggling with witness rules in early voting

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As the pandemic prompts a surge in voting by mail, voters in a handful of states, including the presidential battlegrounds of...

September 24, 2020 at 2:36 pm

GOP elections board members in NC resign over absentee deal

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The two Republican members of North Carolina's state elections board have resigned after signing off on a legal settlement to alter...