In photo above: Hasan Harnett By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH — The North Carolina Republican Party elected its first black chairman Saturday, June 6, in an upset victory
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By EMERY P. DALESIO Associated Press CHAPEL HILL – Trustees at the country’s oldest public university decided Thursday, May 28, to rename a University of North Carolina classroom building so
In photo above: B.B. King By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS — B.B. King believed anyone could play the blues, and that “as long as people have problems, the
In photo above: Duke University political science professor Jerry Hough. (Photo courtesy of Duke University) By JONATHAN DREW Associated Press RALEIGH — A Duke University professor criticized for an online
(Above: AP Photo by Abbas Dulleh- In this photo taken on Friday, May 8, 2015, Mercy Kennedy, left, sits with
(Above: Photo by Patrick Semansky/AP Photo) By BEN NUCKOLS and MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press BALTIMORE — Months before a young black
(Above: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky- A man walks past a burning police vehicle, Monday, April 27, during unrest following the funeral
Demonstrators throw rocks at the police after the funeral of Freddie Gray on Monday, April 27, 2015, at New Shiloh
In photo: Loretta Lynch in Senate hearings. AP photo Lynch was confirmed in a Senate vote that was slightly wider
By GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press RALEIGH —The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a North Carolina court ruling that
