Hundreds of households in North Carolina remain without a private bridge two years after Hurricane Helene. Many are frustrated by a state program’s progress.

“There is no legal excuse” for the failure of 18 polling sites to open for early voting, a state lawmaker said.

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Hope, dread and the final stretch to Election Day.

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The penalty, one of the largest levied against a tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled users about their data privacy.

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