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Elections Director DeNay Harris was placed on administrative leave and then fired after a series of high-profile clashes with the county and local elections board. The state upheld her termination for failing to perform her job duties, making false statements, and other issues. Harris accuses the state and local elections board of retaliation and violating her state constitutional rights.
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Earlier this year, 21-year-old Edilberto Espinoza Sierra was killed by law enforcement officers in a downtown Wilmington parking deck. WHQR's Aaleah McConnell digs into the decision not to charge officers involved in the shooting and the family's ongoing search for justice.
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Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
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- New York Times lawyer talks about DOJ withdrawing subpoenas sent to Times' reporters
- NEH announces $41M in new grants
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- Community holds vigil for Wisconsin man killed by police
- How a Wisconsin community is reacting to a fatal police shooting
- Trump to impose double-digit tariffs on dozens of countries
- How to keep an ancient text interesting to students? Make it a summer blockbuster
State News
- ICE plans major new immigrant detention center in eastern North Carolina
- On the campaign trail, Republican Michael Whatley doesn’t talk about Trump like he used to
- 'D.T.?' How two letters can start a 'teen takeover' in Charlotte
- Downtown shootings cast a shadow over Asheville nightlife
- Asheboro Wastewater Treatment Plant leaks toxic chemical in waters
- New Christmas tree seed center opens in Ashe County
- NCGA allots $3.2M to Alamance schools for AI security pilot
- As Biltmore Village sidewalk repair project moves ahead, fate of five-dozen trees is in question
- Wake County opens its first ever DNA lab
- Public universities to receive long-awaited 'enrollment growth' funding, but some financial pressures still remain
