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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Gov.-elect Josh Stein have filed another lawsuit against a GOP-inspired law that strips away powers from several incoming Democratic state leaders. The newest suit filed Monday focuses on a key provision in the law that moves state election board appointment powers from the governor to the state auditor.

Officer Michael Horan was killed in the line of duty at a Food Lion on Lawndale Drive around 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 23. Tarell Isaac McMillian, 34, of Greensboro, has been charged with first-degree murder.

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According to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations Sex Offender Registry, Edward Jones was convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old in 2001, when he was 31. 

Crews are busy at work installing bottomless culvert bridges and widening roads to ensure safer access to Pilot Mountain State Park's Bean Shoals. The project is slated to conclude in the spring of 2025.

The decision comes after the state legislature de-annexed the land from the town of Summerfield in June.

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the case, and the two officers involved have been placed on administrative duty.