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The North Carolina Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday a request by the trailing candidate in an extremely close race for a seat on this same court to rule now on whether well over 60,000 ballots should be removed from the tally.

Attorneys general from 22 states, including North Carolina, have sued to block President Donald Trump's move to end a century-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship. That long-held practice guarantees that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents' status.

Food deserts, or low-income areas where grocery stores are more than a mile away, exist in all but one of Winston-Salem’s wards. The city’s Hispanic community is particularly impacted – Second Harvest Food Bank served more Latinos last year than any other demographic. 

The council's procedural move is the first step as the city looks at ways to revamp its minority and women business enterprise program.

Because of the timing of the rate process, homeowners in western North Carolina won’t feel a big insurance pinch for at least the next two years.

The American Hebrew Academy site was originally to be used as a housing facility for unaccompanied minors.

The state requires 1,025 hours of instruction per academic year. However, with multiple school closures due to snow and other weather-related events, the district is about 13 hours short.