Morning News Briefs: Friday, November 11, 2016

McCrory Campaign Creating Legal Expense Fund For Count

Gov. Pat McCrory's campaign is creating a special fund for legal expenses associated with keeping tabs on counting the results of the Republican's close election in which he's currently trailing.

McCrory's committee said it was filing paperwork Thursday at the State Board of Elections for the fund, which can receive unlimited amounts from individuals and $4,000 from corporations and PACs.

Democratic challenger Roy Cooper leads McCrory by almost 5,000 votes from 4.7 million ballots cast. The state board says there are at least 50,000 provisional ballots, as well as absentee ballots not yet counted. Counties will finalize totals late next week.

Police Investigating Damage To Banners At Republican HQ

Raleigh police are looking at damaged banners at the North Carolina Republican Party headquarters, including one celebrating Donald Trump's presidential election victory.

Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse says party workers arrived Thursday morning to find the banners on the front of the headquarters building shredded. Woodhouse says the banners had just been hung Wednesday evening.

A Raleigh police officer came to the scene later Thursday. Woodhouse says the party is looking at whether security cameras above the front door recorded what happened.

'Bye Bye Latinos' Written On Elon University Whiteboard

An Elon University student has admitted to writing "Bye bye Latinos hasta la vista" on a classroom whiteboard.

An Elon faculty member found the message Thursday and photographed the note before erasing it and reporting the incident to university officials.

The note was written two days after the victory of president-elect Donald Trump, who has made the deportation of illegal immigrants a prominent part of his platform.

The university said in a statement Thursday evening that an unidentified student had stepped forward and was "deeply remorseful" for writing the message.

NC KKK Plans Trump Victory Parade

A chapter of the North Carolina Ku Klux Klan has announced it will hold a parade to celebrate the election of Donald Trump.

The News and Observer reports that details of the rally are scarce, but that it is being held by the Loyal White Knights of the KKK, which is based in Pelham, a town near the Virginia border, about 45 minutes north of Burlington.

Their website describes the event as a victory parade. Donald Trump was officially endorsed by the KKK during his campaign against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

NC Leaders Ask 4th Circuit For Delay in LGBT Appeal

North Carolina's Republican leaders say a federal appeals court should wait for a U.S. Supreme Court case to be resolved before weighing in on a law limiting protections for LGBT people.

Lawyers for legislative leaders and Gov. Pat McCrory filed a motion Wednesday asking the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to delay the case on House Bill 2 until the Supreme Court decides a Virginia case concerning transgender restroom access.

The North Carolina law requires transgender people to use restrooms corresponding to their birth certificates in many public buildings.

Jones, Wilson Help Duke Upset No. 15 North Carolina 28-27

Daniel Jones ran for two scores and threw for another to help Duke upset No. 15 North Carolina 28-27 on Thursday night.

The redshirt freshman gave the defense fits all night with his mobility for the Blue Devils (4-6, 1-5 Atlantic Coast Conference), running for 94 yards as part of a ground game that kept moving the chains against the Tar Heels (7-3, 5-2, No. 17 CFP).

The Tar Heels likely saw any chance of repeating as the league's Coastal Division champion die with this loss.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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