4th u.s. circuit court of appeals

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a North Carolina man who's spent more than four decades in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit.

A three-judge panel has ordered the state government to pay just over $124,000 to the special master in a lawsuit against racial gerrymandering.

Elected officials in North Carolina violated the Constitution by opening meetings with Christian prayers and inviting audience members to join, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in a closely wat