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Last week, federal judges struck down 30 North Carolina state legislative districts as unconstitutional because the court said were racially gerrymandered.

The Wake County Board of Elections will appeal a federal court ruling that rejected the state legislature's district lines for the county board of commissioners and the school board.

Gov. Pat McCrory is standing firm in an open records battle with the media. The governor will appeal a judge's decision refusing to dismiss a lawsuit brought by several media outlets.

In a case that lasted years, Israel's highest court ordered removal of a synagogue built on Palestinian land. But the case was complicated by the government's $1.3 million payout to Jewish settlers.

As campuses crack down on sexual assaults, some have said the rights of the accused have been trampled. Recently, courts have slammed some schools for systems they say are stacked against the accused.