Plaintiffs in one of the lawsuits over North Carolina’s HB 2 (the “bathroom bill”) scored a partial victory Friday when a federal district court made clear it was bound by higher-court precedent to rule for the plaintiffs. But that victory may be short-lived, as the U.S. Supreme Court will likely decide this matter in 2017.
North Carolina Marine veteran Allen Thornwell, who fought to defend the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan, says he was pink-slipped for lowering his employer’s American flag to half-staff on Memorial Day, The Charlotte Observer reports.
Dave Matthews Band will donate the proceeds from their upcoming concert in Charlotte to five organizations fighting North Carolina’s recently enacted transgender bathroom law.
Grayson Allen led Duke to the national basketball title and ranks as the top returning player. Megan Buckingham leads the greatest college sports program in history (UNC women’s soccer). The greatest upset unfolded on the Big Ten Network eight years ago when Appalachian State shocked the world.
For the second time in a month, a Confederate monument in Charlotte, N. C. has been vandalized, this time with spray paint.
Luke Ridnour endured a whirlwind tour of the league in 24 hours, going from Orlando to Memphis to Charlotte to Oklahoma City in one trade after another.
