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Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power-shifting law could be first of many

Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power-shifting law could be first of many

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Gov.-elect Josh Stein on Thursday challenged the constitutionality of a portion of a law enacted just a day earlier by the Republican-dominated…

Trump is named Time’s Person of the Year and rings the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell

Trump is named Time’s Person of the Year and rings the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized for the second time by Time magazine as its person of the…

Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board

Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s elections board dismissed formal protests Wednesday by several Republican candidates who trailed narrowly in their races last month and had questioned well over…

Another recount won’t be ordered in a North Carolina court race, but protests are ahead

Another recount won’t be ordered in a North Carolina court race, but protests are ahead

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina election officials won’t order another recount in a close state Supreme Court race after a partial hand recount failed to suggest the trailing Republican candidate…

Trump names former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia to be ambassador to China

Trump names former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia to be ambassador to China

By COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia to be the U.S. ambassador to China, leaning on a former business executive turned politician…

Bitcoin tops $100,000 as big rally sparked by Trump election win rolls on

Bitcoin tops $100,000 as big rally sparked by Trump election win rolls on

NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin has topped the $100,000 mark as a massive rally in the world’s most popular cryptocurrency sparked by the election of Donald Trump rolls on. The milestone comes just hours after…