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The North Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments Sept. 9, 2026 on whether a case against TikTok should be heard in state court. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)
By Clayton Henkel
Millions of North Carolinians routinely download and use TikTok for entertainment, news and advertising. But its popularity in the state doesn’t mean that ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, should be tried here, attorneys for the social media giant argued Wednesday before the North Carolina Supreme Court.
The case stems from an October 2024 lawsuit filed by then-Attorney General Josh Stein in which a bipartisan group of attorneys general sued ByteDance for designing the app to addict young kids with its features and deceiving parents that it had safety guidelines in place to protect kids. Attorney General Jeff Jackson is now pursuing the case against TikTok.
A Sunny Paperhand Puppet Parade at the Festival for the Eno. (Photo: Fred Myers/ Eno River Association)
By Trevon Spencer
Climate change and rising costs have prompted the Eno River Association to rethink a nearly 50-year-old July tradition
For nearly five decades, the Festival for the Eno has brought thousands of people to the banks of the Eno River around the Fourth of July. But the organization behind the festival says increasingly extreme heat and unpredictable weather have forced it to rethink when and how the fundraising event is held.
Former Republican NC Gov. Pat McCrory(left), former Republican Wake Co. Sheriff Donnie Harrison (center), and James Hardaway on a Sept. 8, 2026 tour of the Wake County Board of Elections headquarters. McCrory is working to build public confidence in election results. (Photo: Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline)
By Lynn Bonner
Voters should be assured of the safeguards that produce accurate election results and of the professionalism of those responsible for correct counts, said former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.
To that end, McCrory, who is the North Carolina leader of a group called RightCount, invited reporters on his tour of the inner workings of the Wake County Board of Elections on Tuesday as staff prepares for the general election.
People vote in a special election to replace Mikie Sherrill in the House of Representatives in Morristown, New Jersey, on Feb. 5, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)
By Jacob Fischler
The Democratic-led states and voting rights groups suing to block enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail-in voting warned in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday the policy would have disastrous consequences for the upcoming midterm elections if it is allowed to move forward.
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