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Palo Alto is asking the court to dismiss a suit from a group of police officers over a Black Lives Matter mural that the city commissioned in 2020 and that the officers claimed constituted harassment and discrimination.

Image: Adobe Stock The ACLU of North Carolina has settled a lawsuit with the N.C. Department of Public Safety to improve the testing and treatment of Hepatitis C in state prisons. A federal judge approved the settlement Monday. Hepatitis C is a liver infection caused by a virus. It is transmissible through blood contact or sharing items including syringes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was the deadliest infectious disease in the United States prior to the COVID...

Pete Randle and Jimmy Dale Parham have worked behind the scenes on election days and nights for a collective 48 years to ensure Monroe County elections have run smoothly. The two men are retiring from roles as county election commissioners and they were recently honored at the Monroe County Courthouse. Parham was appointed to the District 1 position to fill the seat of Robert Parham after he fell ill 20 years ago. After completing that unexpired term, he was elected to the position for the next...