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Feds: No Evidence Hackers Disrupted North Carolina Voting
A federal investigation hasn't turned up any evidence that cyber-attacks were responsible for computer errors that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016.
A report issued Monday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says it didn't identify any malware or remote access to the Durham County Board of Elections systems that it analyzed.
After voter check-in software failed, federal authorities conducted a forensic analysis of the county's electronic poll books to see if Russian military hackers who targeted the software provider may have tampered with registration information to disrupt voting.
Deadline Is Wednesday To Comment On New NC Public Game Land
The deadline to comment on how the North Carolina Wildlife Commission should manage more than 1,700 acres of new public game land is coming up this week.
The commission has sought the public's view of how to manage the 1,760-acre Dan River Game Land since September. A commission spokeswoman says the deadline to comment is Wednesday.
The opinions will help guide the management and activities on the game land, located four miles southwest of Eden on the Dan River, for the next 10 years.
The News & Record reports that the state became the full owner of the property in the spring of 2018 after purchasing acreage from the Piedmont Land Conservancy.
North Carolina Diocese Publishes List Of Credibly Accused Clergy
A Catholic diocese in North Carolina has published a list of 14 clergy who it says have been credibly accused of child sexual abuse since the diocese was established nearly 50 years ago.
The Diocese of Charlotte released the list Monday, along with a letter from the bishop, the Rev. Peter Jugis. In that letter, Jugis apologizes and expresses his "heartfelt sorrow" for the victims' suffering.
David Fortwengler is a leader of the Charlotte affiliate of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. He says the diocese should have released the list years ago when news broke of abuse by priests in Boston.
North Carolina's Longest-Serving Female Judge Dies At 54
A North Carolina judge who was the state's longest-serving woman on the bench has died after a two-year cancer fight.
Brunswick County Superior Court Judge Ola M. Lewis died Sunday at her Bolivia home, according to a state lawmaker who was the judge's godfather. She was 54.
A rare form of liver cancer was the cause of Lewis' death, according to a news release that the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office sent on behalf of state Sen. Bill Rabon.
Lewis had been a judge since 1993, making her the longest-serving woman on the bench in North Carolina.
Big Decisions Loom For New Panthers Owner David Tepper
The Carolina Panthers are in need of leadership and direction on and off the field as they prepare for an uncertain future.
Over the next few weeks and months, Panthers owner David Tepper will have some major decisions to make that will directly impact the long-term future of the team he purchased in 2018.
That begins in earnest this week with finding a head coach to replace Ron Rivera who was fired with four games remaining in the season. There is also the matter of figuring out the quarterback situation and the future of often-injured Cam Newton.
And finally, Tepper will look to hire an assistant general manager/vice president of football operations to aid general manager Marty Hurney,
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