Cheri Beasley

The first Black woman to serve as chief justice of North Carolina's Supreme Court has become a partner in the law firm McGuireWoods.

Non-essential in-person court proceedings in North Carolina will be halted starting Monday for 30 days due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court announ

The razor-thin margin in the race for state Supreme Court Justice has not yet been resolved, and the North Carolina State Board of Elections says the counting will continue for a couple of days.