Opinion
How to not win wars
Setting public deadlines, exit strategies, and casualty limits is a time-honored way to lose wars.
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State’s top court orders new reviews of two high-profile media access disputes
A state Supreme Court decision in May involving media access to law enforcement video recordings could help resolve two similar high-profile legal disputes dating back to 2021. One involves the shooting death of Andrew Brown in Elizabeth City. The other focuses on a driving while impaired traffic stop of two Duke basketball players in Orange County.
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Appeals Court sides with Zion Williamson in dispute involving NC law
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of former Duke University basketball star Zion Williamson in his legal battle with a former agent. A unanimous three-judge panel upheld a lower court decision that the agent violated North Carolina state law.
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Federal Appeals Court wrestles with Zion Williamson agent dispute
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will decide in the weeks or months ahead whether to uphold a lower court’s ruling favoring pro basketball star Zion Williamson over his former sports marketing agency. A three-judge appellate panel heard oral arguments in the case Tuesday.
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Coach K’s grandson asks NC Supreme Court to steer clear of case involving his DWI stop
Former Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski’s grandson is urging the N.C. Supreme Court to reject a case involving media access to law enforcement recordings. The recordings are tied to a traffic stop of two Duke basketball players that led to drunk-driving charges.
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Media ask NC Supreme Court to ‘untangle’ ‘morass’ involving police recording access
A media coalition is urging the N.C. Supreme Court to take up a case dealing with access to police recordings. The case stems from a 2021 drunk driving stop in Orange County involving two Duke University basketball players. The media outlets hope to pair that case with a separate complaint involving recordings of a fatal 2021 police-related shooting in Elizabeth City.
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NC Appeals Court rules against media outlets seeking recordings of Duke basketball DWI stop
The N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled against a group of media outlets seeking law enforcement recordings of a November 2021 traffic stop involving two Duke basketball players, including Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s grandson. That stop eventually led to a guilty plea of driving while impaired from Michael Savarino.
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Durham, Orange counties now free from indoor mask mandates
Even if things are still tense after the Tar Heels beat the Blue Devils during Coach K’s final home game this weekend, the counties where UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University respectively reside can come together on one thing: The need for indoor masking is officially over. As of Monday, March 7, two of the...
Opinion
PARODY: Citing Duke loss, Rams Club wants H.B. 2 expanded
CHAPEL HILL — Some UNC-Chapel Hill boosters think they have found a surefire way to return the Tar Heel men’s basketball team to dominance among its Triangle competitors. They’re urging boosters in other Atlantic Coast Conference states to push for laws resembling the recently repealed House Bill 2, Carolina Journal has learned. “Want to beat...
Opinion
Poking fun at campus news items in verse
Lyrically dealing with UNCG and N.C. A&T's desire for bell towers, UNC-CH's desire for a cancer center, and a young man's desire for UNC-CH.
