Sophia Vento

Nearly 1.01 million North Carolinians have already voted in the November general election, state officials reported Sunday.  The North Carolina State Election Board said 1,008,123 ballots have already been cast in the 2024 election, including 916,433 ballots cast via in-person early voting, 77,831 ballots via civilian absentee voting, and nearly 14,000 cast via military or overseas absentee...

Former President Trump took a swipe at Mark Cuban on Saturday, calling the billionaire who has hit the campaign trail for Vice President Harris “weak and pathetic.” “Mark Cuban is a Loser. Wouldn’t take his phone calls anymore while at the White House, and he went rogue,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday afternoon. “A...

Walmart reached a proposed settlement agreement about its distribution of prescribed opioids on Friday according to Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.  This settlement includes three separate shareholder cases, each of which alleged Walmart did not properly oversee the dispersion and distribution of prescription opioids under the Controlled Substance Act.  The agreement is still subject...

A U.S. soldier has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after seeking to support an ISIS attack that intended to kill American soldiers in the Middle East. Cole Bridges, also known as Cole Gonzales, pled guilty to terrorism charges in 2023. His prison sentence will be followed by 10 years of supervised release, according...

OpenAI expects roughly $5 billion in losses this year, according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC.  The company, which owns ChatGPT, had $3.7 billion in revenue this year and expects to increase revenue to over $11 billion next year, The Times initially reported. The losses, according to The Times, relate to general...

The State Department augmented its travel advisory in Lebanon after the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah from Israeli strikes, reupping calls for Americans to leave the country.  The updated advisory, issued on Saturday, ordered the departure of family members of non-mission-employed individuals and authorized for mission-employed family members and non-essential employees to leave the country. ...

Republicans are reprising efforts to legally challenge election law in three key battleground states that could help decide who wins in November. Michigan, North Carolina and Nevada are targets of the blitz, led by the Republican National Committee alongside state parties who are questioning election integrity when it comes to absentee ballots, the use of...

North Carolina will begin mailing absentee ballots late next week after a lawsuit from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delayed their distribution.  On Friday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections announced that all 100 counties must send ballots to eligible military and overseas citizens on Sept. 20. Ballots will be sent out by Sept. 24...