Man wins $2.6 million after receiving a scratch-off ticket from his father

North Carolina legislators return to adjust the budget and consider other issuesA conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states

US banning TikTok? Your key questions answeredNew Jersey is motivating telecommuters to appeal their New York tax bills. Connecticut may be nextSupreme Court to consider when doctors can provide emergency abortions in states with bans

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Terry Carter, 'Battlestar Galactica' and 'McCloud' star, dies at 95

Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartlandNorth Carolina schools chief loses primary to home-schooling parent critical of ‘radical agendas’

A Texas GOP brawl is dragging to a runoff. How the power struggle may push Republicans farther rightLawyer behind effort to remove Fani Willis from Georgia Trump case testifies before state lawmakers

Senate committee advances bill to create a new commission to review Kentucky’s energy needsGov. Gavin Newsom’s campaign donor says his Panera Bread restaurants will follow minimum wage law