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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has conceded the governor's race, clearing the way for Democrat Roy Cooper to be declared the winner. The concession nearly four weeks after Election Day comes after appeals dried up and postelection counts saw Cooper's narrow lead increasing. McCrory was weighed down by a law he signed limiting LGBT rights, and he was unable to generate the same voter support that lifted Republicans Donald Trump and Richard Burr to victory in the state. Cooper's win marks an important consolation prize for national Democrats after a disappointing election.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy says imposing tariffs on companies that move their operations overseas could result in a trade war. President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday he'd impose a 35 percent tax on companies that close U.S. factories, then relocate abroad and try to sell their products back to the United States. Republicans have long opposed such an approach, and it would likely need congressional approval.
NEW YORK (AP) — Aides to Donald Trump aren't saying what he'll do about the Dakota Access oil pipeline once he takes office in January. Trump spokesman Jason Miller said today that the incoming president supports construction of the pipeline. But he wouldn't say whether Trump would reverse an Army Corps of Engineers decision to deny a permit for the pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota. The Standing Rock Sioux say the project threatens cultural sites and drinking water on their nearby reservation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say a man who fired a rifle inside a pizzeria in the nation's capital while investigating a fake news story about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring is expected to appear in court this afternoon. Police say Edgar Welch of North Carolina was arrested after yesterday's incident at Comet Ping Pong. No one was injured. An incident report lists an AR-15 rifle, a handgun, a shotgun and a folding knife among the items seized in the case.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — About 130 potential jury candidates have begun filing into a New Orleans courtroom for the trial stemming from the shooting death of former NFL player Will Smith. Cardell Hayes has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in Smith's death, and attempted second-degree murder in the wounding of Smith's wife. Smith was a retired New Orleans Saints player who played on the 2009 team that won the Super Bowl. He died after being shot eight times the night of April 9.
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