In today’s news: the prosecution rests in the Faith Hedgepeth murder trial, and early voting turnout remains high for the 2026 midterm. Also: UNC settles 18 federal civil rights investigations; Orange County’s school board chair speaks out in support of Orange High School grad Isaac Gallegos, who’s now in ICE custody; Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Orange County officials get set to hear affordable housing proposals; and the Pittsboro town board gets the latest on Chatham Park. And in sports: UNC men’s basketball is unranked in the preseason AP poll, for the first time since 2005.
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