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In today’s news: a federal lawsuit pits Chatham County against a local church, while another suit challenges federal health funding cuts. Also: Democratic lawmakers cross the aisle to praise the new State House Speaker (for procedure, not policy); North Carolina lifts a statewide outdoor burning ban; UNC students confront a looming TikTok ban; Tar Heel basketball lands its first incoming transfer of the year; a UNC lacrosse star earns a national honor; and Carolina baseball no-hits Gardner-Webb, their first no-hitter since 1999.

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