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In today’s news: the UNC Board of Governors votes to cut DEI programs on all 17 system campuses, but knocks the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees for trying to shift those funds to campus police. Also: gunshots are fired into a Hillsborough home; Gov. Roy Cooper vetoes a transportation bill; the State Supreme Court backs attorneys who made false voter-fraud accusations; North Carolina joins a lawsuit against Ticketmaster; local water systems get federal funds to replace lead pipes; UNC baseball gets an ACC tournament win; Tar Heel men’s basketball lands a Vanderbilt transfer; and the Carolina hockey team joins Division 1.

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