In today’s news: Chatham County and North Carolina officials take action against the EV maker VinFast. Also: Durham names a new police chief; Pittsboro names a new planning director; Chapel Hill Town Council member Louie Rivers discusses his first year on the job; Duke Energy agrees to lower its proposed rate increase; Marcus McFaul announces he’s retiring after 12 years as senior minister at Binkley Baptist Church; and local pollsters say Roy Cooper’s in a strong position to win this year’s U.S. Senate election – though not quite as strong as some recent surveys have indicated. And in sports: UNC men’s basketball schedules a preseason exhibition against Southern Cal; and UNC volleyball enters the season in the national top 20.
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