Voters in North Carolina approved the constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. 

N.C. Marriage Vote Opponents Play on Civil Rights Message

7,600 people were sterilized in North Carolina against their will between 1929 and 1974. A state panel voted Tuesday to pay the victims $50,000 each. 

The Daily Frame: Fans of German-born, North Carolina-raised hip-hop artist J. Cole attend a concert last week at Shepherds Bush Empire in London.

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