In 1789, North Carolina was admitted as the 12th U.S. state.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidentelect Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, has launched an effort to personally secure his embattled nomination, meeting behind closed doors Wednesday with Republican senators who have heard questions about the sexual misconduct and other allegations against him.

TORUN, Poland (AP) — The mother of late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins boycotted the world premiere of “Rust” at a film festival in Poland on Wednesday, saying she views it as an attempt by Alec Baldwin to “unjustly profit” from her daughter’s death.

(AP) – SpaceX on Tuesday launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching the booster with giant mechanical arms.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A parole board decided unanimously Wednesday that Susan Smith should remain in prison, despite her plea that God has forgiven her for infamously killing her two young sons 30 years ago by rolling her car into a South Carolina lake while they were strapped in their car seats.

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