The Republican-controlled North Carolina state Senate overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D-NC) veto on a bill that would strip executive power from the state’s newly elected Democrats and give it to state legislators.

North Carolina legislative Republicans are closing in on enacting a measure that would erode powers of the incoming governor and other statewide Democratic officials who got elected last month.

After prevailing in a state that went for Republican Donald Trump, Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein said that his service as North Carolina's attorney general gave voters confidence and called the Tar Heel state a "bright spot" for Democrats on election night.

Fists flew and pepper spray filled the air near midfield at Ohio Stadium after Michigan's upset victory over the rival Buckeyes.

The Atlantic Coast Conference fined four of its schools on Monday for scuffles that broke out during rivalry week in college football, which had a rash of fights between players who attempted to plant flags and other team symbols on their rivals' fields.

The ACC has issued fines to NC State, North Carolina, Virginia Tech and Virginia for violation of the conference's sportsmanship policy. NC State and North Carolina were involved in a postgame fracas over flag planting in Week 14,