COLLEGE ADMISSIONS-BRIBERY Ex-tennis coach to plead guilty in college admissions case BOSTON (AP) — A former Georgetown University tennis coach is expected to plead guilty Monday in Boston federal court in the ongoing college admissions bribery case. Gordon Ernst was accused of accepting more than $2 million to help the children of wealthy parents get…… read more »

STATE BUDGET NC speaker: Medicaid expansion not in latest budget offer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The leader of the North Carolina House says the latest budget offer that Republicans sent to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper wouldn’t expand Medicaid broadly as Cooper wants. But Speaker Tim Moore says it does sweeten a previous proposal on worker…… read more »

STATE BUDGET NC GOP leaders send new budget-bargaining offer to Cooper RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders have sent another budget-bargaining offer to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. The offices of Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore said the joint proposal was taken to Cooper’s office Tuesday. It arrived two weeks after…… read more »

GRANDMOTHER KILLED-TWO CHARGED Granddaughter, boyfriend charged in 88-year-old’s death DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a granddaughter and her boyfriend have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of an 88-year-old Virginia woman. The Danville Register and Bee reports Danville police say 24-year-old Lindsey Mae Johnson and 22-year-old Nicasio Antonio Guzman are charged in…… read more »

PARKWAY OVERLOOK-BODY Body found near Blue Ridge Parkway overlook BLOWING ROCK, N.C. (AP) — The National Park Service says a man was found dead near an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that the park service says a park visitor reported the body on Saturday below the Yadkin…… read more »