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Matthew "Jax" Myers, owner of Apex Tattoo Factory in Apex, North Carolina, was arrested Wednesday within minutes of reopening his tattoo parlor amid the state-wide coronavirus lockdown. (video screengrab The News & Observer)

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In this Oct. 16, 1990 photo, News & Observer editor Claude Sitton poses for a photo in his office, in Raleigh, N.C. Sitton, who was a leader among reporters covering the civil rights movement in the South in the 1950s and '60s and later won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015. He was 89. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Scott Sharpe)

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New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg told University of North Carolina graduates during his commencement address Sunday that last week's gay marriage vote in the state shows there is still work to be done for civil rights in the U.S. (News & Observer via Associated Press)