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.

The North Carolina Senate is overriding Governor Roy Cooper’s veto on Senate Bill 832. The Monday vote was 30-19. Cooper called the bill a ‘sham’ and a power grab by Republicans and said that it was disguised as Helene relief funding to get it pushed through.

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.

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

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,