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[ ![NCAA settlement with Carolina tennis player questioned by judge](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/7975a8fa2a.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/ncaa-settlement-with-carolina-tennis-player-questioned-by-judge)

 By Carolina Journal

(Carolina Journal) – A federal judge has questions about the $2 million settlement ending a lawsuit between University of North Carolina tennis player Reese Brantmeier and the NCAA.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Quintuple fatal in Virginia renews focus on English language in CDL licensures](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/97db4e5903.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/quintuple-fatal-in-virginia-renews-focus-on-english-language-in-cdl-licensures)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Jing Dong, a U.S. citizen after immigrating from China, will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the quintuple fatal crash early Friday morning, State Police in Virginia say.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Election 2026: Stumps heavy with economy, crime in U.S. Senate race](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/f22dbe1667.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/election-2026-stumps-heavy-with-economy-crime-in-u-s-senate-race)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Democrat and fifth decade politician Roy Cooper’s campaign to succeed Sen. Thom Tillis, flipping one of 53 seats in the U.S. Senate, is locked in on taxpayers’ wallets