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    Trial has started in a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s photo voter identification law. The trial began Monday in Winston-Salem, more than five years after the NAACP sued over the voter ID law enacted by the Republican-dominated General Assembly. The litigation and a similar state lawsuit delayed implementation of the requirement until recently. The plaintiffs say the law violates the U.S. Constitution and Voting Rights Act and harms Black and Latino voters. Republican lawmakers defending the law say there are many more qualifying IDs compared with a 2013 voter ID law that was struck down. The trial could last several days. No immediate ruling is expected.

      The Federal Aviation Administration has opened an investigation into Boeing after the beleaguered company reported that workers at a South Carolina plant falsified inspection records on certain 787 planes. Boeing said its engineers have determined that misconduct did not create “an immediate safety of flight issue.” An executive who leads the 787 program said in an April 29 email to employees that a worker observed an “irregularity” in a required test of the wing-to-body join and reported it to his manager. Boeing investigated and learned that several people had falsified inspection records by saying they had completed certain tests when they hadn't. The executive says Boeing is taking “swift and serious corrective action.”

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