BREAKING NEWS

US attorney general to hold news conference on North Carolina

US Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Vanita Gupta, the head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, will hold a news conference at 3:30 p.m. (1930 GMT) on Monday to discuss a law enforcement action relating to North Carolina, the department said in a statement.
It provided no further details. Earlier on Monday, North Carolina officials sued the Justice Department for challenging the state's law on public restroom access.