https://apnews.com/0c7446111102428f8f2ca90614d68137 > RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's highest court has upheld a civil judgment against a former Republican congressional candidate in which jurors decided he made false and misleading statements while urging two people to invest in a now-closed technology company. > A state Supreme Court majority rejected on Friday legal arguments made by attorneys for Greg Brannon, who was ordered after a 2014 trial to pay $250,000 to investors in a company of which he became a board member.