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The Latest: NC lawmakers fail to scrap ‘bathroom bill’

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The Latest on efforts to repeal House Bill 2 in North Carolina (all times local):

7:35 p.m.

A deal has fallen apart to undo the North Carolina law known as the “bathroom bill” in a sign of the state’s bitter political divide.

The state’s legislature was called into a special session Wednesday to consider repealing the law known as HB2 after months of pressure, including lost jobs and canceled sporting events and concerts.

But the Republican-controlled legislature showed once again that it preferred to go its own way.