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North Carolina block party shooting leaves 2 dead, 7 injured
June 22, 2020 | 1:01pmTwo people were killed and seven others wounded when at least 100 rounds were fired during a Juneteenth block party in Charlotte, North Carolina, early Monday – and five others...
Trump to move Republican National Convention out of North Carolina
June 2, 2020 | 11:30pmPresident Trump plans to move the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina over the state’s refusal to lift coronavirus social-distancing guidelines. Trump tweeted that he is now “forced” to...
North Carolina woman gets coronavirus despite staying home for three weeks
April 13, 2020 | 1:45amA North Carolina coronavirus patient said she was infected despite staying home for the three weeks leading up to her diagnosis last Thursday, a report said. “This is the sickest...
Gunman fatally shoots patient in ambulance: cops
March 19, 2020 | 9:40amA man in North Carolina shot and killed a patient as he was being treated in an ambulance, police said. Prentice Bess, 32, was taken into custody after Charlotte-Mecklenburg cops...
Woman tells Wendy's drive-thru clerk she was kidnapped: cops
July 5, 2019 | 2:54pmA woman in a car told a North Carolina fast-food drive-thru cashier early Friday that she had been abducted and now cops are trying to find her. Employees at a...
Touching military service held for slain UNC Charlotte hero
May 5, 2019 | 6:51pmHundreds of mourners gathered Sunday for a service with military honors for slain UNC Charlotte student hero Riley Howell. Friends and relatives remembered the 21-year-old Howell as a generous and...
Hero student who died tackling UNC gunman to be buried with military honors
May 5, 2019 | 9:24amThe hero UNC Charlotte student who died tackling a gunman in his classroom will be buried with full military honors following a memorial on Sunday. Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet...
UNC Charlotte shooting victim will walk across stage at graduation
May 3, 2019 | 11:56amOne of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte students wounded when a gunman opened fire in her classroom this week is set to walk across the stage at her graduation ceremony,...
UNC Charlotte shooter was disarmed by retired NYPD detective
May 2, 2019 | 10:46amThe man who disarmed the gunman who killed two people and injured four others at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte this week is a former member of the NYPD's elite...
Alleged UNC Charlotte shooter reportedly inspired by Sandy Hook
May 1, 2019 | 7:37pmThe ex-student accused of shooting up the University of North Carolina-Charlotte was inspired by the Sandy Hook massacre, according to a report. Trystan Terrell, 22, fully confessed to cops, telling...
Student killed at UNC Charlotte tackled shooter in final heroic act
May 1, 2019 | 6:30pmA student killed in the University of North Carolina-Charlotte shooting is being hailed as a hero for leaping in front of the gunman in an attempt to stop him. Riley...
UNC Charlotte shooter brags about how he 'went into his classroom and shot the guy'
May 1, 2019 | 4:27pmThe ex-student accused of opening fire inside a University of North Carolina-Charlotte classroom appeared to confess to the shooting Wednesday — as campus officials identified each of his victims Wednesday....
Woman who accused Kevin Olsen of rape breaks her silence
December 7, 2018 | 9:48amThe woman who accused former UNC Charlotte quarterback Kevin Olsen of raping her last year is speaking out publicly for the first time, saying she needed to “start standing up”...
Unruly passenger tries to fight airport workers on tarmac
February 28, 2018 | 11:30amThis grounded passenger was ready to throw down.
Restaurant could lose liquor license after deadly crash
February 14, 2018 | 12:02pmA restaurant in North Carolina could get its liquor license yanked for several days for serving a man 17 shots of liquor in a four-hour span before he crashed his...
Foul odor forces American Airlines flight to turn around
January 31, 2018 | 6:07pmCHARLOTTE, N.C. — An American Airlines flight has returned to a North Carolina airport about an hour after takeoff because of an odor in the cabin. American spokeswoman Katie Cody...
Man charged with killing pregnant girlfriend, unborn child
October 25, 2017 | 4:14pmCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Authorities say a pregnant woman found dead in South Carolina was killed by her boyfriend in North Carolina before being left on the side of a road....
These are the worst cities to start a business
October 17, 2017 | 3:27pmYou better hope your business goes south. The majority of the cities with the most opportunity for business owners were located in the South, according to a new study on...
Charlotte police release radio recordings from fatal shooting
September 29, 2016 | 2:58pmA Charlotte police officer tells a partner on the radio about an armed man parked nearby “rolling a joint” — minutes before a cop shot the man, Keith Lamont Scott,...