The latest deadly breach of the Capitolβs perimeter could delay the gradual reopening of the buildingβs grounds to the public just as lawmakers were eyeing a return to more normal security measures following the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Liberal activists are stepping up calls for corporate America to denounce Republican efforts to tighten state voting laws, and businesses accustomed to cozy political relationships now find themselves in the middle of a growing partisan fight over voting rights.
Major League Baseball announced Friday it was moving this summerβs All-Star Game from Atlantaβs Truist Park, a response to Georgia enacting a new law last month restricting voting rights.
A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife, law enforcement officials said.
Add travel to the activities vaccinated Americans can enjoy again, according to new U.S. guidance issued Friday.
In Mecklenburg Co, sexually transmitted infections β like gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis, increased by roughly 13% in 2020, according to the county health department. Nationwide however, the CDC says STI's took a downturn.
As April begins, so does Child Abuse Prevention Month and officials with The Lighthouse Children's Advocacy Center say they are planning an awareness campaign complete with placing blue Mylar pinwheels outside buildings in Gaston County.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Thursday that Hall of Fame basketball coach Roy Williams is retiring after a 33-year career that includes three national championships.
K-pop superstar group BTS has condemned racism against Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in a statement saying theyβve experienced it themselves.
Pfizer announced Wednesday that its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protective in kids as young as 12, a step toward possibly beginning shots in this age group before they head back to school in the fall.
California-based stock trading firm Robinhood is expanding operations to Charlotte which will create nearly 400 new jobs in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced Tuesday.
The CDC extended its federal moratorium on eviction for non-payment of rent until June 30.
Regal is reopening select theatres after being closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.Β
Attorneys for the man sentenced to federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation are set to formally argue that his conviction and death sentence should be overturned.
A year after COVID-19 upended life for millions of Americans, there are troubling signs that the coronavirus may have also slowed progress against another deadly health threat: smoking.
Eddie Murphy was inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame at the organizationβs show that highlighted works by entertainers and athletes of color.
Lawmakers reached an agreement late Saturday to legalize recreational marijuana sales in New York.
The Biden administration is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding network of emergency sites to hold thousands of immigrant teenagers, alarming child welfare experts who say the waiver compromises safety.
Anyone worried about damaging their COVID-19 vaccination card can go get it laminated for free at office supply stores across the nation such as Office Depot, OfficeMax, and Staples.
Bill Griffin waited more than a year for this moment: Newly vaccinated, he embraced his 3-year-old granddaughter for the first time since the pandemic began.
