South Carolina is sending hundreds of National Guard troops to the nationβs capital at the request of President Donald Trump to help tamp down unrest in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
A week into the summer season that typically drives South Carolinaβs robust tourism economy, finding ways to safely draw visitors to the state amid the coronavirus outbreak is top-of-mind for officials discussing the stateβs reopening.
North Carolinaβs governor said Tuesday that the GOP must prepare for a scaled-back Charlotte convention because of the coronavirus pandemic, with the national Republican chairwoman responding that organizers would begin visiting other potential host cities.
The music industry is planning to turn off the music and hold a day to reflect and implement change in response to the death of George Floyd and the killings of other black people.
A second North Carolina General Assembly chamber is pushing ahead with legislation designed to help voters access absentee balloting should COVID-19 make in-person voting risky for them.
There are plenty of signs in the statistics that South Carolina is seeing a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the state.
Activists took their cry for justice to Charlotte's suburbs on Monday night. Hundreds marched through Dilworth and Myers Park, demanding justice for George Floyd and an end to police brutality.
From violent protest to deaths from Covid-19, many people feel hopeless
Wielding extraordinary federal authority, President Donald Trump threatened the nationβs governors on Monday that he would deploy the military to states if they did not stamp out violent protests.
An autopsy commissioned for George Floydβs family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floydβs neck for several minutes and ignored his cries of distress, the familyβs attorneys said Monday.
Charlotte native and owner of BW Sweets Bakery, Frankie White, goes mobile with the launch of BW Sweets Express - a food truck serving the Charlotte Metro area with delicious desserts.Β
Some business owners in South Carolina swept up broken glass, boarded windows and took stock of ransacked shelves Sunday after protests erupted into violence across the state.
Nations around the world have watched in horror at the civil unrest in the United States following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck until he stopped breathing.
With protesters taking to the streets across the United States again Sunday, Michael Jordan released a statement on George Floyd and the killings of black people at the hands of police.
As hurricane season starts Monday, most of North Carolinaβs coastal counties are grappling with shortfalls or concerns about equipment and resources as they balance the dual threat of tropical weather and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Republican National Committee says it wants to hear from North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper by Wednesday on whether the state can fully accommodate the partyβs national convention in August this summer.
Several vigils and marches saw large crowds throughout the day in Uptown on Sunday. The George Floyd protests remained mostly peaceful but CMPD used crowd clearing measures when missiles started to be thrown later into the night.
President Trump says anti-facist group is behind the violence.
Brad Keselowski inherited his second win in a week when the leaders crashed in front of him with a lap remaining Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway. He won the Coca-Cola 600 seven nights ago at Charlotte Motor Speedway when a caution with two laps remaining helped him get to victory lane.
SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Muskβs company.
Watch live as we walk along with the George Floyd protest march in Uptown Charlotte.
Thousands came together at First Ward Park in Uptown to pray for peace and march.Β
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