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UPDATE: Charges dismissed against woman accused of locking boyfriend in a Monroe storage unit for days

Travelers wait at the check-in counter for Southwest Airlines in Denver International Airport Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Southwest Airlines no longer letting checked bags fly for free

Avelo

Avelo Airlines adds new routes from Concord

Watch On Economy

Trump says he’ll double planned tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel

Russ Ferguson sworn in as new US Attorney for the Western District of NC.

New US Attorney for NC’s Western District sworn in

Man Dead, Woman And Child Injured After Shooting In Lancaster Home

UPDATE: Child dies from injuries after shooting in Lancaster, suspect killed by deputies identified

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UPDATE: CMPD identifies man killed by police after shooting at officers

With the White House in the background, demolition begins on the Black Lives Matter mural, Monday, March 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

DC begins removing ‘Black Lives Matter’ plaza from street near White House

Candles for Pope Francis are seen at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 where Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Doctors say Pope Francis no longer in imminent danger, remains hospitalized

Watch On Economy

Dow drops 950, and Wall Street flirts with its worst day in years on worries about the economy

Lake Norman High School suspends its varsity boys' basketball program for the remainder of the season due to an eligibility violation.

LNHS athletic director resigns days after varsity boys basketball ends season over eligibility violation

From: JJ's Red Hots

‘It was all for you,’ Dilworth restaurant closing after almost 13 years

A preliminary hearing held in Beverly Hills, Calif., for Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez, was postponed as their lawyers fought to keep potentially incriminating evidence out of the case, April 12, 1991. (APP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

LA district attorney says he won’t support resentencing the Menendez brothers

Rhett Bolen

Monroe names new Police Chief

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 19, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Purge of USAID programs complete with 83% of agency’s programs gone

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) brings the ball up the court against the Detroit Pistons during the second half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Saturday, March 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Steph Curry makes historic move joining Davidson as assistant GM for basketball

Carolina Panthers cornerback Jaycee Horn (8) plays during an NFL football game between the Carolina Panthers and the Dallas Cowboys on Dec. 15, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman, file)

Panthers make Jaycee Horn the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL

Crime Handcuffs

Juvenile charged with murder after woman dies following shooting in north Charlotte

Spirit Airlines Bankruptcy

Low-cost airline adding flights from Charlotte

Two people have life-threatening injuries following a shooting Thursday afternoon in northeast Charlotte.

Two people hurt in shooting near Charlotte middle school

Mexico Canada Tariffs

Trump signs orders for monthlong delay on some new tariffs on Mexico and Canada

One person died after a car crashed into a Statesville laundromat, sparking a fire on Thursday.

Driver killed after crashing into Statesville laundromat causing a fire

Mexico Canada Tariffs

Trump delays tariffs on most goods from Mexico for a month

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, left, shouts as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

House censures Democratic Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump’s joint address to Congress

Watch On Schools

Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. Here’s what it does

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83-year-old man killed after crash in Burke Co.

An x-ray shows what are believed to be two diamond earrings that were stolen from a Tiffany & Co. jewelry store in central Florida and were swallowed by a suspect. ( Orlando Police Department office via AP)

X-ray shows Tiffany diamond earrings swallowed by theft suspect

Damage from a possible tornado in Union Co.

UPDATE: National Weather Service confirms EF1 tornado in Union Co.

Mexico Canada Tariffs

Trump grants one-month exemption for US automakers from new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada

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Neighbors told to lock doors as officials search for DMV robbery suspect in Chester

Trump Speech

Watch on demand: President Trump’s remarks to Congress

Firefighters battle the Eaton Fire as it engulfs structures Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

LA County sues Southern California Edison, alleging utility’s equipment sparked wildfire

Developing Story

1 person killed in accident at business in southwest Charlotte

Watch On Economy

Trump administration signals the tariffs against Canada and Mexico may soon have exemptions

Mexican painter Roberto Marquez places a painting of Pope Francis he made outside the Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Catholic Church opens Lent season with words of solidarity for pope sidelined with pneumonia

Shooting reported in south Charlotte neighborhood.

Large police presence after shooting reported in south Charlotte neighborhood

Medic took one person to the hospital after a shooting 3/4/25 on West Boulevard.

Shooting investigation in west Charlotte

People sit by the statue of Pope John Paul II set outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis in Rome, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope stable with no new respiratory crises

Dolly Parton performs during an event celebrating the Kansas statewide expansion of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Overland Park, Kan. Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday, March 3, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn., at age 82. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years who inspired ‘Jolene,’ dies at 82

TSA: More firearms found at Charlotte Douglas than any other NC airport in Jan/Feb

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US tariffs take effect and Mexico, Canada and China retaliate with their own tariffs on the US

Money

NC tax refunds will be on the way soon

Animal Care And Control

Animal Care & Control waives adoption fees to help with kennel space crisis

Candles for Pope Francis are seen at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 where Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis suffers new breathing crises Vatican says

Watch On Economy

Trump says 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports will start Tuesday

Smoke is seen from a wildfire burning in Myrtle Beach, SC on Sunday, March 2, 2025.

How to stay healthy as wildfires burn across the Carolinas

California Marijuana Testing

More NC children getting sick from cannabis products

Ta'Haley Payton

Mother of missing woman found dead in Midtown Charlotte says autopsy results aren’t adding up

Rodney McMullen, Chairman and CEO of Kroger, speaks during a news conference at a Kroger supermarket as the company announces new associate benefits attributed to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Monday, April 16, 2018, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

CEO of Kroger, parent company of Matthews-Based Harris Teeter, stepping down after personal conduct investigation

President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)

Joint news conference canceled after Trump shouts at Zelenskyy in Oval Office

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