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In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, wreckage is seen in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon, U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

Boats return to the Potomac River for DC plane crash recovery and investigation

Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Report says staffing in control tower was ‘not normal’ at time of deadly midair collision

This photo shows Marion Bowman Jr. released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections, awaits execution on death row. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP)

SCOTUS rejects appeal of SC inmate a day before his execution

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

RFK Jr. on defensive over his vaccine views as a key confirmation vote hangs in the balance

Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

American Airlines crew members based in Charlotte killed in midair collision

Family members say flight attendant Ian Epstein died in the midair collision near DC Wednesday night.

Family says Charlotte flight attendant killed in midair collision near DC

A information board displays a message at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Reagan National airport resumes flights following deadly midair collision

Debris is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

NC officials make urgent request to lawmakers on Helene and other hurricanes

Rail Trail

Part of Charlotte Rail Trail closing for maintenance

A boat works the scene in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Figure skating club says 6 members or associates were killed in a plane crash near DC

Trump Immigration

Trump says he plans to send migrants in US illegally to Guantanamo

President Donald Trump holds the document after signing the Laken Riley Act during an event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signs the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration’s first piece of legislation

Money

Trump White House rescinds memo freezing federal grants after widespread confusion

Watch On Economy

Fed hold rates steady, says job market is ‘solid’ while inflation ‘remains somewhat elevated’

Watch On Schools

Trump looks to repurpose federal money to expand school choice programs

New Concord Police Officers With Chief Hughes And Mayor Dusch

Concord Police Department adds 23 new officers

Trump Classified Documents

DOJ abandons criminal proceedings against 2 Trump co-defendants in classified documents case

Retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appears before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Defense secretary pulls Trump critic Gen. Milley’s security clearance and protective detail

President Donald Trump greets a Marine Corps honor guard as he disembarks Marine One upon arrival on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Trump offering federal workers buyouts in effort to shrink government

(D) Rep. Joe John / Wake Co. resigns after terminal cancer diagnosis.

U.S. and NC flags to remain at half-staff Thursday to honor Rep. Joe John

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives to appear before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

RFK Jr. appears on Capitol Hill for first HHS confirmation hearing

Lazaurus Cunningham is charged with felony hit-and-run.

Monroe Police arrest suspected hit-and-run driver

Money

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans

Caroline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy warns senators that cousin RFK Jr. is a ‘predator’

Money

Trump orders a funding freeze as his administration reviews federal loans and grants

Man wanted for using a sledgehammer to break into a Rolex display case at SouthPark Belk store.

Man uses sledgehammer to steal Rolex watches at SouthPark mall

North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell walks through the Republican Governors Association conference, Nov. 16, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Review of ex-NC treasurer’s use of state cars ends with no charges

Gavel Scales Of Justice

Six active duty service members file first lawsuit challenging Trump’s transgender troop ban

16-year-old Zaquavious “Tank” Dawkins was shot and killed on 1/26/25 in Gastonia. Picture from GoFundMe.

Teen charged in deadly shooting of 16-year-old in Gastonia

Chance Jamison Mug

Convicted felon wanted for robbing discount stores in Statesville arrested in Charlotte

A candle is blamed for sparking a fire Monday at the Hickory Gardens apartments in Hickory.

Candle blamed for sparking 2 alarm fire at senior apartments in Hickory

Firefighters work to put out a fire at the old Wilmore School on West Blvd. Monday 1/27/25.

Charlotte Fire battling 2 alarm fire in west Charlotte

Goldman Sachs: Artificial Intelligence Could Impact 300 Million Jobs

Tech stocks tumble as a Chinese competitor threatens to upend the AI industry

Crime Handcuffs

Nigerian man extradited to the U.S. after being indicted for sextortion scheme that caused York Co. teen’s death

Helene Recovery Feature Image

Duke Energy launches grant program for organizations helping western NC recovery efforts

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake rattles northern New England

Donald Trump

White House claims victory in a showdown with Colombia over taking deported migrants

Cats Charlotte Area Transit

Charlotte Area Transit announces service changes

Nascar Jimmie Johnson Daytona 500

Jimmie Johnson becomes majority owner of Legacy Motor Club

Shooting

18 year old, juvenile charged in deadly northwest Charlotte shooting

Nashville School Shooting

Teen fatally shoots female student and himself inside Nashville high school

Crime Handcuffs

Five men arrested following yearlong human trafficking investigation in Rowan Co.

Shooting

Medic: Two people shot in south Charlotte

Justice Department Immigration

Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration directs all federal DEI staff be put on leave

Traffic Alert

Busy uptown Charlotte road closed because of water main break

President Donald Trump Talks About Renaming The Gulf Of Mexico

Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in the US

Rare snowfall blankets a home in Goose Creek, SC on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

Winter storm that dropped record-breaking snow in New Orleans spreads into Florida and the Carolinas

Wintry Weather

NCDOT crews finish pre-treating roads and bridges ahead of wintry weather

Firefighter Joshua Cari sprays water while battling the Lilac Fire near the Bonsall community of San Diego County, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Dangerous winds return to Southern California as new wildfires break out

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