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Police in Gastonia shot and killed a suspect they say fired at them.

UPDATE: Suspect killed after police in Gastonia say he shot at them

Zachary Ramey is charged with the murder of Candice Aufrecht.

Man charged with murder of missing Lincoln Co. woman

Election 2024 North Carolina

NC seeks to tighten voter ID records for roughly 200,000 people

Trump Health

Trump is checked for swelling in legs and diagnosed with vein condition

Dylan Tolbert is charged in connection to a sex assault and robbery at a convenience store in Lenoir.

UPDATE: Arrest made after clerk says she was sexually assaulted during robbery

Climate Steve Miller

Steve Miller Band cancels tour, saying extreme weather is a safety concern

Fever Liberty Basketball

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark out of All-Star weekend because of groin injury

Cmpd Skyline

CMPD says violent crime is down in Charlotte

Human remains found behind Statesville home

A Martian meteorite, weighing 54.388 lbs. (24.67 kg), said to be the largest piece of Mars on Earth, estimated at $2 - 4 million, is displayed at Sotheby's, in New York, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, part of their Geek Week auction, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric price at auction

La Premiere Of "i Know What You Did Last Summer"

Movie Review: Nostalgia and gore collide in the new ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’

Jamel Staton is charged with the murder of Cleveland Davis in Salisbury.

Man charged with murder after Salisbury shooting victim dies

Sheriff’s Office: No charges after deadly shooting at Dollar General in York Co.

Crime Handcuffs

UPDATE: 17-year-old charged with man’s murder in east Charlotte

Union Groups Protest Outside Wells Fargo

Union groups protest, accuse Wells Fargo of employee intimidation

Election 2026 South Carolina Governor

SC Lt. Governor launches 2026 gubernatorial bid, touts Trump ties

People Beyoncé

ATL police ID suspect in theft of unreleased Beyoncé music

Emmy Nominations

‘Severance’ leads Emmy nominees with 27 and ‘The Studio’ tops comedies with 23 as AppleTV+ dominates

Generic Money

The tariff-driven inflation that economists feared begins to emerge

Supreme Court

Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees

Kevin Toslon

Former York Co. Sheriff arrested following crash

Watch On Crime

Cornelius police corporal charged with DWI

Trump Education Grant Freeze

NC and 23 other states sue Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer program funding

Ukraine Crisis

Trump threatens Russia with tariffs and boosts US weapons for Ukraine

Two people were hurt during a shooting at the QuickTrip on Eastway Drive on Monday.

2 hurt in shooting at east Charlotte gas station

Logan Calaway

UPDATE: Man charged for kidnapping a woman is facing multiple new felony charges after second kidnapping attempt

Aptopix Congress Tax Cuts

UPDATE: Republican-led House gives final passage to Trump’s tax bill

Obit Michael Madsen

Michael Madsen, ‘Reservoir Dogs’ and ‘Kill Bill’ star, dies at 66

North Carolina

NC governor vetoes anti-DEI and transgender rights bills, calling them ‘mean-spirited’

Nissan Engine Recall

Nissan recalls more than 480,000 vehicles due to engine failure risk

Tracey Teague

Woman on Burke County’s ‘Most Wanted’ list arrested

Supreme Court

Supreme Court will take up a new case about which school sports teams transgender students can join

Microsoft Layoffs

Microsoft announces another mass layoff

Sean Combs

UPDATE: Sean “Diddy” Combs acquitted of most serious charges, convicted of a prostitution-related offense

Sean Combs

Jury reaches verdict on 4 of 5 counts in Diddy trial, judge indicates they’ll keep deliberating

Deputy Killed South Carolina

SC deputy shot and killed in what sheriff calls an ambush

5 cars were seized during a street takeover operation in Charlotte on 6/27/25.

$1.5m worth of cars seized during illegal street racing operation

Obit Jimmy Swaggart

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart dies at 90

Goldman Sachs: Artificial Intelligence Could Impact 300 Million Jobs

Senate strikes AI provision from GOP bill after uproar from the states

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Musk proposes a new political party, Trump suggests DOGE ‘might have to go back and eat Elon’

Supreme Court Affirmative Action

Trump administration finds Harvard failed to protect Jewish students, threatens to cut all funding

Supreme Court Transgender Health

Supreme Court throws out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in NC and 3 other states

Fredrick Bivens is charged with death by distribution following an overdose death in Monroe.

Suspected drug dealer charged following overdose death in Monroe

Sean Combs

Jury due to begin deliberating in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial

Generic Congress

Senate Republicans are in a sprint on Trump’s big bill after a weekend of setbacks

Sean Combs

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyer mocks sex trafficking case in closing

Kings Mtn Ice

Local police working with ICE for operation at a business in Kings Mountain

Nascar Pocono Auto Racing

Judge orders NASCAR teams to turn over financial data to stock car series

Shooting

One person dead after shooting in east Charlotte

Tropical Storm

Tropical Storm Andrea forms, first of Atlantic hurricane season

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