Author: Jeff Monheit

UPDATE: Second person dies after crash involving a Charlotte Water truck

Heat And Drought

Mecklenburg Co. designates cooling centers to help people beat the heat

TSA officers found a knife and saw blade inside a cane at Charlotte Douglas Airport.

TSA makes unusual discovery inside passenger’s cane at Charlotte airport

R&B singer Chris Brown arrives at Southwark Crown Court to attend a plea hearing in London, Friday, June 20, 2025.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty in London nightclub assault case

Tiktok Lawsuit

Trump delays TikTok ban deadline again

Heat And Drought

Heat dome will blanket much of the US

This image from rocketfuture.org shows a SpaceX rocket explodes at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site at the southern tip of Texas late Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodes, but no injuries reported

Death investigation underway Friday after a person was found dead in west Charlotte.

UPDATE: Woman found dead under water in west Charlotte identified

Karen Read Trial

Karen Read found not guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of drunken driving in boyfriend’s death

Generic Money

Federal Reserve leaves its key rate unchanged but sees two cuts this year

The first Zoox robotaxis will soon be available for public riders in Las Vegas, Nevada and San Francisco. Photo from Amazon.

Amazon hopes to deliver 10,000 robotaxis annually with new factory

Watch On Health

Deadly listeria outbreak linked to chicken alfredo fettuccine sold at Walmart and Kroger

Pete Hegseth

Hegseth says the Pentagon has given Trump possible options for Israel-Iran conflict

Mideast Wars

Iran’s leader rejects call to surrender, saying US intervention would cause ‘irreparable damage’

Supreme Court Trump

Supreme Court upholds TN ban on gender-affirming care for transgender kids

Supreme Court

Toy company challenges Trump’s tariffs before the Supreme Court

Italy Spanish Steps

80-year-old drives luxury car down Rome’s Spanish Steps and gets stuck

Lincolnton Lockdown

Shooting threat leads to lockdown of Lincolnton businesses and city offices

Tiktok Lawsuit

Trump suggests he’ll extend deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell app

Police say a woman and a baby were found dead inside a room at a north Charlotte motel on Friday.

UPDATE: Former Charlotte hotel where woman and baby were found dead is closing

21-year-old Logan Taylor faces DUI and other charges after a deadly crash in Gastonia.

Driver charged with DUI after crash that killed woman in Gastonia

Donald Trump

Donald Trump is the first president in 116 years to not be invited to the NAACP convention

Sexual Misconduct Diddy

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs probably won’t testify in his sex trafficking trial

Trump Auto Tariffs

US retail sales fall with Americans growing cautious after a spring splurge to beat tariffs

Alan Wilson

SC longtime GOP attorney general is set to enter 2026 governor’s race

Ambulance

Lake Norman drowning victim identified

Minnesota Lawmaker Shot

UPDATE: DOJ charges man suspected of shooting of 2 MN lawmakers with federal murder, stalking offenses

Redistricting Lawsuit North Carolina

NC redistricting trial begins, with racial gerrymandering allegations the focus

One person has life-threatening injuries after a shooting Monday on Tanglebrook Lane.

One person hurt in north Charlotte shooting

Helene Recovery Feature Image

More help for western NC homeowners recovering from Helene

Shaunte Waters is charged with attempted murder after a stabbing in Monroe.

Woman charged with attempted murder in Monroe, man still wanted

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Calgary International Airport, Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Calgary, Canada, ahead of the G7 Summit. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump attends G7 summit amid his trade war with US allies

Sexual Misconduct Diddy

Judge dismisses juror in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial

Christian Campbell is charged in connection to shootings in Gastonia and Forest City on Friday.

Suspect arrested after convenience store shooting in Gastonia

Israel Iran Mideast Wars

Israel warns part of Iran’s capital to evacuate ahead of strikes

Members of the National Guard stand outside the Wilshire Federal building on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

Military commander says 200 Marines moved into LA to protect federal property and personnel

Shooting

UPDATE: Man shot and killed at apartment complex in Indian Land identified

Aptopix Iran Mideast Wars

Air raid sirens sound in Jerusalem after Israel says Iran fired missiles

Parts of an Air India plane that crashed on Thursday are seen on top of a building in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Air India black box recovered from deadly crash wreckage

Debris from an apartment building is seen on top of parked cars after a strike in Tehran, Iran, early Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran's capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

UPDATE: Israeli strikes kill Iran’s top military leaders and prompt retaliation

Election 2024 North Carolina

Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order

A view of Jerusalem's Old City, with the Dome of the Rock shrine in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, closed to worshippers after Israel's Homefront Command banned public gatherings following an Israeli military strike on Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

US shifts military resources in Mideast in response to Israel strikes and possible Iran attack

North Carolina

JetZero plans to build $4.7B plant in NC, aims to create 14,500 jobs

Sixth Arrest Catawba County Mass Shooting

UPDATE: Sixth suspect arrested in connection to Catawba Co. mass shooting

Emergency responders surround a JetBlue plane which rolled off a runway onto a grass area while landing at Logan Airport, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)

No injuries after JetBlue flight from Chicago rolls off runway in Boston

Charlotte Fire used a crane to help with the high-angle rescue of a construction worker Thursday. Pic from @CharlotteFD.

Injured worker rescued with help of a crane from sixth floor construction site in Charlotte

President Donald Trump holds up a signed bill blocking California's rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035 in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signs measure blocking California’s ban on new sales of gas-powered cars

People stand around debris at the site of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Fiery Air India crash kills hundreds, leaving 1 survivor, airline says

A police vehicle blocks a flooded roadway in San Antonio, Tx., where a vehicle was stranded after heavy rains in the city on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)

At least 4 dead after heavy rains flood parts of Texas

Harvey Weinstein appears in state court in Manhattan for his retrial, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in New York. (Steven Hirsch /New York Post via AP, Pool)

Judge in Weinstein case declares a mistrial on the remaining rape charge

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