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A customer purchases Nintendo Switch 2 at an electronics retailer in Tokyo, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

What to know about the much-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 on launch day

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Pop singer Jessie J says she has been diagnosed with early breast cancer

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Amazon investing $10B in AI campus in Richmond Co.

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Budget office says Trump’s big bill will cut taxes by $3.7T and add $2.4T to deficit

President Donald Trump talks to workers as he tours U.S. Steel Corporation's Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump hikes steel and aluminum tariffs to 50%. Here’s what we know

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 slams Trump’s tax bill as GOP senators race to meet a July 4th deadline

A residential treatment school in NC has closed after the death of 2 students. Photo from: Asheville Academy.

NC residential treatment school closes after deaths of 2 girls

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Meta turning to nuclear power for AI needs

Jail Bars

Judge say federal prisons must continue providing hormone therapy to transgender inmates

Wake Forest head coach Tom Walter looks on prior to an NCAA college baseball tournament super regional game against Alabama on June 11, 2023, in Winston-Salem, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, file)

Wake Forest baseball coach apologizes for apparent homophobic slur at NCAA regional

Yury Navas, 29, of Laurel, Md., kisses her two-month-old baby Jose Ismael Gálvez, at Superbest International Market in Laurel, Md., May 23, 2022, while looking for formula. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)

Kennedy orders a review of baby formula. Here’s what you should know

Election 2024 North Carolina Early Voting

Republican push for proof of citizenship to vote proves a tough sell in the states

12 Shot, 1 Dead After Catawba Co House Party

Man arrested after mass shooting in Catawba County

Law enforcement officials investigate after an attack on the Pearl Street Mall Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Suspect in Colorado attack told police he researched for a year and targeted ‘Zionist group’

Supreme Court

Trump asks the Supreme Court to clear the way for federal downsizing plans

Supreme Court

Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Maryland assault weapons ban

Reality television star Todd Chrisley, speaks as his daughter Savannah Chrisley listens during a news conference on Friday, May 30, 2025 in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Pardoned reality TV star Todd Chrisley says prison opened his eyes to injustices in the system

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)

Trump gives Elon Musk an Oval Office sendoff

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift has regained control of her music, buys back first 6 albums

Supreme Court

Supreme Court lets Trump end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries

Missing Girl From Huntersville

Missing girl and biological mother with active warrants found in Charlotte

Illuminated Exterior Wall Sign Of A Victoria's Secret Store In Gilbert, Arizona

Victoria’s Secret website is down in the US because of a ‘security incident’

Developing Story

White House says Israel has accepted a new US proposal for a temporary ceasefire

Ford Recall

Ford recalls more than a million vehicles for software glitch

China Us Tariffs Timeline

What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a court has knocked them down?

Watch On Politics

Sen. Lindsey Graham gets a 2026 challenge from Democrat who ran against Nancy Mace

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)

Dolly Parton leans on her faith after losing husband of nearly 60 years

Fatal Accident

Boy hit and killed trying to cross street in Gastonia

Ardrey Kell High School Principal Jamie Brooks has been suspended with pay.

Principal of Ardrey Kell High School suspended with pay

Coronavirus Vaccine

Kennedy says COVID vaccines no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women

Mary Lou Retton Dui Arrest

Mary Lou Retton, US gymnastics icon, arrested on suspicion of DUI

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Financial services company moving headquarters to Charlotte

South Carolina Shooting

All 11 victims are expected to survive a shooting near SC party boat

Supreme Court Affirmative Action

Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard

Specialist Michael Pistillo works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street’s roller-coaster ride swings higher after Trump pauses more of his tariffs

Crime Handcuffs

Monroe Police K9 catches 14-year-old car theft suspect

Baby Food Recall

Publix recalls baby food pouches after testing finds elevated levels of lead

Billy Joel canceling Charlotte concert and all others after brain disorder diagnosis

Supreme Court Affirmative Action

UPDATE: Federal judge blocks Trump administration ban on enrolling foreign students at Harvard

Increased reward in Asha Degree investigation

Jamarion Proffitt is charged with the February murder of Emmanuel Houston Jr.

2nd suspect charged in deadly Salisbury shooting

Trump Tariffs Electronics

Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on Apple

Jessie Crawford has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Iris Robinson,

Man sentenced to life in prison for Newton woman’s murder

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NC House advances more Hurricane Helene aid in $465M package

Charlotte City Councilmember Tiawana Brown and her daughters have been indicted on federal charges connected to COVID relief money.

City Councilmember and daughters indicted on federal charges

Supreme Court Affirmative Action

Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students

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Get ready for another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024

UPDATE: Chester Walmart reopens after incident in parking lot

Pennies

US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny

Nearly 1 million travelers will pass through CLT over Memorial Day weekend. Photo from CLT Airport.

CLT expecting fewer passengers for Memorial Day travel, but airport will still be busy

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