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Sly Stone from the group Sly and the Family Stone performs at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 8, 2006, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Leader of funk revolutionaries Sly and the Family Stone dies at 82

Aptopix Immigration Raids Los Angeles

CA governor plans to file lawsuit against Trump over National Guard deployment to protests

In this image taken from June 8, 2025, video by the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office in Rutherford County, Tennessee, shows the airlifting of a zebra named Ed that had evaded capture for several days after it ran away from its owner. (Rutherford County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Runaway pet zebra has been captured in Tennessee

Nascar In The Pits

NASCAR heads south of the border with 1st Cup Series race in Mexico City

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Barbara strengthens to hurricane, first of 2025 season in Eastern Pacific

Basketball Espn Vitale

Dick Vitale Invitational men’s college basketball event coming to Charlotte

Developing Story

Small plane carrying six people crashes off the San Diego coast

Keith McClure and Jasmionta Mackey are charged with the murder of Jeffery Carter in Gastonia.

Two charged after Gastonia man killed in his front yard

Fatal Accident

Boy on dirt bike hit and killed in northwest Charlotte

Shooting

Search for shooter after 2 people hurt in drive-by shooting in Monroe

El Salvador Deportation Error

Man mistakenly deported to El Salvador charged in US with transporting illegal immigrants

South Carolina

Billion-dollar SC battery plant pauses construction amid electric vehicle and tariff uncertainty

Walmart is expanding drone delivery service to Charlotte. Photo from Walmart.

The world’s largest retailer is bringing drone delivery to Charlotte

Job Openings

US employers added a solid 139,000 jobs in May despite uncertainty over Trump’s trade wars

Hickory Firefighter Jake Bridges died Thursday after having a medical emergency while on duty.

UPDATE: Hickory firefighter remembered after dying while on duty

Supreme Court

Supreme Court makes it easier to claim ‘reverse discrimination’ in employment

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 threatens to cut Musk’s government contracts as their public feud escalates

Sean Combs Diddy

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ warned about nods to jury as ex-girlfriend testifies at sex trafficking trial

Denny Hamlin (11) leads the pack of cars through turn three during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Lebanon, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Federal judges rule in favor of NASCAR in lawsuit filed by Jordan-owned 23XI and Front Row

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

Jessie J

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

Amazon Style Shuts Down

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

Europe Meta

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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