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North Carolina Helene Relief

North Carolina Gov. Stein vetoes his first bills. They are on concealed carry and immigration

Plane Crash Turtle

Pilot killed in small plane crash in North Carolina raised a wheel to avoid a turtle, NTSB says

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

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

Juneteenth Los Angeles

A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it

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