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As Craft Beer Market Grows, So Do Wild Flavors

Anyone for steak and onion Kolsch? Or a macaroni and cheese pale ale?

Panthers Sign Guard Kofi Amichia

After waiving guard Landon Turner with a non-football illness, the Panthers have signed a replacement at guard.

TSA Allows Flyers To Travel With Drug Derived From Marijuana

The Transportation Security Administration has changed its cannabis policy to allow passengers to travel with some forms of CBD oil and a drug derived from marijuana that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

The Latest: Mueller Says He’s Leaving Justice Department

Special counsel Robert Mueller says he’s leaving the Justice Department now that he’s concluded his Russia investigation.

Planned Parenthood: Missouri's Last Abortion Clinic May Shut Down

Missouri’s only abortion clinic could be closed by the end of the week because the state is threatening to not renew its license, Planned Parenthood officials said Tuesday.

Three Charlotte Area Teens Will Represent North And South Carolina At The JDRF 2019 Children’s Congress

Three children from Charlotte were chosen by JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, to join a delegation of their peers and celebrity advocates in Washington, D.C. this summer at JDRF 2019 Children’s Congress from July 8-10.

Sports Illustrated Magazine Sold For $110 Million

Sports Illustrated magazine has been sold for $110 million to a company that specializes in managing fashion, entertainment and sports brands, including marketing rights to Shaquille O’Neal and Muhammad Ali.

Burnout Is An Official Medical Diagnosis

You'll raise a lot of red flags if you try to call out sick the day after a holiday!

This image released by Disney shows Mena Massoud as Aladdin in Disney's live-action adaptation of the 1992 animated classic "Aladdin."

'Aladdin' Soars, But ‘Booksmart’ Barely Passes At Box Office

Moviegoers voted with their dollars and chose the familiar over the new this Memorial Day weekend. The Walt Disney Co.’s live-action remake of “Aladdin” crushed the competition at the box office, which included two new original R-rated films that opened as counterprogramming to the family pic: The critically acclaimed teen comedy “Booksmart” and the horror movie “Brightburn.”

Trump Says U.S. To Send 1,500 More Troops To Middle East

The U.S. will bolster its military presence in the Middle East with an additional 1,500 troops, President Donald Trump said Friday amid heightened tensions with Iran.

Attorney Michael Avenatti Charged With Defrauding Porn Star Stormy Daniels

Michael Avenatti, the attorney who rocketed to fame through his representation of porn star Stormy Daniels in her battles with President Donald Trump, was charged Wednesday with ripping her off.

Alabama Public Television Won't Run 'Arthur' Gay Wedding Episode

Alabama Public Television has chosen not to air an episode of the PBS children’s show “Arthur” because it included a same-sex wedding.

McGahn Defies Subpoena For Testimony, Faces Contempt Vote

House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler gaveled open a Trump-Russia hearing Tuesday with an empty witness chair and a stern warning that former White House Counsel Don McGahn will be held in contempt for failing to appear in defiance of the committee’s subpoena.

$15 Minimum Wage Becomes Part Of 2020 Presidential Landscape

From liberal firebrands Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to moderates Joe Biden and John Hickenlooper, nearly the entire 2020 Democratic presidential field agrees that the federal minimum wage should be more than doubled, to $15 an hour.

Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge In North America Now Open In Gatlinburg

The longest pedestrian suspension bridge in North America just opened in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Passenger In Vehicle Impaled By Tripod On California Freeway

Authorities say somebody stole a tripod from a California Department of Transportation crew and then dropped it from an overpass onto a Sacramento freeway, impaling the lung of a passenger in a van.

President Trump Warns Iran Not To Threaten U.S. Or It Will Face 'End'

President Donald Trump warned Iran early on Monday not to threaten the United States again or it would face its “official end,” shortly after a rocket landed near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad overnight and only 48 hours after he seemingly sought to soften his tone.