Appeals Court Nixes Some FCC Rules On Robocalls
A federal appeals court rolled back rules intended to deter irritating telemarketing robocalls, saying they were too broad.
ProPublica Leads Media Into Correction Of Murky CIA Story
The news organization ProPublica issued a detailed correction of a story about Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s choice for the next CIA director, and the waterboarding of a detainee the year after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Panthers' Greg Olsen Reportedly Auditions With ESPN To Be Analyst
Carolina Panthers' tight end Greg Olsen is reportedly auditioning with ESPN to be an analyst.
Inmate Reported Missing from Gaston County Prison
State correctional and local law enforcement officers are seeking a missing inmate from the Gaston Correctional Center.
Military Investigating Helicopter Crash in Iraq
The Pentagon says all seven service members aboard a U.S. helicopter that crashed in Iraq were killed.
March Madness Hits Uptown Friday
March Madness! It's the hottest ticket in Charlotte his weekend.
At Least 6 Dead, 7 Injured, In Florida Bridge Collapse
Florida officials said Thursday that four people have been found dead in the rubble of a collapsed South Florida pedestrian bridge where the frantic search for any survivors continued past nightfall.
Video: Deputy Never Entered Building During School Massacre
Security video shows a Florida sheriff’s deputy going toward the high school building while a gunman massacred 17 students and staff members, but he then backed away and stayed outside with his handgun drawn.
Without Toys R Us, 30,000 Jobs, A Black Hole For Toy Makers
The demise of Toys R Us will have a ripple effect on everything from toy makers to consumers to landlords.
Toys R Us Said To Be Planning To Liquidate Its US Operations
Toys R Us’s management has told its employees that it will sell or close all of its U.S. stores.
YouTube Tries To Crack Down On Conspiracy Videos
YouTube says it’s cracking down on conspiracy videos, though it’s scant on the details.
Principal Of Lake Norman Charter Discusses Student Walk Out
The principal of Lake Norman Charter, Craig Smith, talks about the decision to allow students to walk out on March 14th as part of the nationwide demonstration to stand up for school safety.
Students To Walk Out Nationwide Protesting Gun Violence
From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Ropes, Phone Lights Used In Rescue After Deadly Bus Plunge
Lulled asleep by the humming of their Texas-bound charter bus following a trip to Disney World, members of a high school band were jarred awake before dawn Tuesday when the rig ran off a highway and plunged into a deep ravine.
Student Walkouts Planned Across US To Protest Gun Violence
From Maine to Hawaii, thousands of students planned to stage walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Florida.
In California, Trump Views Designs For Planned Border Wall
President Donald Trump on Tuesday got his chance to inspect prototypes for the “big beautiful border wall” he wants to build to separate the U.S. from Mexico, saying strengthening the border would help stop “99 percent” of illegal immigration — or, he allowed, “maybe more than that.”
Trump Replaces Tillerson With Pompeo In Dramatic Shakeup
President Donald Trump unceremoniously dumped Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday — by tweet — and picked CIA Director Mike Pompeo to take his place, abruptly ending Tillerson’s turbulent tenure as America’s top diplomat and escalating the administration’s chaotic second-year shake-up.
Third Package Bomb Explodes in Deadly Austin Incident
Police investigating series of package explosions in Austin, TX.
Trump Heads to CA to Talk Border Security
President Trump heads to the Golden State to inspect border wall prototypes amid immigration-based protests.
House Panel’s Initial Report Says No Collusion with Russia
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have completed a draft report concluding there was no collusion or coordination between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia, a finding that pleased the White House but enraged Democrats who had not yet seen the document.
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