The Metropolitan Public Transit Authority will have its inaugural meeting Thursday evening. The 27 member board is now responsible for overseeing safety solutions and improvements for all public transit in the region.
resident Donald Trump says he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas, indicating in a White House speech that tariffs were funding the payments as he tried to reassure a worried public about the health of the economy.
The U.S. government has admitted the Federal Aviation Administration and the Army played a role in causing the collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk helicopter near the nationβs capital that killed 67 people.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first pediatric flu-related death for the 2025-2026 flu season.
Authorities are asking the public to review any security or phone footage from the week before the mass shooting at Brown University in the hopes it might help investigators identify someone they believe might have been casing the scene before the attack.
Police are investigating a deadly shooting outside a northwest Charlotte strip mall Thursday afternoon.
Authorities say a convicted sex offender is back behind bars after a child sex offense related cyber-tip led to the search of his home in Morganton.
βI made my decisions in the investigation without regard to President Trumpβs political association, activities, beliefs, or candidacy in the 2024 election,β Smith said.
ABC will continue to broadcast the annual ceremony through 2028. That year will mark the 100th Oscars.
No bond granted for Valdese man charged with six felony counts of taking indecent liberties with a child, according to the Burke County Sheriff's Office.
One person was injured during a northwest Charlotte fire that destroyed a mobile home Wednesday morning.
A Bessemer City man is behind bars after being charged with 40 felonies related to the sexual exploitation of children.
Risingβs Pet of the Week from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control is Gumby! A year-and-a-half-old Black Mouth Cur mix, Gumby is a calm, sweet, and affectionate furry friend. Learn more about this sweet boy HERE.
The WCCB Charlotte viewing area stays dry through Wednesday, but drought-denting rainfall returns for many on Thursday.
Charlotte transit leaders are looking for ways to make the light rail safer after two major violent events over the span of about three months. In St Louis, Missouri leaders of the MetroLink are in the final stages of their Secure Platform Plan.
Justin Brigham, who co-founded and formerly co-owned Sycamore Brewing, faces six additional felony charges after allegedly breaking into a Stanly County home and raping a 13-year-old child.
Police are conducting a death investigation in east Charlotte after a juvenile died Tuesday morning.
Rob Reinerβs son Nick Reiner will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, Los Angeles County prosecutors said Tuesday.
This move Tuesday is part of ongoing efforts to tighten U.S. entry standards for travel and immigration. The decision follows the arrest of an Afghan national suspect in the shooting of two National Guard troops over Thanksgiving weekend.
A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his overdose death was sentenced Tuesday to 8 months of home confinement.
In this weekβs Novant Healthy Headlines, Tonya Rivens chats with Dr. Desiree Dawson, a cardiologist from Novant Health Heart and Vascular Institute β Steele Creek, about blood pressure, why itβs so important to your numbers, and how high blood pressure can lead to major health concerns like a heart attack or stroke.
Highs are on the rise once again this week ahead of Thursday's rainmaking system.
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