The Memorial Day weekend marking the unofficial start of summer in the U.S. meant big crowds at beaches and warnings from authorities Sunday about people disregarding the coronavirus social-distancing rules and risking a resurgence of the scourge that has killed nearly 100,000 Americans.
The CMPD has charged 27-year-old Darryana Hearn for the murder of 29-year-old Demario Tillman following a verbal altercation in west Charlotte Saturday night. Β
Robin Trivette lives in a condominium built on Charlotte Motor Speedway property, which makes her one of the first spectators eligible to actually watch a live professional U.S. sporting event in person since the coronavirus pandemic shut down sports in early March.
The CMPD says officers responded to five assault with a deadly weapon calls within two hours Saturday night, which resulted in one person dead and several others injured.Β
Police say six people were shot after a social gathering turned violent in east Charlotte Saturday night.Β
The NBA is in talks with The Walt Disney Company on a single-site scenario for a resumption of play in Central Florida in late July, the clearest sign yet that the league believes the season can continue amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Officials say 61 patients in Caldwell County are now counted as recovered from COVID-19.
Elon Musk's rockets will launch NASA astronauts from Florida to the International Space Station -- the first time a for-profit company will carry astronauts into the cosmos.
President Donald Trump visited one of his golf courses Saturday at the start of the Memorial Day weekend as he urges U.S. states to reopen after coronavirus-related lockdowns. Yet many Americans remained cautious as the number of confirmed cases nationwide passed 1.6 million.
A man was seriously injured in an officer-involved shooting following a domestic disturbance and standoff in Salisbury, according to the Rowan County Sheriff's Office.Β
Authorities say six people have been arrested for their involvement in serious crimes committed in Cleveland County over the last 10 days.
Friday's severe weather is blamed for a man's death in Dilworth. He was killed when a huge tree came through the roof and trapped him inside a house on Idlewood Circle. The storms are also blamed for other damage and destruction in Charlotte.
NASCAR is honoring men and women who gave their lives in active duty during the Coca Cola 600 on Sunday.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced today that the state will begin Phase 2 of reopening at 5pm on Friday, May 22nd.
Governor Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Coronavirus Task Force announced the launch of the Count On Me NC campaign, a free online training for business owners and customers, Friday before entering into Phase Two of reopening.
North Carolinaβs unemployment rate ballooned to just over 12% in April as the state dealt with a coronavirus-related economic slowdown, state officials said Friday.
President Donald Trump said Friday that he has deemed churches and other houses of worship βessentialβ and called on governors across the country to allow them to reopen this weekend despite the threat of spreading the coronavirus.
βFull Houseβ star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded guilty Friday to paying $500,000 to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as part of a college admissions bribery scheme, but a judge has not decided whether heβll accept their plea deals with prosecutors.
Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, had a testy exchange with a prominent black radio personality on Friday over Bidenβs support among black voters and his choosing of a running mate.
Public health officials in Mecklenburg County hold a news conference to provide updates on the county's response to the coronavirus.
For more than a century, New Orleans has depended on canals and pumps to get rid of stormwater in a city where about half the land is below sea level.
Two of North Carolinaβs largest public universities announced plans Thursday for a condensed fall semester to guard against spreading COVID-19 as a top federal health official visiting the Charlotte-area stressed the importance of reopening the economy.
