Wielding extraordinary federal authority, President Donald Trump threatened the nationβs governors on Monday that he would deploy the military to states if they did not stamp out violent protests.
An autopsy commissioned for George Floydβs family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floydβs neck for several minutes and ignored his cries of distress, the familyβs attorneys said Monday.
Charlotte native and owner of BW Sweets Bakery, Frankie White, goes mobile with the launch of BW Sweets Express - a food truck serving the Charlotte Metro area with delicious desserts.Β
Some business owners in South Carolina swept up broken glass, boarded windows and took stock of ransacked shelves Sunday after protests erupted into violence across the state.
Nations around the world have watched in horror at the civil unrest in the United States following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck until he stopped breathing.
With protesters taking to the streets across the United States again Sunday, Michael Jordan released a statement on George Floyd and the killings of black people at the hands of police.
As hurricane season starts Monday, most of North Carolinaβs coastal counties are grappling with shortfalls or concerns about equipment and resources as they balance the dual threat of tropical weather and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Republican National Committee says it wants to hear from North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper by Wednesday on whether the state can fully accommodate the partyβs national convention in August this summer.
Several vigils and marches saw large crowds throughout the day in Uptown on Sunday. The George Floyd protests remained mostly peaceful but CMPD used crowd clearing measures when missiles started to be thrown later into the night.
President Trump says anti-facist group is behind the violence.
Brad Keselowski inherited his second win in a week when the leaders crashed in front of him with a lap remaining Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway. He won the Coca-Cola 600 seven nights ago at Charlotte Motor Speedway when a caution with two laps remaining helped him get to victory lane.
SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Muskβs company.
Watch live as we walk along with the George Floyd protest march in Uptown Charlotte.
Thousands came together at First Ward Park in Uptown to pray for peace and march.Β
Police are investigating a shooting that left two people injured in Rock Hill early Sunday morning.
Today,Β Congresswoman Alma Adams, released a video statement on the declaration of a State of Emergency in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
Americans awoke Sunday to charred and glass-strewn streets in dozens of cities after another night of unrest fueled by rage over the mistreatment of African Americans at the hands of police, who responded to the violence with tear gas and rubber bullets.
Tensions mounted once again on Saturday night after peaceful protests earlier in the day. Morgan Fogarty, Drew Bollea, Marvin Beach and Trish Williford have the latest on the George Floyd protests in Charlotte, with highlights from Rock Hill, Columbia, Atlanta and New York.
A large crowd gathered at Fountain Park in Rock Hill on Saturday to peacefully protest the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died in Minnesota in police custody.
Protesters burned businesses in Minneapolis. They smashed police cars and windows in Atlanta, broke into police headquarters in Portland, Oregon, and chanted curses at President Donald Trump outside the White House. Thousands also demonstrated peacefully, demanding justice for George Floyd, a black man who died after a white officer pressed a knee into his neck.
Charlotte City Councilman Braxton Winston was one of the people arrested during the protest of the death of George Floyd on Beatties Ford Road Friday night.Β
CMPD Chief Kerr Putney and two community activists sat down for a candid conversation Friday that touched on race, trust, brutality and justice.
