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Coronavirus Latest: Lt. Gov's Lawsuit; Business Struggles

Governor Roy Cooper is set to face another legal challenge over business shutdowns due to COVID-19. It comes despite a growing number of cases across the state.

Union County School Board Member Resigns Amid Complaints Over ‘Racially Insensitive’ Social Media Posts

Dozens of community members complained to school board about posts on Travis Kiker's Facebook page

York County Officials Recommend Residents To Wear Face Coverings While In Public

Due to the increase in York County COVID-19 cases, York County Government and the York County Sheriff’s Office recommend residents wear a mask or some type of face covering when out in a public setting, around people outside of your household and especially when social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.

Police: Man Arrested After Fatal Shooting At Gastonia Hotel

Police say they arrested a man following a fatal shooting at a hotel in Gastonia.

Mecklenburg County Offering Free Fans To Seniors, Individuals On Disability

Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation is helping senior adults and those receiving disability income to stay cool this summer by offering free box fans at six locations across the county.

Michelle Lorenzo Involuntary Manslaughter Reckless Driving Wanton Disregard

CMPD: One Dead, Three Injured In Fatal East Charlotte Crash

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department charged a man with involuntary manslaughter after a fatal east Charlotte crash left a 14-year-old dead and three victims hospitalized.

UNC Charlotte Releases Summary Of External Review Of Campus Shooting That Killed Two Students And Injured Four Others

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has received the external review it commissioned of the April 30, 2019, shootings that took the lives of Reed Parlier and Riley Howell and injured four other students in the Kennedy Building.

$138,292 Cash 5 Win ‘Couldn’t Have Come At A Better Time’ For Concord Man

Kenneth Hertzog of Concord said picking his own set of numbers scored him a Cash 5 jackpot to the tune of $138,292.

Iran Issues Arrest Warrant For President Donald Trump

Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, a local prosecutor reportedly said Monday.

Trump Denies Briefing About Reported Bounties On US Troops

President Donald Trump has denied he was made aware of U.S. intelligence officials’ conclusion that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan. The Trump administration was set to brief select members of Congress on the matter Monday.

Mississippi Surrenders Confederate Symbol From State Flag

Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War.

New England Patriots Owner's Prostitution Case Heads To Appellate Court

Prosecutors charging New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with twice buying sex from massage parlor prostitutes will attempt to save their case this week by arguing to an appeals court that his rights weren’t violated when police secretly video-recorded him in the act.

Woman Facing Charges After Motorcyclist Killed In Catawba County

A woman has been arrested after Troopers say she hit and killed a motorcyclist in Catawba County over the weekend.

N.C. Governor Signs Bill Giving $350 Bonuses To Teachers

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has signed into law a K-12 educator pay bill that he says still fails to give what teachers and school staff need.

S.C. Gov. McMaster Says Mask Requirement Unenforceable

As South Carolina reported a record-high number of COVID-19 hospitalizations Friday, Gov. Henry McMaster doubled down on his stance that a statewide mask requirement could not be enforced.

Source: Patriots Sign QB Cam Newton To One-Year-Deal

The New England Patriots have reached an agreement with free-agent quarterback Cam Newton, bringing in the 2015 NFL Most Valuable Player to help the team move on from three-time MVP Tom Brady, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.

POLITICAL WRAP: Coronavirus Mask Mandate; Presidential Poll Numbers

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The debate over a mask mandate, just one part of how the coronavirus pandemic is becoming increasingly political. Our political contributor Mary C. Curtis has…

President Donald Trump Walks On The South Lawn After Arriving On Marine One At The White House

Trump Tweets Video With ‘White Power’ Chant, Then Deletes It

President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,” a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. He later deleted the tweet and the White House said the president had not heard “the one statement” on the video.