A wave of bomb threats emailed Thursday to hundreds of schools, businesses and government buildings across the U.S. triggered searches, evacuations and fear β but there were no signs of explosives, and authorities said the scare appeared to be a crude extortion attempt.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating after multiple bomb threats were reported Thursday afternoon across the city. So far, police say none of the threats have been substantiated.
North Carolina is getting $60 million for road and bridge improvements thanks to a federal grant program.
North Carolina's election board chief is concerned about complications if the board's absentee ballot investigation in a congressional district race is not resolved within the next couple of weeks.
The North Carolina Department of Labor has issued citations on Gilbane Building Company for four alleged "serious violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina."
On Thursday, the Charlotte Independence professional soccer team announced five players will return for the upcoming season; midfielder Alex Martinez, defender Joel Johnson, midfielder Kevan George, goalkeeper Brandon Miller and midfielder Jake Areman.
Police have charged a man they say robbed two businesses on South Boulevard in early December.
On Thursday, Governor Cooper announced Sonic Automotive will be opening a new market resource and customer contact center in Gaston County, which will create roughly 500 jobs in the area.
Hemp is about to get the nod from the federal government that marijuana, its cannabis plant cousin, craves.
'Supernatural' actor coming back for a milestone episode, Michael Jordan jokes with Malik Monk after a technical & Jason Momoa does the Haka!
The Hornets celebrated too soon and then weren't sure whether they'd be celebrating at all. Meanwhile, team owner Michael Jordan chewed out one of his own players.
Easy money or a 365-day nightmare?
The Ankara governor's office has increased the death toll in a high-speed train crash in the capital to seven.
Porch Pirates are targeting local homes! With the holidays right around the corner, package thefts are on the rise in the Charlotte area.
As part of a new workforce education initiative, the rock band Metallicaβs All Within My Hands Foundation (AWMH) has awarded Central Piedmont Community College a $100,000 grant to support career and technical education programs.
A street in a western German town got a repaving worthy of fictional candy maker Willy Wonka when a ton of chocolate flowed out of a factory and solidified.
Police have identified the driver killed early Wednesday morning in east Charlotte.
Emergency Management officials say two cows died and one other was severely injured after a roof collapsed on a barn in Iredell County.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Schools has revised the make-up day information that was previously announced on Tuesday, December 11th, 2018.
Michael Cohen, who as President Donald Trumpβs personal lawyer and fixer once vowed he would βtake a bulletβ for his boss, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for an array of crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money to two women that he says was done at the direction of Trump.
Authorities have arrested and charged a woman who was wanted after being seen on surveillance video stealing packages from a Catawba County residence last week.Β
Dozens of retired state and federal judges called Wednesday on U.S. immigration officials to stop making arrests at courthouses of people suspected of being in the country illegally, saying immigrants should be free to visit halls of justice without fearing they will be detained.
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