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Gastonia Woman Recovering After Being Pulled From A Burning Home

A Gaston County woman was transported with life threatening injuries after being rescued from her burning home Wednesday afternoon.

10 Charlotte Area Schools To Participate In A National School Walkout This Friday

This Friday will mark the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting, and students across the country plan to participate in a national school walkout to protest gun violence.

Trump Says ‘Good Relationship’ Formed With North Korea

President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed that his CIA chief secretly met with Kim Jong Un in North Korea and said “a good relationship was formed” heading into the adversaries’ anticipated summit.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, 57, Selected As Next President Of Cuba

The Cuban government on Wednesday selected 57-year-old First Vice President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez as the sole candidate to succeed President Raul Castro in a transition aimed at ensuring that the country’s single-party system outlasts the aging revolutionaries who created it.

Joe Maus Foundation 2018 Celebrity Golf Tournament | PHOTOS

Check out these pictures from the Joe Maus Foundation celebrity golf tournament that was held at Raintree Country Club.

Anonymous Tip Leads To Discovery Of 3000 Grams Of Methamphetamine In Charlotte

Detectives working on an anonymous tip have arrested a man charged with trafficking nearly 3000 grams of methamphetamine and various amounts of other narcotics in Charlotte.

CMPD Recognized Five Employees As Part of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has recognized five employees from its Communications Division with special awards. National Public Safety Telecommunications Week was celebrated across the country last week.

Woman Killed On Southwest Flight Was Partially Sucked Out Of Window

A preliminary examination of the blown jet engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that set off a terrifying chain of events and left a businesswoman hanging half outside a shattered window showed evidence of “metal fatigue,” according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Residents Upset After Train Carrying Human Waste Stranded In Alabama Town

A stinking trainload of human waste from New York City is stranded in a tiny Alabama town, spreading a stench like a giant backed-up toilet — and the “poop train” is just the latest example of the South being used as a dumping ground for other states’ waste.

Knights Honor Jackie Robinson's Legacy

CHARLOTTE, NC -- 71 years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, and helped ignite a push for equal rights, athletes are still speaking out against the same injustice Robinson…

Firestorm After Council Member's 9/11 Facebook Post

A Charlotte City Council Member is in the middle of a social media firestorm after she posted a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terror attacks.

Remembering Former First Lady Barbara Bush, Dead At 92

Barbara Bush, the snowy-haired first lady whose plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense made her more popular at times than her husband, President George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday, a family spokesman said.

The Town Of Matthews Is Pushing To Open Its Own Charter Schools

Some town leaders are frustrated with CMS and want more local control, so now the town of Matthews is pushing to be able to open its own charter schools.

IRS Gives Taxpayers Extra Day To File After Website Issues

Americans are getting an extra day to file their taxes after key elements of the IRS website crashed on deadline day.

Starbucks To Close Over 8,000 Stores For An Afternoon For Bias Training

Starbucks, moving swiftly to confront a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores in Philadelphia, plans to close more than 8,000 U.S. stores for several hours next month to conduct racial-bias training for nearly 175,000 workers.