Social Security benefits increase 3.6% in 2027
Social Security recipients will recieve a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment in 2027, increasing the average retired worker's benefit by about $75 per month beginning in January.
Darin & Brooke Aldridge perform new single
The duo is also performing at the Lincoln Cultural Center on Saturday night.
Rising crew heads to Kura Revolving Sushi
Taylor, Adam, Joe and Kaitlin went to the new Kura Revolving Sushi Bar, straight from Japan to learn more about the food and experience.
Local organizers march, text message, canvass and more to get people to the polls
Organizers are working to get people out to the polls.
In-person early voting underway in North Carolina
In-person early voting for the midterm election is officially underway in North Carolina.
Mooresville teen facing child sexual abuse materials charges
A Mooresville teen is facing five felony counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.
SLED investigating after York Co. Sheriff's deputies shoot and injure suspect
SLED is investigating after York County Sheriff's deputies shot and injured a suspect.
CMPD 3rd quarter crime stats: property crime down, homicides and rapes up
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are touting a 17 percent overall decrease in crime so far this year.
CMPD Chief confirms racist text thread involving six officers
Three Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers have resigned and three others are recommended for termination after a racist text thread that Chief Estella Patterson says “goes back several years.”
Wall Street steadies following jarring drops for AI stocks worldwide
Wall Street is steadying Thursday following jarring drops for stocks worldwide in the artificial-intelligence industry on worries about how much longer the AI frenzy will last.
Retail sales up 0.8% in September, but a big chunk of spending went to paying gasoline bills
Shoppers showed their willingness to spend in September, but a big chunk of their purchases last month went toward paying the bills at the gas pump.
Trump, after bipartisan backlash, says Pentagon won't livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Pentagon will no longer livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, after the announcement faced bipartisan criticism and Vice President JD Vance said he wouldn’t watch it.
Ukraine resumes attacks on Russian oil refineries, officials say, as US relations teeter
Ukrainian drones attacked a refinery in Russia’s Ryazan region early Thursday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a brief truce spurned by Moscow was over amid deepening tensions with Washington.
Hickory Police investigating homicide that left one dead and another injured
A homicide investigation is underway after two people were injured in Hickory.
School roof collapse in Pakistan kills at least 35 and injures more than 50
The roof of a private school collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least 34 children and a teacher and injuring more than 50 others.
Def Leppard and Goo Goo Dolls coming to Charlotte
Adam Wurtzel spoke with Joe Elliott of Def Leppard and John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls to learn more about their upcoming tour.
Police seize robot that groped 16-year-old girl, investigate whether young men were at the controls
German authorities opened an investigation into possible sexual harassment after a robot controlled by two young men touched the buttocks of a 16-year-old girl and made thrusting movements toward her, police said.
Charlotte nonprofit restores dignity, one shower at a time
A Charlotte nonprofit is helping restore dignity to people experiencing homelessness, one shower at a time.
Rep. Ilhan Omar's phone seized and relatives subpoenaed in criminal probe, AP source says
Federal authorities investigating Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar seized the Democratic lawmaker's phone and have issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, including to some of her relatives, according to a person briefed on the probe.
Shoppers line up to celebrate Wegmans opening in Ballantyne
Charlotte’s first-ever Wegmans is officially open in Ballantyne.
911 calls released in deadly shooting of 4-year-old Caleb Flax
We're hearing 911 calls from the morning a little boy was shot and killed, sleeping inside his northwest Charlotte home.
Calls for transparency after an alleged racist text thread involving CMPD officers
WCCB has been asking the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department to confirm whether six officers have been recommended for termination after the discovery of a racist text thread.
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