Firefighters discovered a 500-gallon underground propane tank with a leak on the side of the a residence in Washington, D.C. Shortly after they arrived, the house exploded and burst into flames
The past week has been warm enough for blooming flowers and trees, but the next few days will be filled with cold and freeze.
Sophomore Parker Byrd became the first NCAA Division I athlete to play in a game with a prosthetic leg, as he appeared in ECU’s season-opening win for the first time since having part of his right leg amputated in a 2022 boating accident.
A new study found Louisiana’s coastal wetlands could be under water in the coming decades.
Donald Trump won’t face the corporate death penalty after all, but he is facing big cash penalties, outside supervision of his companies and restrictions on his borrowing.
Drivers may have noticed a rise in gas prices in recent weeks. Gas prices are up in the Charlotte area with regular averaging $3.14 per gallon, which is up 18 cents from last week.
The decades-old cold case involving the disappearance of three men in eastern North Carolina is one step closer to being solved after a rusty 1975 Chevy Camaro was pulled out of a creek earlier this month.
Lefty Driesell, the Hall of Fame coach whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor that put Maryland on the college basketball map and enabled him to rebuild several struggling programs, died Saturday. He was 92.
The popular local horror convention Mad Monster Party is underway in Concord but not without controversy.
The tragedy in Kansas City has citizens in Charlotte wondering about the safety of the city’s next big parade in uptown: St. Patrick’s Day.
One firefighter was killed and nine others were injured when an explosion in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday leveled a home where they were investigating a gas leak. Two civilians were also injured.
Mega Millions and Powerball players in North Carolina can have fun this weekend playing for jackpots that total $763 million.
Police are conducting a homicide investigation after a victim was shot and killed in north Charlotte on Friday afternoon.
Law enforcement arrested a man accused of raping a woman in north Charlotte last month.
A suspect that has been wanted for several months for attempted first-degree murder was arrested Wednesday, the Gaston County Police Department announced.
A New York judge ruled Friday against Donald Trump, imposing a $364 million penalty over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former president’s wealth.
A stingray that has lived for years in a North Carolina aquarium without a male companion is pregnant. The animal is named Charlotte and is expected to give birth in the next two weeks.
World leaders and Russian opposition activists wasted no time in blaming the reported death of Alexei Navalny on President Vladimir Putin and his government. President Biden said, “...there is no doubt that the death of Navalny was a consequence of something Putin and his thugs did.”
The Department of Justice said women make up only 12 percent of law enforcement officers nationwide. Lieutenant Gibbs and Det. Joi Emanuel from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department said being a black woman in policing comes with challenges.
The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) invites local artists and designers to submit their qualifications to create artwork for a bus wrap celebrating diversity and cultural inclusion in Charlotte.
The Disaster Loan Outreach Center (DLOC) in Catawba County will close Monday, Feb. 19 in observance of Presidents’ Day and reopen Tuesday, Feb. 20 at 9 a.m.
A truck's fuel tank exploded early Thursday in a neighborhood south of downtown Los Angeles, sending a fireball into the air and injuring nine of the 10 firefighters responding to the blaze, including two critically, fire officials said.
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