Argentina is preparing an emotional goodbye to Lionel Messi. The soccer great is set to play his final game for the national team on Tuesday. The 39-year-old helped Argentina win a World Cup and two South American championships during his 21-year international career.
Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The new Hollywood giant will be known as Skydance. The merger that closed Tuesday brings two of America’s oldest moviemaking studios together.
Two individuals have been arrested after damaging utility lines in Burke County resulting in thousands of outages.
The World Health Organization says a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia presents a “very low” risk outside the country as investigators look into what caused the death of a lab employee there last week.
A Lincoln County inmate is accused of assaulting staff and trying to break out of his cell.
The man accused of attacking two women with traffic cones in Dilworth is out of jail.
The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s office are taking a closer look at how Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools used federal funding.
Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful “The PTL Club” TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died.
Cornelius Police Chief David Baucom is retiring after more than three decades in law enforcement.
Charlotte’s largest affordable housing provider has a new leader at the helm.
Members of the Monroe Fire Department are being praised for a very unique, four-legged rescue.
A ten-year veteran of the SBI is recovering after being shot in Rockingham County.
Charlotte leaders are working to get ahead of a possible reduction in parking near Bojangles Coliseum in east Charlotte.
Charlotte City Council is working to make it harder for predatory towing companies to operate in the Queen City.
An investigation is underway after massive fire destroyed a south Charlotte home.
A Huntersville woman has died days after police say she was strangled by her husband.
A former music pastor in Ohio who appeared briefly on “American Idol” has been sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole for the murder of his wife while he was having an affair.
North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career.” Tillis also says he “should’ve stopped” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from becoming Health and Human Services secretary.
Pennsylvania has more than 1,000 measles cases this year, making it the largest state outbreak in decades. Since the beginning of last year, large outbreaks have been reported in several states. South Carolina had the largest, with 997 cases reported.
The Huntersville Police have arrested a suspect connected to a homicide near Eastfield Road in Huntersville.
Alex Ovechkin said Monday that his 22nd season in the NHL will be his last, beginning the farewell tour for the longtime Washington Capitals captain who holds the league's career goal-scoring record.
The victim identified is 31-year-old William Nikos Davis.
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