We've learned former Charlotte City Council member Claire Fallon has died. Her family posting on Facebook that Fallon passed away Sunday morning. She served six years on council from 2011 to 2017.
The European Unionβs chief executive says the 27-nation bloc will close its airspace to Russian airlines, fund supplies of weapons to Ukraine and ban some pro-Kremlin media outlets in response to Russiaβs invasion.
President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian nuclear forces on high alert amid tensions with the West over his invasion of Ukraine.
There's a photo of Matt Thacker's wife gazing at one of the airports attacked by the Russian Army in Kyiv. She's sitting in the apartment they bought two years ago. Construction just finished, but they weren't able to move in.
President Biden announced his intent to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday. If confirmed, officials say she will be the first Black woman to serve.
The sadness was palpable among the dozens of people who came to Romare Bearden Park Thursday, protesting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Olena Sambur moved to Charlotte six years ago from Ukraine.
The newly redrawn congressional district maps in North Carolina are already causing a political stir as candidates decide how they want to navigate the new lines.Β
President Joe Biden has hit back against Russiaβs invasion of Ukraine, unleashing robust new sanctions, ordering the deployment of thousands of additional troops to NATO ally Germany, and declaring that America will stand up to Russiaβs Vladimir Putin.
President Joe Biden has announced a new round of sanctions targeting Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, charging that Russiaβs Vladimir Putin βchose this warβ and his country will bear the consequences
AΒ challenge is expected after a three judge panel released the redrawn congressional district maps on Wednesday.Β
Russian troops have launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine. Big explosions were heard before dawn in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa as world leaders decried the start of an invasion that could cause massive casualties.
The two prosecutors in charge of the Manhattan district attorneyβs criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump have suddenly resigned, throwing the future of the probe into question.
The White House had begun referring to Russian troop deployments in eastern Ukraine as an βinvasionβ after initially hesitating to use the term.
A bill that would assure churches can meet in person in South Carolina during a pandemic or other emergency as long as other essential businesses can stay open is advancing in the state Senate.
U.S. President Joe Biden says heβs βconvincedβ that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to launch a further invasion of Ukraine, saying he has βreason to believeβ it will occur in the βcoming daysβ and will include an assault on its capital, Kyiv.
A bill headed to Gov. Roy Cooper's desk would let North Carolina parents allow their K-12 students to opt out of mask mandates set by local education boards.
A judge has ruled former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in a New York investigation into his business practices.
The South Carolina House has reversed course and approved a bill to allow candidates for school board in Lancaster County to run as members of political parties.
President Joe Biden says there is a βvery highβ risk of a Russian invasion of Ukraine and that could happen within βseveral days.β
North Carolina legislators have unveiled replacement redistricting maps that would appear to improve Democratic chances to gain seats in Congress and possibly win General Assembly majorities in a very strong year.
