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Pineville Police Chief Michael Hudgins is retiring next month after more than 31 years in law enforcement, including the past five and a half years leading the Pineville Police Department.
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North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is warning renters to think twice before sending someone money to secure a house, condo, or apartment they find online.
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Energy experts are back in Raleigh this week to debate Duke Energy’s proposed plan to build new power plants and meet the state’s climate target. It’s the second week of testimonies, but one state regulator has so far been absent.
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Ahead of next Tuesday’s South Carolina Republican primary runoff for governor, Rep. Ralph Norman is endorsing Attorney General Alan Wilson, joining Rep. Nancy Mace.
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Republican state Sen. Vickie Sawyer has proposed legislation that would require Charlotte and other local governments to repay $60 million to the state if they don’t reverse course.
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CMPD said 36-year-old Derek Lamont Hutchinson was arrested June 11, 2026, after a video circulated online showing him in a tense exchange with two passengers. The video shows Hutchinson holding a knife during the encounter. buff.ly/CoD9RBK
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CMPD said 36-year-old Derek Lamont Hutchinson was arrested June 11, 2026, after a video circulated online showing him in a tense exchange with two passengers. The video shows Hutchinson holding a knife during the encounter. buff.ly/I2kNSLF
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David Hockney believed painting could change the world; in the midst of all our miseries, he said, art lets us see the world as beautiful, thrilling, mysterious. Hockney, one of the best-known contemporary artists, has died at home, age 88.
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Elon Musk's mega-conglomerate SpaceX is about to launch an initial public offering of stock that is expected to break records — and soon the world will know just how historic that IPO is going to be.
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A new federal watchdog report has found severe violations at one of the country's largest immigration detention centers. Millions of dollars wasted, detainee health endangered, and the destruction or loss of evidence in a detainee death investigation.
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Tobacco companies spent decades honing marketing strategies, flavor engineering and processing technologies that helped addict consumers to cigarettes.
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Fifteen years after The Book of Mormon made its Broadway debut, original cast members Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad once again took the stage as Mormon missionaries — this time at the 2026 Tony Awards.
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A new report released Wednesday found that more than a third of Mecklenburg County households struggle to afford necessities.
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South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pam Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson finished first and second on Tuesday in the South Carolina Republican primary to be the state’s next governor, setting up a runoff vote in two weeks.
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A South Carolina man has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly defacing buildings at Shalom Park, the center of Charlotte’s Jewish community, with Nazi symbols and other threats, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday.
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If you’ve ever had a cake-flavored protein shake, that flavor didn’t come from an actual cake — it came from flavor science. Custom Flavors, a California-based flavor developer and manufacturer, has opened its first East Coast facility in Concord, N.C
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About a dozen residents spoke out against a possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center during Thursday's Concord City Council meeting, urging local leaders to take a public stance against the proposal.
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Mecklenburg County government said designated cooling centers will be open today and this weekend for anyone looking to escape the heat.
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Republican state Sen. has written a draft of legislation that would require Charlotte and other local governments to repay money already spent designing the Interstate 77 toll lanes after Charlotte led the push to cancel the project last month.
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A new initiative in Charlotte’s low-income Corridors of Opportunity aims to help small businesses grow alongside the city’s rapid development.
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