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Police took two teens into custody on Monday after they say the teens stole a car with a four-year-old inside. The  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department  responded to a kidnapping call around 6:15 p.m. on Monday in east Charlotte. A caller told officials that her car was stolen with a 4-year-old inside. Officers located the vehicle and attempted to stop the driver, but they refused to stop. The...

 A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people aboard. At least one witness reported hearing cries for help from within the fiery wreck, the country’s deadliest airplane accident in three decades. Hours after dark, scores of onlookers crowded around the crash site near t...

Charlotte's crime statistics for 2022 have been shared, showing that while the overall crime rate was up last year, violent crime has trended downward. The  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department  released its  2022 End-of-Year Report  on Thursday, showing that overall crimes were up by 3%, with property crime also up 6%. However, an encouraging note from Chief Johnny Jennings highlighted a 5% de...

About 85 senior residents were displaced on Christmas Day after their apartment building flooded. Now, many of them worry they're on the brink of being on the street. The living facility,   Magnolia Senior Apartments, and the   city of Charlotte  are paying for them to stay in hotels through the end of January, but they don’t know what will happen next. Wednesday night was the first time many of t...

The Justice Department is reviewing a batch of potentially classified documents found in the Washington office space of President Joe Biden's former institute, the White House said Monday. Special counsel to the president Richard Sauber said “a small number of documents with classified markings” were discovered as Biden's personal attorneys were clearing out the offices of the Penn Biden Center, w...

Five people are dead after a murder-suicide in High Point. High Point police  responded to the 2700 block of Mossy Meadow Drive to find a man and a woman screaming for help around 7:00 a.m. Saturday.  "Officers did force entry into the home and went through the home in what we call a protective sweep, to check for victims and anyone in the home. They ended up locating three juveniles that were dec...

The South Carolina ban on abortions after cardiac activity is no more after the latest legal challenge to the state's 2021 law proved successful . The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the restrictions violate the state constitution’s right to privacy. The measure banned abortions after cardiac activity is detected, typically around six weeks into a pregnancy, with exceptions for those cause...

An off-duty Ranlo police officer who shot and killed a suspect who stabbed him multiple times during a dispute in Gaston County has been charged with first-degree murder, according to a  press release  from the town of Ranlo. Ranlo police  responded to a reported stabbing and shooting at a home on Burlington Avenue a little after 2 a.m. on New Year's Day, the town of Ranlo said in a press release....

Three people are dead after scaffolding collapsed at a construction site just outside of Uptown Charlotte Monday morning, the  Charlotte Fire Department  reports.  Fire officials said the incident happened in the 700 block of E. Morehead Street, which is near the intersection of Morehead Street and Euclid Avenue on the south side of Interstate 277. Officials said two other men -- ages 36 and 49 --...

The new Congress opens with House Republican leader  Kevin McCarthy  grasping for his political survival, with the potential to become the  first nominee for speaker in 100 years  to fail to win initial support from his own colleagues in a high-stakes vote for the gavel. Lawmakers convene Tuesday to a new era of divided government as Democrats relinquish control of the House after  midterm electio...

The search for  Madalina Cojocari , the missing 11-year-old girl from Cornelius, North Carolina, continues. Her mother, Diana Cojocari, and stepfather, Christopher Palmiter, have been in custody for nearly two weeks now. They’re both facing felony charges of failure to report a missing child. Cornelius Police said they’ve chased 250 leads in their worldwide investigation but otherwise, few details...

Clinics and hospitals have been slammed with flu patients for the last several months, and now doctors are starting to see some more COVID-19 circulating.  The full impact holiday gatherings had on viral spread won’t be obvious for a few more weeks but Thanksgiving did lead to an increase in flu and COVID-19 cases. There are at least two dozen different variants of COVID-19 spreading in Mecklenbur...

A growing number of government entities continue to ban TikTok from work devices as concerns grow over the app's security issues. The city of  Charlotte  has joined the list of these entities and is planning to completely remove TikTok from all city devices by Jan. 6, 2023. According to a city of Charlotte spokesperson, the move is due to a warning from the FBI about potential national security co...

A Rowan County college is mourning the loss of a basketball player who died in a car crash on Monday. Eric Henderson, 21, a  Livingstone College  sophomore who played on the team's basketball team, died in a crash on Monday in Cumberland County, N.C.  Investigators  told WRAL that Henderson's car crossed the center line  and hit a pickup truck driven by an off-duty Cumberland County deputy on U.S....

A Gastonia community is heartbroken after a devastating fire destroyed a local church on Christmas day.  Throughout the day several people stopped by  The Place Church , some of who are church members and community members to see the ruins. Many say they are just shocked to see the church building just gone. Pastor Ronald Duncan said their church family is trying to wrap their heads around this lo...

The holiday travel rush is at peak chaos with a winter storm causing travel nightmares across the country. Tradesha Woodard joins Wake Up Charlotte To Go from Charlotte Douglas International Airport, where dozens of flights have been impacted by the wintry weather. Plus, you shouldn't have. No really, you SHOULDN'T have. We've all gotten a bad or unwanted Christmas gift during the holidays. But ho...

Investigators returned to the home of missing 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari Wednesday afternoon , with officers seen taking items from the home and placing them in a crime scene van. Detectives at the scene didn't share any details on what they found. Ben Thompson has the latest on the case, including new details we learned from Diana Cojocari's interview with detectives following her arrest, incl...

New documents raised major questions about what happened in the final hours leading up to the disappearance of 11-year-old Cornelius girl Madalina Cojocari . The girl's mother and stepfather told investigators conflicting stories about where they were and when they last saw her. Meanwhile, the search continues as Cornelius police and the FBI leave no stone unturned in their effort to find Madalina...

The mother of missing 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday. Diana Cojocari was arrested over the weekend by Cornelius police and charged with failure to report the girl's disappearance to authorities. The parents reported her missing on Dec. 15, but told a resource officer at Bailey Middle School she was last seen alive on Nov. 23. The FBI has joined the search for...

The House committee investigating the Capitol riot will make its final public presentation Monday about the unprecedented effort by Donald Trump to overturn the results of the presidential election he lost in 2020 . The committee has called it an “attempted coup" that warrants criminal prosecution from the Justice Department. Brie Jackson joins #WakeUpCLT To Go from Washington, where NBC has learn...

A suspect is in custody after two people were seriously injured in a shooting at Northlake Mall Thursday afternoon, police confirmed. The incident happened just before 3 p.m. An on-duty Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer at the mall heard the gunshots and responded immediately, according to CMPD officials.  As the officer was responding to the shooting, CMPD said the officer encounter...

Now-former  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police  Officer Phillip Barker was convicted for  killing a man while he was crossing Morehead Street  near Uptown Charlotte in 2017.  After about four hours of deliberation, the jury convicted Barker of misdemeanor death by vehicle, that type of conviction can result in a sentencing of up to 150 days in jail. But the outcome for Barker was different.  Barker was...

Mecklenburg EMS Agency (Medic)  is making changes to how they respond to emergency calls. The hope is they can prioritize high-risk calls but also make the roadways safer. Medic officials, along with first responders and hospital representatives, presented their changes to  Mecklenburg County Commissioners  Tuesday and why they are needed. “I want to make a mention that this is not about staffing...

A decade ago, then-Vice President Joe Biden shocked the political world and preempted his boss by suddenly declaring his support for  gay marriage  on national television. But not everyone was surprised. A small group had attended a private fundraiser with Biden weeks earlier in Los Angeles, where he disclosed not only his approval but his firm conclusion about a positive future for same-sex marri...

The community in Gaston County is keeping the memory alive of a fallen officer who was killed in the line of duty two years ago.  Tyler Herndon, a Mount Holly Police Officer,  was killed after he was shot during a break-in  at the Mount Holly Car Wash on Dec. 11, 2020.  The community gathered to remember him on Sunday, the two-year anniversary of the shooting. A statue was unveiled in his honor as...