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Charlotte FC 's club academy facility will not be housed at the Eastland mall, at least for now. Tepper Sports & Entertainment (TSE), which owns Charlotte FC as well as the Carolina Panthers, announced they no longer had plans to be involved with the redevelopment of the Eastland Mall. "After a great deal of consideration, the timeline for the Eastland project posed challenges that led us to resea...

Rep.  Alma Adams , D-N.C., was arrested Tuesday afternoon while protesting for abortion rights and reproductive justice at the Supreme Court, her staff announced on Twitter. Adams tweeted earlier in the day that she would be participating in a protest for reproductive freedom and abortion rights with fellow members of the  Democratic Women's Caucus .  "We will not be silent as our fundamental righ...

It’s the last week to vote early in the City of Charlotte’s general election, which is on Tuesday, July 26.  There are  14 early voting locations  across Charlotte that voters can pick from. When going early, voters can choose the location most convenient for them.  However, on election day, voters must go to the precinct they're assigned. Charlotte has 166 precincts. Voters can check what  precin...

Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, but “egregiously poor decision-making” resulted in more than an hour of chaos before the gunman who took 21 lives was finally confronted and killed, according to a damning investigative report released Sunday. The nearly 80-page report was the first to criticize both state and federal law enforcement, and...

With continuing employment issues causing delays, CATS will be reducing the number of trips some buses will take. Richard DeVayne will have the latest on what this means for bus riders in Charlotte and which routes will be affected. A new omicron subvariant, BA.5, is now the dominant strain of coronavirus in the United States. And while it's early, experts say this could be the most contagious str...

German automaker BMW announced it will be selling $18 monthly subscriptions for customers to use the heated seats in their cars. All vehicles will come equipped with the parts for heated seats, but only customers who pay the subscription fee will have access to use them. What do you think? Would you pay to use heated seats in your car? Text us at 704-329-3600! A new lawsuit was filed in South Caro...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools  will spend nearly $10 million on body scanners in all its middle and high schools.  Most of the area high schools  already have body scanners.   At a school board meeting,  interim Superintendent Hugh Hattabaugh  said middle schools will start seeing them in the first few months of the school year. There were reports of long lines, learning curves, and skeptics’ when...

Black Americans are far more likely to be denied mortgages, according to  Zillow  an online real-estate firm. This means homeownership may be out of reach for many people, but Charlotte programs are trying to help residents achieve the American Dream and own a home.  “In Charlotte right now, homeownership among people of color has dropped," President of DreamKey Partners, Julie Porter said. “For w...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said. Abe, 67, was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech in Nara. He was airlifted to a hospital for emergency treatment but was not breathing and his hear...

A suspect will be facing multiple charges in connection with a police chase that resembled Grand Theft Auto more than real life Wednesday afternoon. The suspect is accused of stealing multiple vehicles, crashing at least twice and carjacking someone in Ballantyne during the incident. Richard DeVayne has the latest on the investigation and what charges the unnamed suspect will face when he's releas...

A prosecutor in suburban Chicago said Tuesday that the gunman accused of attacking an Independence Day parade has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart promised that dozens more charges would be sought. He added that the suspect, if convicted of murder, would receive a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole. The gunman...

A gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago on Monday, killing at least six people, wounding at least 30 and sending hundreds of marchers, parents with strollers and children on bicycles fleeing in terror, police said. Authorities said  a man named as a person of interest in the shooting  was taken into police custody Monday evening after an hourslong manhun...

Thousands of American Airlines flights were left without pilots through the end of July after a system glitch this weekend. In a statement, the Fort Worth, Texas-based airline confirmed there was a technical issue with the company's "pilot trip trading system" that allowed pilots to drop their scheduled flights. "As a result of this technical glitch, certain trip trading transactions were able to...

On Thursday, a judge sentenced a woman in connection  the killing of a 20-year-old woman  in Charlotte's NoDa neighborhood. Kelly Lavery, one of four people arrested in connection to the murder, was sentenced to 25-32 years in prison for the death of Mary Collins.  Prosecutors say  Collins  was lured to an apartment and then  brutally killed  during the first COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020. Collins' f...

Bruton Smith, the founder of Speedway Motorsports, the parent company of Charlotte Motor Speedway, will be laid to rest Thursday during a public funeral in Charlotte.  Smith's life will be celebrated at Central Church on Sardis Road. The service, which is open to the public, will begin at 1 p.m.  Charlotte Motor Speedway will provide a livestream  for those who are unable to attend Smith's funeral...

A new bill introduced in the South Carolina Senate seeks to ban abortions with few exceptions, going even further than the new  Fetal Heartbeat  Act that took effect Monday.  The "Equal Protection at Conception - No Exceptions" act would outlaw abortions at any stage of pregnancy unless the mother's life is at risk. It was introduced by Sen. Richard Cash of Anderson County, as some state lawmakers...

Health officials confirmed the first case of monkeypox in Mecklenburg County Monday, just days after  the first case of the illness was reported in North Carolina .  Mecklenburg County Public Health said  most monkeypox infections last 2-4 weeks . Monkeypox is a rare, but potentially serious, viral illness that typically involves flu-like symptoms, swelling of the lymph nodes and a rash that inclu...

President Joe Biden signed the widest ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades Saturday. The bill is a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the long-intractable issue and the deep-seated partisan divide that persists. "I was there 30 years ago the last time this nation passed meaningful gun safety laws, and I'm here today to sign the most significant law passed...

North Carolina now has its first case of monkeypox. The state's  Department of Health and Human Services  (NCDHHS) announced it confirmed the infection through the State Laboratory of Public Health. While the agency did not disclose where in the state the infected person lives, Atrium Health said Thursday that the case is not   from Charlotte.  The patient's health care providers are now reaching...

Gaston County 911 Communications   is looking for more people to answer the call for service. The unit is currently short 20 telecommunicators, which is about a third of its total workforce. “It’s very important for us to get these positions filled with qualified applicants so that we can serve the community in the way that they should be served,” Suzanna Mauney-Smith, assistant chief of police wi...

Law enforcement authorities had enough officers on the scene of the  Uvalde school massacre  to stop the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, the  Texas public safety chief testified Tuesday , condemning the police response as an “abject failure.” Police officers with rifles instead stood and waited in a hallway for over an hour before they finally stormed the classroom and killed t...

Fundraisers are ongoing to help those recovering from a devastating  crash involving a golf cart last week in Statesville.  The crash, which police said was caused when a drunk driver crossed over the center line and struck the golf cart, killed three people and injured three others.  One of the passengers in the golf cart, 13-year-old  Jada Marlowe of Statesville , passed away on Monday, official...

North Carolina health leaders say  COVID-19  shots for the youngest children eligible to be vaccinated will be available in a matter of days. On Saturday,  CDC  director Dr. Rochelle Walensky  gave her endorsement of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines  for children aged 6 months to under 5 years. This means about 18 million kids will be able to get the shots, but how many actually will is still to be...

A single gunman opened fire inside a suburban Alabama church Thursday evening, killing two people and wounding a third at a small group meeting before being taken into custody, authorities said. FULL STORY: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/police-multiple-people-shot-at-alabama-church-suspect-held-birmingham/507-9dc1c3a6-b9b4-4986-b86a-d67498259c26 Plus, crews in Rowan County are inv...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday intensified its drive to tame high inflation by raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly three decades — and signaling more large rate increases to come that would raise the risk of another recession. The move the Fed announced after its latest policy meeting will increase its benchmark short-term rate, which affects m...