Demonstrators converged outside a South Carolina police station for a second day Thursday, protesting the arrest of two men by officers in Rock Hill who were recorded on a Facebook video wrestling and throwing punches with the two.

Prosecutors have asked for the former police officer to be sentenced to a 30-year prison term. His defense attorney is calling for probation and time already served.

The Crave Charlotte food festival is in full swing. The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra celebrates America at Truist Field. And you can hear a lecture on artificial intelligence at Discovery Place.

Though President Biden no longer expects the U.S. to reach his initial goal of 70% of Americans being at least partially vaccinated by July 4, he continues to be optimistic that numbers will improve. His visit to Raleigh marks an attempt to encourage higher turnout in the state.

The UNC Chapel Hill student body president is petitioning for a special meeting of the university's board of trustees to vote on tenure for journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Charlotte Symphony's "Celebrate America" concert Friday night at Truist Field will be its largest performance in front of an in-person audience since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event has patriotic music, a tribute to front line workers and those who died during the pandemic, and fireworks to kick off the Fourth of July holiday week.

Tenant advocates are welcoming the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's one-month extension of a federal moratorium on evictions backed by the Biden administration that was set to expire next week on June 30. But they warn the move only postpones an inevitable wave of evictions.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has hired The DiJulius Group for $60,000 to train its 1,800 officers in what it calls a "customer experience training and curriculum."

A bill advancing through the North Carolina General Assembly has stirred up the debate over whether masks should be required in schools. The legislation would let districts decide. If they chose not to, that would go against Gov. Roy Cooper's executive orders and guidance from state and federal health officials.

About 100 people protested late Wednesday outside a police headquarters in South Carolina, several hours after a video of officers in Rock Hill wrestling and throwing punches during two arrests was posted to Facebook.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper named on Thursday a longtime legislative lobbyist and environmental policy adviser as his next secretary for the environment, after the state Senate did not confirm his previous choice.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the pandemic presented a historic threat.