A consultant hired by the city of Charlotte says a proposed transit sales tax would grow by 4.4% a year for 50 years. The existing half-cent sales tax for transit grew by 3.8% a year since 1999. The difference in growth rates would be about $7 billion when the city's debt is paid.

As a landmark federal opioid trial nears completion, West Virginia communities are demanding $2.5 billion in compensation. Drug firms say they acted responsibly in shipping millions of pills.

The CDC information dated Thursday gives new details on this variant of the coronavirus and says the agency should "acknowledge that the war has changed." It was first reported by The Washington Post.

Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of the U.S. East Coast, allowing spoilers to slip through and upsetting those who want to watch the games later in prime time. Here are some ways you can try to block the news.

For the first time since 2004, there will be no Usain Bolt scorching the track. That means a new generation of speed demons is looking to make its mark.

Climate change is bringing more intense storms, flooding and other weather extremes that can leave communities devastated. The North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency plans for big storms. Its chief resilience officer, Amanda Martin, says there's uncertainty over whether lawmakers will keep her office going when funding expires later this year.

Summer temperatures are soaring above 90 degrees each day this week in the Charlotte area. To provide relief from the heat, Mecklenburg County and partner agencies have opened cooling stations and Charlotte Area Transit System is giving free rides to these centers.

It’s time to preview what’s on tap entertainment-wise in the Charlotte area. The North Carolina Vintage Vineyard tour, where you can sip a variety of rare wines, is this weekend. “Musicology: The Art of The Sample, The Soul of Hip-Hop” concert takes place this weekend. And popular Disney movie “Beauty and the Beast” takes the stage on Friday as a musical.

The complaint claims the New Jersey-based company made Black women a "central part" of its business strategy but failed to warn them about the potential dangers of the powder products it was selling.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says he will allow the state’s remaining mask restrictions to end Friday even as COVID-19 infections are spiking. But he also urged residents and school districts to follow updated guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about wearing masks inside and said some state employees will have to verify vaccine status or undergo regular testing and wear masks.

Superintendent Earnest Winston notified the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board Thursday he will recommend mandatory masks to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant. The school board will review the plan at a special meeting Friday morning.

Cyclist Phil Gaimon was competing in a race that could have won him a spot in the Tokyo Olympics. Instead, a crash landed him in two hospitals where his out-of-network surgeries garnered huge bills.