The Labor Department says consumer prices jumped 5% for the 12 months ending in May. That's the sharpest increase in nearly 13 years, as the economy rebounds from the pandemic recession.
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Google Maps/A South Carolina paper mill is now facing a third federal lawsuit from neighbors. The suit filed Tuesday says the plant's emissions are causing pollution and making them sick. -
Courtesy of Care Ring/When a crisis strikes, communities like Charlotte look to nonprofit organizations for support. The coronavirus pandemic was no different. Except this time, nonprofits were also affected. Their finances and operations suffered. Now they're beginning the road to recovery.
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The linchpin to retrieving $2.3 million, half the company's payment, was gaining access to the private key linked to the attacker's Bitcoin account. Here's how authorities may have gotten it. -
Many offices that have been closed since March 2020 are beginning to bring workers back, but not all companies think they need a return to the old ways.
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A published report says pharmaceutical maker Merck & Co. is investigating how a noose ended up on the campus of its plant in Durham.
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Facebook has extended former President Donald Trump's suspension for two years and says it will only reinstate him "if the risk to public safety has receded."
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A building supply shortage and high demand has created a lack of inventory in North Carolina's housing market — while an influx of cash has driven up prices in a seller's market.
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U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs last month, as the unemployment rate fell to 5.8% from 6.1% in April. Employers say they could use even more workers as demand surges and pandemic fears recede.
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Millions of women who lost their jobs in the pandemic have yet to return to work, even though the economy has improved. What's keeping them back is a mix of factors that may not be resolved quickly.
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Employers are struggling to fill jobs, and now more of them are turning to teenagers. Plus, we get an update on the Myers Park Country Club lawsuit, hear about a south Charlotte shopping center's future and learn why HBO's John Oliver highlighted ex-financial adviser Jim Heafner.
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In recent weeks, face masks have fallen increasingly out of fashion. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said fully vaccinated people could ditch their face coverings and states have lifted many coronavirus restrictions. Now some mask manufacturers are stuck with a surplus of millions of masks.
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Charlotte's Inlivian has received $2 million through the federal government's American Rescue Plan to pay for 178 emergency housing vouchers.
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