Attorney Rob Harrington will be Charlotte's next mayor. Vi Lyles is resigning June 30, seven months after winning her fifth term.

President Trump’s approval ratings have hit new lows. But Democrat Roy Cooper isn’t going there.Cooper, North Carolina’s U.S. Senate candidate, pretends Trump doesn’t exist. He criticizes “the federal government” or “the administration,” and he blasts by name his Republican opponent, Michael Whatley, Trump’s hand-picked candidate.

Thousands of Colombians living in North and South Carolina traveled to Charlotte on Sunday to vote in Colombia’s presidential election.

Lexington, Reidsville and Asheboro will benefit from grants aimed at improving rural infrastructure.

The Charlotte City Council interviewed five finalists to become the next mayor Thursday. They'll vote on Mayor Vi Lyles' replacement on Monday night. The winner needs a majority of council members, six, to secure the balance of Lyles' term, which runs through 2027.Mayor Pro Tem James Mitchell would seem to be the obvious choice, given that he already has the No. 2 job.But Mitchell struggled last week to get to six votes — he was at a solid four, as of Friday — and was set to work frantically this weekend to peel off supporters of former Mecklenburg Commissioner Harold Cogdell and former Federal Reserve executive Carrie Cook. Cogdell received the most nominations from City Council members, at six, which would be enough to win if he can maintain support.

Saying "you can’t go wrong" with either remaining candidate in the South Carolina gubernatorial runoff, President Trump endorsed both Lt. Gov. Pam Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson in the second Republican primary to be held Tuesday.

The VA's Office of Inspector General reviewed 8,100 cases of these automated Dependency and Indemnity Compensation decisions and found that in 8,000 of them there were errors.

The City Council is scheduled to pick someone to replace Mayor Vi Lyles, who is resigning June 30.

South Carolina attorney general and candidate for governor Alan Wilson spoke to supporters in Lancaster on Wednesday as early voting begins for the Republican primary runoff.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Wednesday inducted a dozen North Carolinians into the Order of the Longleaf Pine during a ceremony at Bank of America Stadium.