Huntersville has a new police chief. Brian Vaughn was sworn in Sunday as Huntersville's new chief of police, capping a 24-year career with the department that started when he joined as a patrol officer in 2001.

More than 250 news outlets around the world have signed onto an appeal that calls for the protection of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, and for press to have independent access to the territory.

The FBI is calling the attack at a Minnesota Catholic church an act of domestic terrorism driven by "hate-filled ideology." Extremism analysts say the picture may be more complex.

The immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades will soon be empty. State officials expect the facility to have no detainees "within a few days."

An obituary published by the family of Iryna Zarutska provides more details on the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was stabbed to death on the light rail in South End on Friday night. Zarutska came to the U.S. in 2022 with her mother, brother and sister to escape Russia’s war. She had an art degree from a college in Kyiv, loved animals and wanted to become a veterinary assistant.

Yokeley is facing charges of contaminating food with a controlled substance and felony child abuse. He has since posted bond.

Three Charlotte Mecklenburg Police officers are on administrative leave after an officer-involved shooting overnight Thursday in east Charlotte. Police say officers responded to a 911 call on Pineborough Road at about 2 a.m. That’s between Independence Boulevard and Monroe Road. Police say a person shot at them upon arrival.Police fired back, hitting the person several times. The person was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries. No officers were injured.

Local authorities are reviewing hundreds of pieces of evidence. They say the shooter left troves of notes and plans expressing hate toward multiple groups.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles is calling the fatal stabbing of a young woman on the city’s light rail system a “tragic situation” that underscores broader challenges with mental health and homelessness.

Charlotte City Council members on Monday night said they want answers about crime around uptown and on public transit, after several high-profile incidents…including the killing of a 23-year-old woman who was stabbed to death Friday night on the Blue Line light rail in South End.