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A 19-year-old man was arrested in Kannapolis when authorities found a van with weapons and explosives parked in a lot outside a bank in May, and has since been accused of making internet searches involving a plan to kill former vice president Joe Biden.
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Laura Brache/WFAEEvery 30 seconds, a young Latino becomes eligible to vote, according to the Pew Research Center. Latino voters will make up the second-largest voting bloc behind white people, but they lag behind Black voters in showing up to the polls. North Carolina is no exception. So, what’s on the minds of young Latino voters in the Charlotte area and what will drive them to vote? -
Google MapsCharlotte Mecklenburg Library is removing former North Carolina Gov. Cameron Morrison's name from its SouthPark-area branch because "systemic racism and inequity have no place in public libraries," officials announced Tuesday.
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Roof Above says its Room in the Inn seasonal housing program for homeless residents will not operate this winter because of the coronavirus pandemic. But the agency says it is taking steps to increase capacity as cold weather arrives.
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The contractor building the I-77 toll lanes north of Charlotte has completed work on the second of three sections, and is finishing work on the third.
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WFAE's Sarah Delia checks in with Mecklenburg County Board of Elections Director Michael Dickerson about how the first day of early voting went, and where we stand with absentee ballots that have an error after a new judge ruling.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to rename Vance High School in honor of Charlotte civil rights lawyer Julius Chambers.
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Charlotte now has 16 more homicides in 2020 than it did at this point last year. Three occurred within about 10 hours of each other Monday night and early Tuesday morning.
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In a sign of Charlotte's growing diversity and the upheaval created by the pandemic, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has more Hispanic than white students for the first time.
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Charlotte officials have again rejected funding to redevelop the run-down Brookhill Village apartment complex off South Tryon Street. The project's developer warns time is running out to redevelop the 70-year-old apartments with affordable housing.
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As many as 40 million renters nationwide have fallen behind on their rent and faced the threat of eviction this year. For now, a Sept. 1 order from the Centers for Disease Control makes it harder for property owners to kick out tenants who are suffering financially amid the coronavirus pandemic. But it's not a guarantee against evictions.
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Judy Williams, who turned the pain of losing her goddaughter into a Charlotte nonprofit aimed at preventing violence and helping families of homicide victims through grief, died Saturday after battling lung cancer.
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Stanly County Schools will revert to all-remote learning through the end of October as the school system attempts to contain the spread of COVID-19 cases among staff and students.
