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The 1.1 percent increase is a sign that despite higher payroll taxes and increases in the price of such things as gasoline, consumers are still willing to spend. And that's good news for the economy.

The North Carolina House tentatively passed its version of a tax overhaul Friday. The Republican bill is one of three major tax overhauls the General…

A Gaston County plant where workers have manufactured tools for more than three decades is closing. The Apex Tool Group will shut its doors and lay off…

The 22- and 28-year-olds were convicted of using denial of service attacks to defend WikiLeaks. Christopher Weatherhead will serve 18 months in jail.

The Byler kids have started kindergarten — each in separate classrooms. Apparently it's been a tough transition. It's the first time the five brothers and one sister have been on their own since they were born.

You may find it mesmerizing as cold air covers much of the nation in a new video visualization from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

If you’ve been to Gettysburg, you may have seen the Cyclorama – a massive painting that colorfully and dramatically depicts battlefield scenes including…

Hold on for another relentlessly exuberant, propulsive jam from The New Pornographers.

Early voting is up 10.7 percent in Mecklenburg County, compared with the last presidential election four years ago. As of Wednesday night, the 14th day of…

Piedmont Natural Gas shareholders have approved the company’s sale to Duke Energy. Two-thirds of the company’s shareholders supported the deal at a…

As more huge Confederate flags rise along primary roads in North Carolina, the planning board in Orange County – home to Chapel Hill – is looking at…

Officials have voted to close schools in a North Carolina district as more than 1,000 teachers are expected to take a day off to spend time lobbying for…

Mujtaba Mohammed upset incumbent Democrat Joel Ford in Tuesday’s primary for the 38th district seat in North Carolina’s State Senate, earning 51 percent…

The Orange County Commission this week approved limits on the size of outdoor flags after a large Confederate flag went up along Highway 70 near…

Project LIFT, a public-private partnership aimed at improving Charlotte schools, has received extra money to continue its work with West Charlotte High…

Cousins James Ransom and Cherie Johnson swap stories about the Sunday school teacher who taught and took care of two generations of the family.

The Mecklenburg County Health Department is launching a pilot program that will distribute an HIV prevention drug known as PrEP to some 320 uninsured…

Former San Francisco 49ers star and North Carolina native Dwight Clark has died after a battle with ALS. He was 61.Clark, an NFL receiver, grew up in…

Who's afraid of a trade war? And who should be?