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In a new development, the Department of Justice said Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 defendants should apply more broadly and include separate gun charges, as well.

More and more Americans now live in wildfire-prone landscapes and have no idea of the perils they face. Here's how to find out.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell described the change in a letter to team owners. The league was criticized for suspending Ray Rice for only two games after his arrest on domestic violence charges.

The bipartisan legislation would update the certification process for presidential elections, which former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to exploit after the 2020 election.

Supreme Court's decision to review the controversial bankruptcy deal involving the maker of Oxycontin means the settlement will remain on hold at least through December.

According to an NPR database, 50 people from North Carolina have been charged in connection with the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

A year after a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol, an informal community of amateur sleuths — known as "sedition hunters" — continues to identify people who were likely involved in the riot.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of California about a new court filing from the House Jan. 6 committee.

JazzArts Charlotte presents Grammy-nominated Israeli flutist Itai Kriss, for a FREE jazz workshop, in conjunction with his JAZZ ROOM weekend performances. As a way to deepen the interaction of our national jazz performing artists with the local music community, JazzArts Charlotte welcomes student musicians from the Charlotte area and beyond to learn from this world-renowned jazz innovator.
This applied workshop is open to middle and high schooler musicians, with at least a year on your instrument. All instruments are welcome – you are invited to bring it along.
Registration required.
Itai Kriss, a Grammy nominated recording artist praised by Jazzwax as “one of the most exciting new flutist-composers” on the scene, commands a variety of musical genres with an eclectic style infused with Jazz, Latin and Middle Eastern sounds. After spending the past 20 years working at the forefront of New York City’s Jazz scene while performing, recording and touring with some of the world’s top Afro-Cuban, Latin and Salsa artists, flute virtuoso Itai Kriss fuses the sounds of his native Israel with those of his adopted homelands in the Americas to create TELAVANA. His third album, Supermoon, was released in 2021.
Thank you to the program sponsors and supporters, who each bring jazz alive in Charlotte: Infusion Fund, Knight Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, North Carolina Arts Council, Arts & Science Council and O’s Place Jazz.

The new Trump administration hits the ground running with a bunch of executive actions, pardons for more than 1,500 January 6th rioters, and the firing of at least 12 inspector generals.

The explosive testimony about former President Trump's actions on Jan. 6, 2021, has led to calls from some right-leaning outlets that Trump is unfit to serve in office.

This week, Alt.Latino talks to great music journalists on the island and soaks up some new music.

The federal government tested its emergency alert system by sending messages to cellphones, TVs and radios. FEMA said it went well.

Separately, the select committee investigating the Capitol riot indicated that former Trump strategist Steve Bannon is not planning to comply with the subpoena it issued to him.

One of the most closely held parts of the Jan. 6 committee's investigation is how much money was funneled to the rally and who got paid along the way. Publicly available information offers some clues.

CMPD announces two arrests in connection with a deadly weekend shooting in uptown. S.C. Lieutenant Gov. Pamela Evette announces plans to succeed outgoing Gov. Henry McMaster. Krista Bokhari announces her run for the Charlotte City Council District 6 seat formerly held by her husband Tariq Bokhari.

Service workers at Charlotte Douglas Airport go out on strike. NCDOT announces $3.6M in funding for Mecklenburg County to improve roads. Duke Energy plans a new commercial scale EV charging station for large trucks. A run-down motel that houses dozens of people in west Charlotte has been ordered to close in December.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles easily wins the Democratic primary. All four at-large incumbents retain their council their seats. Krista Bokhari wins the District 6 primary. Federal charges have been levied against the man accused of stabbing a Ukrainian woman on the Lynx Blue Line last month.

Hear from Charlotte DOT staff about how the Strategic Mobility Plan will shape a new mobility future for Charlotte and equip our city to respond to a changing world! You'll also learn how to give input on the plan. This online event is free and open to the public. Register by visiting www.sustaincharlotte.org/grow_smart_clt About Grow Smart CLT: With 50 people moving to Charlotte every day it's critical that we grow smarter. To help, in 2018 Sustain Charlotte launched an event series called Grow Smart CLT. These fun and informative events explore the multiple challenges that Charlotte faces due to our rapid increase in population and how these can be overcome through smarter growth.

On Wednesday, March 24, at 6:30 p.m., Discovery Place Science will host a virtual event addressing the ethical challenges surrounding artificial intelligence. In conjunction with the Museum’s traveling exhibition, Artificial Intelligence: Your Mind & the Machine, Discovery Place Science will host a virtual event on Wednesday, March 24, that addresses how bias gets encoded in the algorithms that decide the destinies of millions of people. Beginning at 6:30 p.m., Breaking Down Bias will include a keynote address by Steven Tiell, leader of Responsible Innovation at Accenture. Following the talk, a screening of the film, Coded Bias, will take place. The film explores the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Baolamwini’s startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all. The event, which is sponsored by Accenture, is free and open to the public, however registration is required. Secure your virtual seat to this important conversation by visiting the event page.