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The Democratic National Convention officially kicked off Sunday night with welcoming events for delegates. States were grouped together and the 6,000…

Authorities say four men ages 54 to 79 were held in "deplorable conditions" in the north Houston house.

RALEIGH Duke Energy Carolinas defended its handling of disputed charges in its North Carolina rate case Thursday, saying most of them were justified.Two…

What's an airport without a control tower? One that can expect to see a lot less traffic. As part of the sequestration cuts to the federal budget, the…

Six in 10 Americans say they fear tumbling from the middle class in the next few years, according to a newly released poll.

Firefighting officials in California are optimistic that they can get more of the Springs Fire under control Sunday, as for the second day cooler temperatures and higher humidity are expected to help their cause. The fire could be entirely contained by Monday, officials say.

The effort to turn the Charlotte airport over to an independent authority has more momentum now that a city-funded study recommends that action. City…

For quite a while, the annual number of fatalities from auto accidents has been a kind of shorthand for health issues that are big and important. Suicides now exceed deaths from crashes. And the middle-aged have seen the biggest increase in suicide rates.

The wettest regions will see more heavy rainfall and the driest regions will see even less precipitation, according to the analysis of more than a dozen climate models.

Update: 12:45 p.m.The judge in the trial of Randall Kerrick today allowed state prosecutors to show jurors a graphic photo of Jonathan Ferrell after he…

Indie pop star Ingrid Michaelson performs on her ukulele, turns on her Staten Island accent and covers a rewritten "Somebody That You Used to Know."

Every answer today is a made-up two-word phrase, in which the two words rhyme. The initials of the two words will be provided, along with a one-word clue.

Singer Vanessa Bley and former Sade collaborator Stuart Matthewman make up the new cocktail jazz band Twin Danger, which has been causing a scene with its self-titled debut and live shows.

Retiring CMPD Chief Rodney Monroe met with reporters Tuesday to talk about his decision to step down July 1.Chief Monroe said he’s been thinking about…

On Pop Culture Happy Hour's sports spinoff, Stephen Thompson and Gene Demby discuss the recent controversy over an athlete's decision to return his children's participation trophies.

Thursday in Charlotte, the public will have a chance to meet the person behind the new design for UNC Charlotte’s Main Station, which is part of the LYNX…

The budget state lawmakers settled on last week looked like it would preserve teacher assistant positions. But it’s not true, according to some school…

The outcome of the hearing could put more pressure on the Supreme Court to make a decision on states' same-sex marriage bans.

The City of Charlotte will have a lot less tax revenue to work with partly thanks to a re-do of the botched 2011 property revaluation. That came as a…

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a North Carolina case that a board made up largely of dentists may not regulate whitening services.