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New Mecklenburg County Manager Michael Bryant is making changes to his top leadership team. Bryant has pushed out Deputy County Manager Anthony Trotman, who worked for the county for 10 years and was in charge of health and human services. He was one of three deputies under former manager Dena Diorio, who retired at the end of June. Trotman is being replaced by Kimm Campbell. She’s is coming to Mecklenburg from Broward County, north of Miami.

With three public meetings done and three more to go, the January 6th committee is laying out its case against former President Donald Trump.

President Biden points to January 6, 2021, as a reminder of what's at stake in the 2024 presidential election.

A plan to turn Bojangles Coliseum and the area around it into an amateur sports complex will require an extra $12 million immediately, staff told city…

U.S. Department of Labor statistics show nearly 10 million Americans have claimed unemployment benefits over the last two weeks as businesses shut down due to the coronavirus.

This May & June, spend Evenings at the Park with your Charlotte Symphony! Enjoy a delightful blend of classical favorites as you relax under the clouds at Symphony Park. This new casual, acoustic series presents selections from Beethoven, Debussy, Mozart, and more at a familiar setting in SouthPark. Christopher James Lees, conductor

Top stories include: post-event evaluations of Wednesday night's presidential debate; and Turkey continues to shell inside Syria's border after Syrian shells fell inside Turkey, killing five civilians.

Also: Death toll at 120 in wave of bombings in Pakistan; U.N. holds emergency meeting on Mali; report reveals 50 years of alleged sexual abuse of children by former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile.

Top stories include: the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to Chinese author Mo Yan; the presidential campaigns work to earn support of Latino voters in the swing state of Colorado.

Also: North Korea fires its latest projectile; Amnesty International claims Turkey is forcibly returning Syrian refugees; and a Michigan high school creates a hit class in taxidermy.

In softcover fiction, Jill McCorkle's cluster of retirees faces death with humor and sorrow. In nonfiction, Lawrence Wright peeks into the world of Scientology, Simon Garfield charts a history of maps, Jonathan Cott recalls his friendship with John and Yoko, Duncan Wall spins yarns about the circus and Mark Binelli welcomes us to his Detroit.

Also: The White House will propose new carbon cutting goals; more fighting is reported in Benghazi, Libya; and Los Angeles advances to the NHL Stanley Cup finals to meet New York.

Also: Many hikers may be missing in Nepal after a blizzard; Arkansas' voter ID law is overturned; and it's earthquake preparedness day worldwide: in the U.S., it's called the Great Shakeout.

Italy's prime minister, health and interior ministers faced hours of questioning in Rome as prosecutors opened an investigation into possible mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis.

This summer, three Iranian teens and their coach have traveled the US to train in Olympic-level kayaking skills. The women had to overcome not only their first big, wild water, but also political and cultural obstacles.

Scott Schools, the highest ranking career official at the Justice Department, will soon leave his position. Schools touched sensitive issues at DOJ including the special counsel probe.

It is midday on June 30, halfway through the year. Do you know where your money is?

Neither the U.S. nor China publicly announced the meeting in advance and it was not clear which side had proposed it.

DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says the Republican Party hasn't changed at all since its 2012 losses and continues to alienate "huge swaths of voters."