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A new exhibition on Mary Cardwell Dawson, founder of the National Negro Opera Company, opens March 26 at the Charlotte Museum of History. The company was established in 1941 and is the first successful Black opera company in the country.
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Charlotte the stingray in a small North Carolina aquarium has been attracting visitors since she got pregnant without a mate. Businesses in Hendersonville are delighted by the influx.
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Members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board spent Monday visiting legislative offices in Washington, D.C., to lobby for money, flexibility, broadband access and better cafeteria food.
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Just before the first day of spring, the region will feel lows in the 20s, and local officials urge caution with much of the area under a warning for increased fire risk.
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In a fever dream of a retelling, America's new reigning king of satire has turned a loved classic, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," upside down, placing Huck's enslaved companion Jim at the center.
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Tom Stafford commanded the first Apollo mission to dock with a Soviet craft in space. He also served as commander of Apollo 10 - the dress rehearsal before NASA's first landing on the moon in 1969.
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The fight over whether Republicans keep their supermajority in the General Assembly will come down to just a handful of legislative districts. There are 120 seats in the House. Almost all are preordained in terms of who will win.
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The generators are part of Duke Energy’s plan to meet state energy needs and emission goals.
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Benjamin Joseph Taylor was arrested this weekend in Imperial County, California, which borders Mexico. He’s charged with three counts of murder and one count of concealment of death in the case of Markayla Johnson, Miracle Johnson, 4, and 7-month-old Messiah Johnson.
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A pair of bald eagles is at the center of a rezoning fight that goes before the Charlotte City Council on Monday that will determine whether a developer can build hundreds of new apartments in Piper Glen.