On the local news roundup, Charlotte City Council’s safety committee focuses on transit security and debates the return of red light cameras, Mooresville Mayor Chris Carney says he won’t resign following a vote of no confidence by the town board, and the Hornets are in the final stretch of their most successful season in years.
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Mooresville Mayor Chris Carney said he will not resign despite a no-confidence vote by the town board of commissioners Monday night.
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Suspected Southport shooter Nigel Max Edge was found to be incapable of standing trial in Brunswick County Superior Court on Tuesday, following a two-month wait to allow for re-evaluations of his mental capacity. A judge ordered him to undergo therapy in an attempt to restore that capacity. Because of that, the state's decision on whether to pursue the death penalty has been put on hold.
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After months of controversy, the Mooresville Town Board of Commissioners voted 4-2 Monday night to ask Mayor Chris Carney to resign. The no-confidence vote follows a 2024 incident in which Carney was found by police inside Town Hall around 4 a.m. allegedly without pants.
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It's widely assumed this is Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles’ fifth and final term. That means there will be a free-for-all to succeed her in 2027.
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After years of lurking in the shadows, sexual predators now make the headlines. From abuse in the Catholic Church to the Me Too movement to the Epstein Files, the public and the media now push for answers and accountability. But what about survivors? How are they experiencing this moment? We hear from them.
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Poll by a new bipartisan group finds that one in six North Carolinians have skipped care they needed because of cost.
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Major education news in North Carolina as the Leandro case is overturned, NCDOT opens an information center about plans for the I-77 toll lanes, Artemis II opens a new era in American space travel with a North Carolinian on board, and the South Carolina women's basketball team is back in the Final Four for the sixth straight year.
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Out-of-state patients got more than one-third of the abortions provided in North Carolina in 2025, as telehealth expands as a pathway to care.
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A new Elon University poll found that only 35% of North Carolinians approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president.
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A quartet of Republican judges ruled Thursday along party lines to overturn the court’s precedent. At stake is a multi-billion dollar plan to provide state funds to improve public education in North Carolina.