The CIAA announced Tuesday that its annual basketball tournament will be held in Baltimore instead of Charlotte from 2021-2023, a major loss for Charlotte’s tourism industry. The week of games, conferences and festivities had an estimated economic impact of $50.5 million last year, making it Charlotte’s most lucrative annual event, according to the Charlotte Regional
Thanksgiving is about more than just turkey, football, parades and card games. It’s about being thankful for what you have, and giving back to those struggling the most. If that sounds like you, consider hitting up one of the following food banks in North Carolina in the coming days. Each was ranked among the top
CHARLOTTE — Christian Ciciarelli was golfing with an old friend one day when he heard about mysterious tunnels far below uptown Charlotte. “He said there are gold mines,” Ciciarelli recalls. It was the first time Ciciarelli, a Wells Fargo employee, had heard such a claim — and it seemed too interesting to not investigate. A
Bombs were found in mail that was sent to former President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, The Washington Post reports. “The packages were immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential explosive devices and were appropriately handled as such,” the Secret Service said. “The protectees did not receive the packages
The Senate braced for a crucial initial vote Friday on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the FBI would deliver to Senators its report on claims that Kavanaugh sexually abused women. (Oct. 4) WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has sent the Senate a new FBI background file on Supreme
A gunman opened fire Sunday at an online video game tournament that was being livestreamed from a Florida mall, killing multiple people and sending many others to hospitals, authorities said. UPDATE (08/26/2018 7:35 p.m.): The suspect in the deadly shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, is believed to be from Baltimore, Maryland, officials said in a news
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – World-class soccer made a stop in Charlotte Sunday afternoon as Liverpool FC battled Borussia Dortmund on the pitch in the International Champions Cup. The event brought masses of people from miles away, crowding uptown and Bank of America Stadium. It’s the fourth time the International Champions Cup has been played in Charlotte, but
Then-candidate Donald Trump onstage with his running mate, Mike Pence, and their families at the end of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Republicans have chosen Charlotte, N.C., a city that hosted Democrats’ convention in 2012, to host their 2020 convention. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) The Republican National Convention in 2020 will be held in
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An accident is under investigation after a small plane missed the runway and ended up on an east Charlotte road Sunday afternoon. Medic responded to a call of an accident in the 10500 block of Parkton Road. Upon arrival, crews found a small plane carrying two people on an east Charlotte road.
