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PARIS — France sent roughly 70,000 police and security officers into its cities Saturday for a fresh…
RODANTHE, N.C. — The storm that battered the Outer Banks all week is finally leaving, but the only h…
NAGQU, Tibet — A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked a remote, high-altitude stretch of China's…
WAINWRIGHT, Alberta — The fire that killed four Canadian soldiers and hurt 39 more at an Alberta arm…
RALEIGH, N.C. — Fewer people died on North Carolina roads last year, according to the state Division…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Monday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police made public the personnel records of seven…
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Charlotte is in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Mecklenburg County Sheriff: Garry McFadden; CMPD Chief of Police: Estella D. Patterson.
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CMPD Names Seven Officers Tied to Racist Text Thread in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Monday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police made public the personnel records of seven officers connected to a group text thread filled with racist messages, naming the people…
Three CMPD Officers Resign Amid Racist Text Probe in Charlotte
Charlotte, N.C. — Three Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers have resigned during an internal probe of alleged racist group texts, Police Chief Estella Patterson said at a Thursday news conference.…
Federal Detainees Return to Mecklenburg Jails in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mecklenburg County will start holding federal detainees again for the first time since 2023, with roughly 60 people moving in right away under a new…
Carowinds Closes Fury 325 and Thunder Striker
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carowinds has shut down two roller coasters indefinitely after a fatal accident on the Goliath ride at Six Flags Over Georgia earlier this week, local…
CMPD Officers Face Firing Over Alleged Racist Texts
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Six CMPD officers face recommended firing or have already left after an internal probe found an alleged racist private text thread, local reporting confirmed this…
Two-Alarm Fire Hits Smoke Shop on West W.T. Harris Boulevard
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — About 60 firefighters fought a two-alarm blaze Sunday night at a smoke shop in a north Charlotte shopping center; no one was hurt. Charlotte Fire…
CMPD Officers Face Firing Over Racist Texts in Charlotte, N.C.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — More than half a dozen officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in Charlotte, N.C., have been recommended for termination or quit after a text thread…
Charlotte, N.C., fire task force on Isaias flood standby
Charlotte, N.C. — Twenty-two Charlotte firefighters from Task Force 3 waited on call at the Huntersville operations hub as Isaias remnants raised flooding risk across western North Carolina.…
France Puts 70,000 Police on Streets as Louvre Closes
PARIS — France sent roughly 70,000 police and security officers into its cities Saturday for a fresh round of nationwide protests, a week after demonstrations over the cost…
Magnitude 7 Earthquake in Tibet Kills 16, Injures 76
NAGQU, Tibet — A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked a remote, high-altitude stretch of China's Tibet region late Thursday, leaving 16 people dead and 76 others hurt, local…
Deadly Fire at Canadian Army Base Began
WAINWRIGHT, Alberta — The fire that killed four Canadian soldiers and hurt 39 more at an Alberta army base last week started on an automatic grenade launcher range…
Deadly Fire at Canadian Army Base Wainwright Injures Many
WAINWRIGHT, Alberta — An incident in a training area at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright on Saturday afternoon left people dead and injured and touched off a fire that…
