WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients. The case marks the first time the Supreme Court has considered the implications of a state ban since overturning the nationwide right to abortion. It comes from Idaho, which is among 14 states that now ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy with very limited exceptions. The high court has already allowed ..read more

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump ‘s chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their efforts to use so-called fake electors to try to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona in 2020, and it also says there are seven other defendants whose names were not immediately released because they had not yet been served with the charges. Trump is d ..read more

(AP) – Boeing said Wednesday that it lost $355 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis gripping the aircraft manufacturer as it faces increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes and accusations of shoddy work from a growing number of whistleblowers. CEO David Calhoun said the company is in “a tough moment,” and its focus is on fixing its manufacturing issues, not the financial results. Company executives have been forced to talk more about safety and less about finances since a door plug blew out of a Boeing 737 Max during an Alaska ..read more

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area of low pressure in the eastern central Atlantic ocean. Thankfully, this is not a threat to the United States. NHC is giving this area a 10% chance of tropical formation, but with this system entering an area of high wind shear, development is not likely. Hurricane season officially begins on Junes 1st. Forecasters are calling for an above average hurricane season. Click here for the latest projections, plus why more storms are likely this year ..read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by a federal agency Tuesday, though the rule is sure to be challenged in court. The Federal Trade Commission voted Tuesday 3-2 to ban measures known as noncompete agreements, which bar workers from jumping to or starting competing companies for a prescribed period of time. According to the FTC, 30 million people — roughly one in five workers — are now subject to such restrictions. The Biden administration has taken aim at noncompete measures, which are commonl ..read more

CHINA GROVE, N.C. – A man died in a motorcycle crash after having an altercation with his ex-girlfriend at a Circle K and leading police on a vehicle pursuit, according to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office. It happened just before 10:25 p.m. on Tuesday night. Police were called to the Circle K gas station on North Main Street in China Grove about a suspect allegedly chasing people with a knife. Officers were not able to locate the suspect in the area but obtained information about the incident from witnesses.  Police said a man, identified as Jeremy Lee Roush, was having an altercation wi ..read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Two brothers are facing charges after shooting into a pair of occupied homes in west Charlotte on Tuesday afternoon. Around 5 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 2700 block of Coronet Way in regards to shots fired. Police said the shots came near the Stewart Creek Greenway but the incident wasn’t involved with the greenway. Nobody was injured but two homes and an unoccupied vehicle were struck by bullets. Two 26-year-old men, Ulysses Barnes and Urundi Barnes, were located near the incident and were arrested. Both men were charged with the following: Shooting into an Occup ..read more

LONDON (AP) — British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore through his ankle a few days later, wanted to return to France for the 80th anniversary of the invasion so he could honor the men who didn’t come home. It was not to be. Gladden, one of the dwindling number of veterans who took part in the landings that kicked off the campaign to liberate Western Europe from the Nazis during World War II, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 100. Although weakened by cancer, Gladden had been determined to make it back to Normandy to take part ..read more

RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina Association of Educators released the following statement in regards to Governor Cooper’s proposed state budget: “Every day, educators across North Carolina show up because we believe in the future of our youngest generation, and they are doing great work despite being asked to do more and more, with less and less. Unfortunately, the strain on our school communities shows in rising teacher turnover and large-scale staff vacancies. North Carolinians want our state to invest in excellent public schools, because they too believe in a high-quality education for ..read more

MONROE, N.C. – Two travel lanes are closed along the westbound side of Highway 74 from Campus Park Drive to S. Sutherland Ave. due to an emergency water main repair, according to a news release. The release states that the repair is due to a contractor damaging a 12 inch water main at 791 E. Roosevelt Blvd, with the break being in front of the Food Lion across from Atrium Health Union. The repairs were initially believed to take 10-12 hours to complete and the North Carolina Department of Transportation is requesting for the lanes to remain closed until Thursday, April 25, according to the C ..read more