Forecast: Tonight: Mostly clear. Low: 60. Thursday: Warm and sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs: Mid to upper 70s. Weekend: Scattered showers and storms. I do not think rain will be widespread at this time and we are not expecting severe weather, but having a plan B if your plans are outdoors is advised. Highs: Upper 70s, near 80. Have a great evening! Kaitlin ..read more

CHARLOTTE – The community of Charlotte is still leaning on each other after Monday’s tragedy. Mothers of Murdered Offspring has been a local nonprofit in Charlotte for the past 30 years. They support families and communities who lose a loved one to violence. Their executive director, Lisa Crawford, still feels the pain from Monday.  “I was devastated,” she said. “I was really hurt immediately.” This vigil was to honor four officers who tragically lost their lives after trying to serve a warrant on Galway Drive on Monday. Four other officers were shot but are expected to be okay.  We ..read more

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NEW YORK (AP) — Even as many Americans say they learn about the 2024 election campaign from national news outlets, a disquieting poll reveals some serious trust issues. About half of Americans, 53%, say they are extremely or very concerned that news organizations will report inaccuracies or misinformation during the election. Some 42% express worry that news outlets will use generative artificial intelligence to create stories, according to a poll from the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll found 47% of Americans a ..read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Several GoFundMe accounts have been started to assist the families of the US Marshals and CMPD Officers who were shot and killed or injured after a suspect opened fire on the officers Monday. Three US Marshals were killed and another was left injured after being shot while attempting to issue a warrant Monday afternoon in East Charlotte. One CMPD Officer was killed while three other officers were shot and injured by suspects within the home after arriving to assist the US Marshals. Back the Blue NC has started a GoFundMe to assist those affected by Monday’s deadly shooting an ..read more

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Addressing a sharp increase in private-school grant applications, North Carolina Republicans advanced legislation on Wednesday to spend hundreds of millions of dollars now to eliminate a large waiting list this fall for Opportunity Scholarships and to permanently meet expected higher demand. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted for legislation that would spend another $248 million in the coming year to eliminate a waiting list of 54,800 applicants who otherwise would receive money to attend private or religious K-12 schools. Republicans from both chambers said before ..read more

MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — Witnesses described children fleeing amid the sound of gunshots near a Wisconsin middle school where authorities said an active shooter was “neutralized” outside the building Wednesday. There were no reported injuries to those inside the school. For panicked kids and their parents, the incident was terrifying. Parents described children hiding in closets, afraid to communicate on their cell phones, and one middle schooler said his class initially fled the school gym on in-line skates. Authorities in Mount Horeb said without giving details that the “alleged assailant ..read more

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant, went into effect Wednesday, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care. Dr. Leah Roberts, a reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist with Boca Fertility in Boca Raton, said the anti-abortion laws being enacted by Florida and other red states are being vaguely written by people who don’t understand medical science. The rules are affecting not just women who want therapeutic abortions ..read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Fellow law enforcement officers, emergency responders and community members gathered along the procession route to pay tribute to Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas Weeks, Jr. Weeks, 48 was killed in the line of duty along with three other officers while attempting to serve a warrant for a wanted felon on Monday. Several law enforcement units traveled down I-77 toward a Mooresville funeral home with lights flashing in support of the family and remembrance of a fallen hero ..read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’t plan to cut interest rates until it has “greater confidence” that price increases are slowing sustainably to its 2% target. The Fed issued its decision in a statement after its latest meeting, at which it kept its key rate at a two-decade high of 5.3%. Several hotter-than-expected reports on prices and economic growth have recently undercut the Fed’s belief that inflation was steadily easing. The combination of high interest rates and persistent inflati ..read more