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Gantt Center adds homegrown executive Sophia Partlow Artistic pathway started at former Afro Center   COURTESY SOPHIA MATTHEWS PARTLOW Charlotte native Sophia Mathews Partlow is the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Cultures vice president for communications and technology innovation. December is a homecoming of sorts for Sophia Matthews Partlow. The Charlotte native grew up attending camps at the Afro-American Cultural Center in First Ward, which moved to Second Ward in 2009 ...

iStockphoto Authorities were called to the area of 11 Maple Street, near Prospect Street shortly before 1 a.m. December 15. Police were unable to provide any details concerning the reported incident until Detectives are available to comment, possibly later in the day. There were no initial reports of injuries and the situation was not believed to pose a public safety threat. Enter your number to get our free mobile app Sunday night, shots were fired on Hazel Street where Police found a house wa...

A Charlotte nonprofit will give two historic properties — commonly called "shotgun" houses — new life as affordable housing. The homes, which date from the late 19th century, were moved to uptowns First Ward three decades ago. Now, theyre on the move again. The West Side Community Land Trust has taken possession of the two homes and broke ground Friday to prepare to move them to west Charlottes Lakeview community. Jamall Kinard, a Lakeview resident and land trust board member, noted t...

Newport Daily News NEWPORT – A letter from the Newport Health Equity Zone about the North End Urban Plan to the City Council caused a flare-up on the council over whether two council members should recuse themselves on matters involving HEZ and the plan. Ward 1 Councilwoman Angela McCalla said during the council meeting on Wednesday, “I received an email from the City Clerk suggesting that I should consider seeking an advisory opinion from the Rhode Island Ethics Commission because of my af...

And host of "reliable sources" here on cnn brian stelter. david, how do you think president trump took macrons not so subtle message? >> not well at all. and didnt take the message from macron a few months ago and he needs to build his own army to protect itself from russia and china and indeed perhaps from the united states. we now reached a stage where the honeymoon where macron and trump has clearly become very divisive. its falling apart around that has some danger for the united states beca...

before the shooting. as chick-fil-a tries to spread its wings some cities want to clip them. well talk to one politician that says not in my town. good morning, everyone. i am randi kaye. 8:00 on the east coast, 5 a.m. on the west. thanks for waking up with us. just hours after the opening ceremony a chinese woman has won the first gold medal in the london olympics. she competed in the 10 meter air rifle competition and to recap the highlights queen elizabeth officially opened the 20...

good evening, everyone. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, facebook not making many friends this evening because just a few hours ago, facebook came out with its first earnings report as a big public company. and it did do about what people thought. revenue was up 32% from a year ago. that may sound good but the problem is facebooks shares are taking a big hit. you remember, this is a company that was second biggest stock market launch ever. today facebook shares closed at 26 a share...

earnings report as a big public company. and it did do about what people thought. revenue was up 32% from a year ago. that may sound good but the problem is facebooks shares are taking a big hit. you remember, this is a company that was second biggest stock market launch ever. today facebook shares closed at 26 a share. you see that black diamond-looking ski slope. its falling even after the market closed tonight. down about 30% from where it went public. this obviously has hurt a lot ...

the path. from ohio to new york this morning and airlines are playing catch up after 900 flights were canceled. another severe storm watch in effect today. lets get the very latest from meteorologist rob marciano live in olympic park in atlanta. rough night for us up here. >> reporter: it was. not just for new york city, it was a massive storm system, christine. yesterday morning at this time we said the atmosphere was primed to explode and mother nature certainly took the cue yester...

summer olympics. thats not what you want to see just before the games start. >> a bizarre one i never heard about either. the name. plus, a day of reckonning for facebook. we look ahead to the first earnings report as a public company later today with our christine romans. >> interesting. up first, the latest on the aftermath and investigation in aurora, colorado. law enforcement sources say the shooting suspect james holmes mailed a package to the university of colorado campus in auro...