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Fourth NC resident charged with taking part in Jan. 6 assault on the US Capitol Michael Gordon, The Charlotte Observer © Samuel Corum/Getty Images North America/TNS Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.. CHARLOTTE, N.C. —Another North Carolina resident has been arrested in connection with the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Lewis Easton Cantwell, of Sylva, has a m...

Yet most other states managed to roll out the vaccine more quickly than North Carolina, which has so far administered only about one-third of its allotment. That speed matters, as federal officials have said future distributions may be based on how quickly states are putting shots into arms. But exactly why North Carolina has fallen behind is complicated. A survey of dozens of county health departments across the state by the N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network shows a range of problems that have h...

North Carolinians drove far less during pandemic. So why did fatal crashes go up? Ames Alexander, The Charlotte Observer © Streeter Lecka/Getty Images North America/TNS Signs along the city highways in Charlotte caution people to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic on April 24, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The numbers seem to defy common sense: Although North Carolinians drove fewer miles during the pandemic, the death toll on the state’s...

Major NC companies financed GOP for years. Things could change after Capitol riot. Austin Weinstein, The Charlotte Observer Jan. 13—After years of sending hundreds of thousands of dollars to the campaigns of conservative Republican candidates, some of North Carolinas largest corporations are reconsidering the practice after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, encouraged by President Donald Trump and some of his supporters in Congress. The storming of the Capitol was appa...

Police officer dead, another wounded after confronting suspect, NC officials say Mark Price and Amanda Zhou, The Charlotte Observer © Viorel Margineanu/Dreamstime/TNS A North Carolina police officer was killed and a second officer was wounded when they confronted a carjacking suspect, police said. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One Concord, North Carolina, police officer was killed and a second officer was wounded when they confronted a carjacking suspect in a restaurant parking lot lat...