The Latest Breaking News from Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Karen McGirt was barely making it as a young, single mom in Charlotte decades ago with three children.

With pedestrian deaths in the U.S. at their highest point in four decades, advocates and urban residents across the nation are urging city councils and state lawmakers to break from transportation spending focused on road improvements and car culture

A suspended FBI employee from Charlotte, North Carolina, who gave whistleblower testimony Thursday to a Republican-led congressional subcommittee had his security clearance revoked over his handling of a Jan. 6-related investigation, and amid questions from his superiors about his “allegiance to the United States.”

The crane driver became trapped in his cab above a burning building as smoke billowed below and around him with his wife reportedly watching helplessly from the ground