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HURRICANE Melissa left western Jamaica grappling with not only damaged livelihoods, but the debris of modern living and a more persistent problem — plastic waste. Yet, as the recent experience of ...

For many sewers, choosing paper patterns from one of Simplicity McCall’s ‘big four’ brands was an in-store ritual. But others say digital patterns are the way of the future Decades ago, in the ...

Federal transit authorities called out Charlotte’s transit system for failing to meet multiple mandated safety requirements in a new report triggered by a high-profile killing on the city’s light rail ...

In a letter sent this week, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis pushed for more information about U.S. Border Patrol agents’ operation in Charlotte last year. “The operation resulted in the apprehension of ...

AT just 12 years old, Errol McCarthy left Jamaica with his sister for Birmingham, England. Now 72 years old and retired, he has returned home, fulfilling a dream that never left him, even after six ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Audit finds leadership flaws and staff feared retaliation. Recommendations: anti-retaliation protections, surveys, stronger reporting ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for survivors after a commercial fishing boat with seven people on board, including a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) observer, ...

A new take on the 1989 horror comedy is a mostly engaging, Only Murders in the Building-adjacent mystery series buoyed by the charisma of its lead We’re a little bit past the very worst of a mostly ...

A dozen speakers — clad in “America First” hats, sweaters covered in the Punisher skull logo that has become associated with far-right groups and Confederate flags — spoke to a full City Council ...