Erik Verduzco

FILE – An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

FBI says it disrupted a New Year’s Eve attack plan inspired by Islamic State group

January 2, 2026 at 3:14 p.m.

The FBI said Friday it disrupted a New Year’s Eve attack plot targeting a grocery store and fast-food restaurant in North Carolina, arresting an 18-year-old man who authorities say pledged...

Shana Blake sits in a cage dressed as the Statue of Liberty to protest federal law enforcement presence in Charlotte, N.C. Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)

More than 130 arrested in North Carolina as governor says immigration crackdown is ‘stoking fear’

November 17, 2025 at 5:27 p.m.

U.S. immigration agents arrested more than 130 people in a weekend sweep through North Carolina’s largest city, a federal official said Monday, as the governor warned that the crackdown is...

Willy Aceituno, left, makes a police report with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer N. Sherill, after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers broke his window during an enforcement operation, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)

Federal officials confirm officers have begun Charlotte immigration enforcement

November 15, 2025 at 2:45 p.m.

Federal officials confirmed Saturday that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina’s largest city had begun as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations.

FILE – A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge outside an immigration courtroom at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Trump’s next immigration crackdown will target Charlotte, North Carolina, a sheriff says

November 13, 2025 at 2:40 p.m.

The next city bracing for the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is Charlotte, North Carolina, which could see an influx of federal agents as early as this weekend, a county sheriff...

LaQuanda Harvey, a Prospect airport service worker, votes in favor of a strike at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)

Workers at Charlotte airport, an American Airlines hub, go on strike during Thanksgiving travel week

November 25, 2024 at 3:50 p.m.

Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages.

Cindy White looks over the devastation inside her home caused by Hurricane Helene, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 in Morganton, N.C. The adjacent Catawba River flooded due to the torrential rains destroying the seven of family’s nine homes on the property. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Southerners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones

October 2, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.

Many residents of the Carolinas who still lacked running water, cellphone service and electricity Wednesday made do for the moment and questioned how long their patience would last nearly a...

Debris is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Crews search for survivors in North Carolina’s mountains days after Helene’s deluge

October 1, 2024 at 2:34 p.m.

Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris on Tuesday looking in the mountains of western North Carolina for victims of Hurricane Helene, days after the storm...

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