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13 Reusable, Eco-Friendly Advent Calendars You Can Snag for Under $50 on Amazon charlotteobserver.com/guides…

13 Reusable, Eco-Friendly Advent Calendars You Can Snag for Under $50 on Amazon

You can fill them with anything you want, and best of all, you can use them year after year!

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Towering fire levels NC church just hours ahead of Sunday morning services charlotteobserver.com/news/s…

Towering fire levels NC church just hours ahead of Sunday morning services

“Our building is gone, but the church is not!”

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Fantasy football: Start or sit player decisions for NFL week 7 games charlotteobserver.com/sports…

Fantasy football: Start or sit player decisions for NFL week 7 games

Detroit QB Jared Goff and Philadelphia RB Saquon Barkley appear to be good plays for fantasy football managers this week.

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2 babies suffered brain injuries at same Texas hospital 25 days apart. 1 died, lawsuits say charlotteobserver.com/news/n…

2 babies suffered brain injuries at same Texas hospital 25 days apart. 1 died, lawsuits say

Both families say hospital staff didn’t initially tell them how serious things were.

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Bryce Young understands why young athletes are anxious. Panthers QB wants to help charlotteobserver.com/sports…

Bryce Young understands why young athletes are anxious. Panthers QB wants to help

The star quarterback caught “the beginning” of social media in sports. It’s different now, he said, and is central to the Young 9 Foundation.

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Why Gen Z keeps turning overlooked retro gear into must-haves, from Fujifilm to Discmans charlotteobserver.com/living…

Why Gen Z keeps turning overlooked retro gear into must-haves, from Fujifilm to Discmans

From retro cameras to vintage tech, Gen Z is making everything old feel new again.

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Walmart rolls out drone deliveries across Charlotte: No red light ‘in the sky’ charlotteobserver.com/news/b…

Walmart rolls out drone deliveries across Charlotte: No red light ‘in the sky’

The discount giant is the latest retailer in the region making aerial drops.

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The Hornets traded their longest-tenured players. Can a 23-year-old replace them? charlotteobserver.com/sports…

The Hornets traded their longest-tenured players. Can a 23-year-old replace them?

LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges had 14 combined seasons in Charlotte before being traded in July. Now Brandon Miller must step up as a leader.

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NC grocery chain is expanding again in Charlotte area as competition intensifies charlotteobserver.com/news/b…

NC grocery chain is expanding again in Charlotte area as competition intensifies

The 51,000-sq-ft store near Lake Norman is part of a mixed-use plan as two more grocers plan to open next month.

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Is your license plate being tracked in NC? See if your car was searched on Flock charlotteobserver.com/news/l…

Is your license plate being tracked in NC? See if your car was searched on Flock

Have you been Flocked? Here’s how to know if your license plate has been searched in the Flock database.

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JD Vance joked protester was here illegally. He says he was born and raised in NC charlotteobserver.com/news/p…

JD Vance joked protester was here illegally. He says he was born and raised in NC

A Hendersonville teen’s protest at JD Vance’s rally went viral after the vice president joked about “illegal border crossings.”

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How much will Duke’s ACC title win over Virginia affect the football rematch? charlotteobserver.com/sports…

How much will Duke’s ACC title win over Virginia affect the football rematch?

Blue Devils, after a 4-0 season start, have lost their last two ACC games and Cavaliers have dropped three of their last five games.

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Lumbee will soon decide casino future + Why a Mike Causey campaign worker quit charlotteobserver.com/news/p…

Lumbee will soon decide casino future + Why a Mike Causey campaign worker quit

Subscribe to Under the Dome to get North Carolina politics news in your inbox daily.

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Trump visits NC to campaign for a race even he thinks Republicans will lose | Opinion charlotteobserver.com/opinio…

Trump visits NC to campaign for a race even he thinks Republicans will lose | Opinion

Even the president doesn’t seem to think Republicans will win North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race in November.

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Could two Rock Hill killers, found not guilty by reason of insanity, be released? charlotteobserver.com/news/l…

Could two Rock Hill killers, found not guilty by reason of insanity, be released?

Exclusive: South Carolina health officials say both men are ready for release after York County killings in 2019 and in 2021.

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At least 13 people died at or after leaving a woman’s unlicensed boarding homes, warrants say. She got 30 years charlotteobserver.com/news/n…

At least 13 people died at or after leaving a woman’s unlicensed boarding homes, warrants say. She...

Police who went to the homes routinely found vehicles belonging to people who had died, according to a warrant.

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Men posed with guns on Snapchat 18 minutes after South Carolina killing, prosecutors say charlotteobserver.com/news/n…

Men posed with guns on Snapchat 18 minutes after South Carolina killing, prosecutors say

A jury convicted two men of murder in a 2023 shooting, and a third pleaded guilty. Here’s the evidence prosecutors say tied them to it.

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Fired Trump press secretary grew up in a California town. ‘Do not raise your kids there’ charlotteobserver.com/news/n…

Fired Trump press secretary grew up in a California town. ‘Do not raise your kids there’

Katie Zacharia was fired after five days as White House press secretary. Earlier this year, she looked back on her California childhood in a TV interview.

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Fact Check: Here’s what Trump got – mostly – right in Kansas rally for Sen. Marshall charlotteobserver.com/news/n…

Fact Check: Here’s what Trump got – mostly – right in Kansas rally for Sen. Marshall

President Donald Trump’s speech made claims about the economy, the war with Iran and his administration’s effect on crime.

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Trump uses antisemitic slur to defend Marshall’s medical suits in Kansas rally charlotteobserver.com/news/n…

Trump uses antisemitic slur to defend Marshall’s medical suits in Kansas rally

The rally in Kansas marked the second time Trump has publicly used the term and his comment immediately sparked blowback.

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