Kellan Grady was in a gym hoisting jumpers on Monday, trying his best to mimic the form he refined playing at Kentucky this past season. But something was conspicuously missing during his pre-draft workout with the Charlotte Hornets: The name “Granddad…
Are police required to protect people during mass shootings? The legal answer is no
Police aren’t required to protect you. When shots ring out in a school, the law doesn’t demand police rush inside and confront the shooter, even if lives could be saved. There’s an expectation that they will — as the motto “To Protect and to Serve” sug…
Scott Fowler: Annika Sorenstam isn’t going to win this U.S. Women’s Open. And she’s fine with that.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — At 51, Annika Sorenstam was roughly twice the age of the average golfer at the U.S. Women’s Open on Thursday. Of course, Sorenstam isn’t your average golfer. She’s arguably the GOAT of women’s golf, famous enough to be known by her fi…
Medical marijuana legalization passes NC Senate with bipartisan support
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina is one step closer to joining most of the rest of the country by legalizing medical marijuana, as the state Senate approved it Thursday with bipartisan support. There was also some bipartisan opposition to the bill. But i…
Civil rights lawsuit over pepper spray at NC voting march ends in ‘bittersweet’ deal
A lawsuit alleging that Graham, North Carolina, police and Alamance County sheriff’s deputies engaged in voter suppression by dispersing a 2020 march to the polls with pepper spray appears close to a final settlement. With the help of a mediator, 19 pl…
NASCAR’s Next Gen car was too hot, so racing turned to 3D printers for the solution
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR’s Next Gen car technology has leveled up and cooled down. The stock car racing sanctioning body has teamed up with digital manufacturing company Stratasys to 3D print production parts for all of its Next Gen racecars. The parts…
Did NASA find Hell? Scientists brace for first glimpse of world that constantly burns
Mankind’s first look at conditions on a “super-Earth” 50 light years away is expected in coming weeks via the James Webb Space Telescope, and NASA is bracing to see the stuff of nightmares. The planet, called 55 Cancri e, orbits so close to “its Sun-li…
Lawyer praises HBO show’s owl theory depiction, but says the rest of it is for the birds
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For years, Charlotte defense attorney David Rudolf has imagined a scenario in which Durham business executive Kathleen Peterson died not at the hands of her husband, but at the talons of a barred owl — and it’s a scenario he has famou…
‘I can’t believe I participated in such chaos.’ NC man pleads guilty to Capitol riot charges
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Over the last month, U.S. Capitol riot defendant Matthew Wood had mounted a particularly vigorous defense. In a series of rapid-fire court filings, the 25-year-old Greensboro-area man, who is charged with six crimes tied to the violen…
‘What is the purpose?’ NC bill on teaching LGBTQ issues likely to be blocked by governor
A bill from North Carolina Senate Republicans that regulates teaching about LGBTQ people is almost surely going to be blocked by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, if it gets that far. But expect to see it live on in the election, which is shaping up to be fo…