Jamie Boll

Oil prices are shooting up. Well over $100 as of 10pm Sunday.

Sheriff Garry McFadden survives.

Update: Race closes for Mecklenburg Sheriff. This includes today's vote. 25% of precincts in.

Dist 106 Incumbent State House Democrat, Carla Cunningham, (Mecklenburg) is down big early. #ncpol

First votes in for Mecklenburg Sheriff
These are early votes. #ncpol

These U.S. soldiers were killed in an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait over the weekend.

They are Capt. Cody Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39
Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42
Sgt. Declan Coady, 20

Two others were killed in the same attack; their names have not yet been released.

RIP.

Military officials question fortifications at site where U.S. troops were killed in Iranian strike The first American service members to die in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran were killed in an apparent Iranian drone attack on a makeshift office space in Kuwait, sources told CBS News.

On the 6 US troops who died at Shuaiba port in Kuwait: Troops asked for more drone defeat capabilities, none came. It was recommended that the makeshift tactical operations center not be used because it was hard to defend and concentrated too many troops in one place. www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-st...

Security Updates for Americans in the Middle East (Updated March 2, 4pm EST) DEPART NOW VIA COMMERCIAL MEANS DUE TO SERIOUS SAFETY RISKS • Bahrain • Egypt • Iran • Iraq • Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • United Arab Emirates • Yemen

Americans should evacuate the entire Middle East.

Direct Iranian drone hit on a high rise building in Bahrain's capital of Manama.

Gulf states seem to be struggling to intercept Shaheds while successfully knocking out cruise missiles.

I love this photo a ton but I’m also obsessed with this one.

Franklin Street, Chapel Hill.

Carolina Panthers wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan ran away with the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award. bit.ly/3O1crgG

Message from Duke Energy. Reduce power usage overnight into tomorrow morning. #ncxw

And here’s 77 North getting off on Exit 9C Wilkinson Blvd.

Here’s 485 Inner around Ballantyne.

Quick road update as of noon. Sun is doing some welcomed work. Neighborhood roads slushy. Watch for the shady areas. Here’s Endhaven Ln in South Charlotte.

Quick weather update from South Charlotte. Plenty of sleet, but the power is on. Hoping it stays that way. #ncwx

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Former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his family killed in Statesville plane crash, officials confirm.

Details here: https://bitl.to/5SMK

In-person early vote just drops. Mecklenburg Transit Tax: For 55% Against 45%

First numbers in from Mecklenburg Co. These are absentee-by-mail votes. Transit Tax: For 63% Against 37% #ncpol

Did he take a charge?

BREAKING: Five houses collapsed over a roughly 60 minute period this afternoon in Buxton. Details: islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-... [@IslandFreePress video] #yestv #ncwx #obx #Humberto #Imelda

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

Former Charlotte City Councilman Tariq Bokhari is leaving Trump Administration job at US DOT. #ncpol

Ryne Sandberg, Harry Caray, WGN, day baseball. Summers in the 80’s.

COMMENTARY: CBS joining ABC in bowing to President Trump is a reminder that journalism is quietly defended against powerful interests in newsrooms across America every day. Thank you to the news leadership and media owners standing behind journalism that matters.

Tornado WARNING.
Lancaster and Chesterfield, right along the state line. Live coverage now on @wbtv.com

Breaking:
NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals.

Pope Leo XIV Is A Sox Fan, Despite The Early Hope From Cubs Fans, His Brother Confirms The Cubs' Marquee Sports Network, citing ABC News, said the new pontiff supports the North Siders. But his brother said that is not true.

Best Chicago controversy of the new Pope is the Cubs trying to lay claim to him and his brother having to speak up to clear up that he's a Sox fan. blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/p...