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Wilson scores in final minute to lift Charlotte past Rice 21-20 in AAC contest
HOUSTON (AP) — Hahsaun Wilson scored on a 1-yard run with 47 seconds left to lift Charlotte to a 21-20 win over Rice on Saturday in the 49ers American Athletic Conference opener. Deshawn Purdie threw a pair of long touchdown passes to O'Mega Blake in the third quarter to put...
A misspelled memorial to the Brontë sisters gets its dots back at last
LONDON (AP) — With a few daubs of a paintbrush, the Brontë sisters have got their dots back. More than eight decades after it was installed, a memorial to the three 19th-century sibling novelists in London’s Westminster Abbey was amended Thursday to restore the diaereses – the...
Harris makes scandal-plagued Republican the star of her campaign to win North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There's an unlikely star in Kamala Harris ' push to win North Carolina: Mark Robinson. The state's embattled Republican candidate for governor, Robinson is featured in conversations this week with Harris volunteers and voters on the phone and at their...
Patrick Agyemang, Kristijan Kahlina spark Charlotte to 4-0 victory over Revolution
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Patrick Agyemang had a goal and two assists in the second half to help Charlotte FC pull away for a 4-0 victory over the New England Revolution on Saturday. Kristijan Kahlina finished with four saves on the way to his 10th clean sheet of the season for...
Kurtis Rourke, Ty Son Lawton combine for 4 TDs to help unbeaten Indiana rout Charlotte 52-14
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Kurtis Rourke and Ty Son Lawton just keep the Indiana Hoosiers offense chugging along. They did it again Saturday. Rourke threw one touchdown pass, ran for another and Lawton scored twice as the Indiana Hoosiers routed the Charlotte 49ers...
Journalist Ron Green dies at 95. He spent six decades as an award-winning sports writer in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ron Green, an award-winning journalist who covered the Masters for 60 consecutive years, has died. He was 95. Green died Wednesday, according to his son, Ron Green Jr., who posted the news on Facebook. Green began covering sports as a junior in...
The unbeaten Chargers and Steelers face off having taken very similar paths to their 2-0 starts
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Technically, Mike Tomlin was talking about what goes on behind closed doors. Given the way the Pittsburgh Steelers are playing during their unbeaten start, he might as well have been talking about what's happening on the field, too. “I can’t...
In swing states, Harris touts Republican endorsements while Trump leans into incendiary rhetoric
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump launched campaign blitzes Thursday with dramatically different approaches to attracting swing-state voters who will decide the presidential contest. In North Carolina, Democratic nominee Harris...
Campbell wants to say goodbye to the 'soup' in its name. It isn't the first to make such a change
NEW YORK (AP) — Campbell is ready to drop the soup — at least from its official name. Campbell Soup Co. announced its intention to change its name at an annual meeting of investors on Tuesday. The 155-year-old food seller, which is most famous for its namesake canned soups, says...
North Carolina state Rep. Kelly Alexander Jr. dies at 75
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — State Rep. Kelly Alexander Jr., a scion of an influential civil rights family in North Carolina who advocated for legalizing medical cannabis, died Friday. He was 75. A family statement posted on an Alexander social media site said the Mecklenburg County...
