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The Christmas musical event at First Baptist Church took place over the December 5 weekend with a packed congregation of maskless attendees and choir members, who were singing shoulder to shoulder, witnesses told the Asheville Citizen Times.

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Michael Regan, 44, would be the first African-American to take the post. He was instrumental in leading the state's multi-billion-dollar cleanup of coal ash and worked with members of the GOP legislature in Raleigh to improve environmental standards in North Carolina. 

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking to identify whoever is responsible for illegally flying a drone near Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Between Oct. 30 and Dec. 8, there have been five reports by commercial airline pilots who have spotted a drone flying in their flight path at least 4,000 feet in the air near the Ft. Mill area.

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Raleigh came in at No. 3 on a list of the top 100 'Happiest Cities in America', according to a recent survey by Men's Health. The Magazine weighed factors such as the best overall environment including physical and mental health to financial status and well-being.

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A 25-year-old Concord Police officer and a suspect were killed in a shooting in between Charlotte Motor Speedway and Concord Mills Mall in Concord, North Carolina Wednesday night. 

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Hawthorne at the Glen, a luxury apartment complex in Concord, N.C., hosted "Santa Doug" Eberhart, who showed up to the community event maskless on Dec. 15. The second time Eberhart was in defiance of Gov. Cooper's statewide mask mandate at a holiday event in less than a week. A report by WSOC said the Santa appeared at a south Charlotte Ben and Jerry's without a mask last Wednesday, forcing the ice cream shop to issue an apology.

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Another grim milestone for the U.S that represents the equivalent of 100 days of Sept. 11 tragedies, eight times the number of people in the U.S. killed by the flu between 2018-19, and four times the number of people who died by a drug overdose.

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The Electoral College confirmed Democrat Joe Biden as the next president of the United States of America on Monday. The official vote ratified the former Vice President's victory with a 306-vote majority despite President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the election results.

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Attorney General William Barr will be leaving the Trump administration next week, according to his letter of resignation submitted to the President on Monday. “As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family,” Trump tweeted. 

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Mecklenburg County Health Director Gibbie Harris showed a video from QC Social lounge at a press conference on Friday. One of the many examples of Charlotte businesses failing to enforce strict Coronavirus executive orders set forth by Gov. Roy Cooper.