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The Federal Trade Commission, along with 47 states and Washington D.C. have accused Facebook of becoming a social media monopoly by "crushing smaller rivals", according to separate federal lawsuits filed on Wednesday. According to the New York Times, "Federal and state regulators, who have been investigating the company for over 18 months, said in separate lawsuits that Facebook’s purchases, especially Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 and WhatsApp for $19 billion two years later, eliminated competition that could have one day challenged the company’s dominance."

In a release from You Tube titled "Supporting the 2020 U.S. election" on their official blog page, the service "will start removing any piece of content uploaded today (or anytime after) that misleads people by alleging that widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election"

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board has voted for all K-12 students to learn remotely starting on Dec. 14. A vote that passed by a 6-3 margin on Tuesday night. However, no changes for Pre-K instruction that will still be offered in-person.

"As cases across the country continue to rise, we've seen rapid increases in our key metrics here in North Carolina," Cooper said during a press conference. "Our case counts have broken single-day records on three separate days in just the last week, and the percent of tests returning positive has increased to more than ten percent."

As hard as it is to believe, Lennon, who was 40 when he was murdered by Mark David Chapman, has been gone the same amount of time he was alive. A revolutionary advocate for peace and progress, the Beatles front man is remembered through his lyrics, which are still as popular today

North Carolina waits to see if restrictions will tighten as the Governor's current executive order is set to expire on Friday at 3 p.m. ET. As it stands right now, businesses are operating at a reduced capacity with most restaurant dining rooms shut down entirely. Some Business owners fear that further restrictions could force them to close permanently.

North Carolina reported a record 6,438 COVID-19 cases on Sunday. The grim report prompted Gov. Cooper to tweet out, “Our actions right now are life or death,” as his existing Coronavirus restrictions are set to expire this week.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper took time out of his busy schedule to make an appearance on CNN last night. Out of the topics he discussed with Erin Burnett was the possibility of more restrictive measures including a rollback to a stay-at-home order. “My current order will run out next week. All of our options […]

84 deaths related to Covid-19 in one day is a new high for North Carolina.  That number was recorded on Wednesday, December 1 according to information provided by the New York Times.  So far this week the daily average number of Covid deaths in North Carolina is 41.  Comparing that to recent weeks, it is up significantly.  For instance, last week November 23-29 saw a daily average death rate of 31 per day, and the 2 weeks prior saw 33 and 29 respectively. 

North Carolina State University professor De-Yu Xie is taking a closer look the DNA structure COVID-19 and how plants can effect progression of the virus. Xie and his team believes the chemical compounds of certain foods can bind to or block a specific Coronavirus enzyme.