Ben Thompson

Charlotte

Anchor and Reporter at WCNC-TV (Charlotte, NC)

Host at WCNC Charlotte's Flashpoint

Anchor, WCNC Charlotte 4:30-7am and 11:30-12:30pm. | Moderator, Flashpoint - 11am Sunday

Articles

Boston man buys $9k Maserati, drives 2.7k miles from Phoenix and learns a lot along the way

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Ben Thompson

5 hours agoJames Vowles doesn’t believe ‘for a second’ what Carlos Sainz said on the Williams pit wall in MelbourneCarlos Sainz’s debut for Williams did not go as expected at the Australian Grand Prix.
2025 Tesla Model Y owner blown away by just how good the adaptive headlights are

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Ben Thompson

7 hours agoThousands of Tesla owners doxxed. The only way to get off the list? Sell your carAmid worldwide protests against Tesla due to CEO Elon Musk’s involvement in the company, a website has surfaced with address and contact information of thousands of Tesla owners. And the same site says that the only way to get off the list is to prove that you’ve sold your car.
Luxury superyacht costs $3M to charter for a week

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Ben Thompson

3 days ago"We get paid to live on £22-million super yachts and travel the world"A young couple ditched their minimum wage jobs to get paid to sail the world on £22million superyachts. Kyle Forster, 20, was working as a lifeguard and Phoebe Robinson, 21, was a B&B worker before they set off in search of their dream jobs last year. They each did a two or three week crash course to learn how to work on yachts - before getting jobs as crew members on a £22,700,000 yacht in France.
21-year-old buys tiny biplane and tries to fly it from North Carolina to California, but landing it has him extremely nervous

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Ben Thompson

NowCNN — On the shores of the Baltic Sea, in the south of Denmark, a vast engineering marvel is taking shape — piece by giant concrete piece — that, when finished, will drastically redraw the road and rail maps of Europe. The Fehmarnbelt tunnel may not have grabbed the popular imagination in the same …
Excessive mortgage lending rules leave London tenants stuck in the rental trap

1 month ago | msn.com | Ben Thompson

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Excessive mortgage lending rules leave London tenants stuck in the rental trap

1 month ago | aol.co.uk | Ben Thompson

For too long now, renters have been hamstrung by rising rental payments, making saving for a deposit extremely difficult. Recent levels of higher inflation have arguably made this a lot harder. Additionally, we will shortly see a reduction in the Stamp Duty threshold for first time buyers (‘FTBs’) too. In my opinion, this whole area needs proper focus and attention, and is a real social problem that must be tackled.
Max Verstappen filmed landing in amazing new private plane

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Ben Thompson

10 hours agoHow Lewis Hamilton’s best lap time compared to Charles Leclerc’s fastest SF-25 run in Ferrari’s new F1 car at FioranoLewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc wasted no time to fly back to Italy after F1 75 and get their first taste of Ferrari’s car for the 2025 season by …3 hours agoNASCAR Driver Toni Breidinger Stuns In Sports Illustrated Swimsuit PhotoNASCAR driver Toni Breidinger knows how to turn heads on and off the track, that's for sure.
Tesla to launch Supercharger wait queue after viral fight

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Ben Thompson

The Myth That Is Elon MuskI have told this story before about my experience with Elon Musk. I was doing some sales consultation work as a contractor for Solar City, run by his …
Atlanta Falcons owner to sell superyacht after Super Bowl

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Ben Thompson

Now2025 NFL cut candidates: Which big-name players are on thin ice? Before the NFL's free agency frenzy can begin, teams have to take stock of their financial standing and weigh some difficult moves. All 32 teams must be compliant with the league's salary cap by the start of the new league year on March 12.
Woman finds abandoned American Airlines plane in Puerto Rico

Jan 27, 2025 | flipboard.com | Ben Thompson

1 day agoAir travel has certainly changed over time, and an occasion that once mandated dressing smartly has become considerably more casual. Recently, Spirit Airlines issued a new dress code for its flight passengers, after several news-making instances regarding customers being removed from flights due to …