The Charlotte Observer

The Charlotte Observer

The Charlotte Observer is a newspaper that caters to Charlotte, North Carolina, and its surrounding metropolitan area. It boasts the highest circulation in both North and South Carolina. The publication is owned by The McClatchy Company.

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  • 14 hours ago | charlotteobserver.com | Rebecca Noel

    Community members are calling Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to do more to protect immigrant students after a parent was detained near a school this month. A key point for multiple public speakers at Thursday's Board of Education meeting: CMS is the only school district of the 20 largest in the nation that prohibits community organizations from giving out "Know Your Rights" information to families.

  • 17 hours ago | charlotteobserver.com | Robert Marvi

    The Indiana Pacers have been the little engine that could throughout this year's NBA playoffs. They finished a modest fourth place in the Eastern Conference during the regular season, but over the last several weeks, they have turned into a growing nightmare. They upset the Cleveland Cavaliers, who had won 64 games, in the second round of the playoffs, and they then brushed past the New York Knicks, who had just knocked off the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics.

  • 19 hours ago | charlotteobserver.com | Joe Graedon |Teresa Graedon

    Sometimes it takes the Food and Drug Administration a very long time to spring into action. We have been badgering the agency for years to warn doctors, pharmacists and patients that sudden discontinuation of some popular antihistamines can lead to unbearable itching that can last for weeks. At long last the FDA has agreed.

  • 1 day ago | charlotteobserver.com | Simone Jasper

    A toothless cat has a "grumpy grandpa face" - but don't let it fool you. "Sure, he looks like he's about to yell at you for stepping on his lawn... but the truth? He's a total marshmallow. The kind that melts in your hands," a North Carolina shelter wrote June 3 on Facebook. "We could barely snap a photo - Archie kept smushing into us, climbing into arms like he'd been waiting a lifetime to be held."Archie needs a home after he landed at the Watauga Humane Society on April 1.

  • 1 day ago | charlotteobserver.com | Simone Jasper

    A "gentle" mama dog helped orphaned puppies after losing her own litter, North Carolina rescuers said. Screengrab from Peak Lab Rescue on Facebook A mama dog helped orphaned puppies "without hesitation" - and soon, she will go up for adoption in North Carolina. "Grace is one of the best mama dogs and cared for her puppies very well long after weaning them which is not typical of most mama dogs," Carly Perin, who helped care for the mom, told McClatchy News in a June 4 email.