4+ hour, 42+ min ago  (242+ words) WASHINGTON " Seasonal Specialties is recalling an outdoor Christmas decoration sold on the Sam's Club website due to burn risk. A recall alert issued Thursday by the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Seasonal Specialties says that the decoration, a Members Mark…...

5+ hour, 29+ min ago  (294+ words) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. " Bissell is voluntarily recalling more than 1. 7 million handheld steam cleaners after reports of burn injuries caused by attachments that unexpectedly pop off during use, spraying users with hot water or steam. The U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced…...

5+ hour, 26+ min ago  (267+ words) CONCORD, N. C. " For some children growing up in Concord's public housing communities, stepping outside doesn't always feel safe. "There are gunshots like pow pow," one young resident said. "The bullets would sound like they're right next to me. I wouldn't want…...

7+ hour, 33+ min ago  (197+ words) WASHINGTON " Stub Hub has agreed to pay $10 million to settle charges from the'Federal Trade Commission alleging the company did not properly disclose ticket prices to consumers.' The FTC announced that Stub Hub, which is the nation's largest ticket resale provider,…...

7+ hour, 30+ min ago  (228+ words) A Charlotte family finds closure nearly six years after a deadly robbery. Northeast Charlotte shooting leaves 1 person hurt CHARLOTTE, N. C. " A shooting innortheast Charlotte left one person hurt on Thursday. The stabbing happened on East Mc Cullough Drive near North Tryon…...

7+ hour, 25+ min ago  (369+ words) CHARLOTTE, N. C. " The Newton community is coming together to honor a law enforcement officer killed in a 2024 ambush on officers in Charlotte. Organizers of the'Samurai Sprint 5 K and Dojo Dash Fun Run say the event is raising money for a new…...

8+ hour, 58+ min ago  (357+ words) WASHINGTON " Two iconic polar species " the emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal " could be moving toward extinction, according to a new assessment from an international organization. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which tracks extinction risk for…...

8+ hour, 28+ min ago  (514+ words) WASHINGTON " Afrika Bambaataa, a man widely considered one of the main pioneers of hip-hop, died in Pennsylvania of prostate cancer on Thursday, according to his lawyer. He was 68. The rapper and producer is best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982s "Planet…...

8+ hour, 57+ min ago  (114+ words) ROWAN COUNTY, N. C. " A fire in Rowan County left one person dead on Thursday. The fire happened at a home on Spring Valley Place in Granite Falls around 3: 13 a. m. , according to the Grace Chapel Fire Department. Fire was showing from the basement…...

9+ hour, 47+ min ago  (414+ words) WASHINGTON " The U. S. Postal Service on Thursday proposed raising the price of a first-class stamp, while announcing it would stop making employer contributions to its workers' pension fund " the latest emergency measures as the agency warns it could run out of…...