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  1. Dec 6

    Her name is Karah Abbott. She accused boyfriend and college quarterback Kevin Olsen of rape. Two months after Olsen's acquittal, Abbott is speaking out. There are few things she'd like you to know.

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  2. Oct 19

    New Russia election meddling court documents say conspirators created a Facebook persona for 'Helen Christopherson' to stir acrimony. That's the same contact who helped gin up anti-Trump rally in Charlotte two years ago.

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  3. Oct 3

    Greg Olsen is in the courtroom for his brother’s verdict. A decision in Kevin Olsen’s rape trial is minutes away.

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  4. Oct 3

    The jury struggling with a decision in the Kevin Olsen rape trial is 75 percent male and, on average, a generation or more removed from their college years. On the surface they appear to have little in common with Olsen and his accuser.

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  5. Oct 3

    Jury in Kevin Olsen’s rape trial just sent another note to the judge, this time asking ‘what happens if we are unable to come to an unanimous agreement? What happens if we have a hung jury?’

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  6. Oct 3

    Jurors in the Kevin Olsen rape trial just broke for lunch. Midway thru their second full day of deliberations, no sign of a verdict.

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  7. Oct 1

    In closing statement in rape trial of Kevin Olsen rape trial, defense attorney George Laughrun says accuser wanted to wreck Olsen’s life and the police probe was a slipshod ‘rush to judgment .’ ‘Stop it right there. The rush to judgment has to through you.’

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  8. Oct 1

    Kevin Olsen will not be testifying in his rape trial. Defense is expected to rest this morning. Jury could be deliberating by Monday afternoon.

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  9. Sep 27

    Judge refuses motion to dismiss rape charges against Kevin Olsen. Defense argued that despite a beating beforehand, physical force had not taken place during the sex. Prosecutors called the argument ‘ludicrous’

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  10. Jul 19

    Duo tray Adams, one of two men accused of the brutal beating and murder of a Charlotte UBer driver, pleaded not guilty this morning in a Mecklenburg courtroom

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  11. Jul 19

    James Norris, who shot his wife as part of an apparent suicide pact, waslked out of court a free man. Experts ruled Norris was not capable to stand trial.

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  12. May 18

    They dreamed of adventure in their new RV. Instead, they got geysers of sewage.

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  13. May 16

    They dreamed of adventure in their new RV. Instead, they say, they got geysers of sewage.

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  14. May 11

    Prepare for Landing. Duct-taped passenger on Charlotte flight bit an attendant. She'll plead guilty to assault.

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  15. May 10

    NC doctor traded drugs for sex with patient whose kids were in the room, feds say

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  16. May 1

    'Godfather' ran Bloods' gang from New York prison, Feds say. Now he's on trial in Charlotte.

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  17. Apr 25

    A legal fight over religious liberty has broken out in a notorious N.C. prison, and it's being led by a transgender witch.

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  18. Apr 20

    An American Airlines employee tried to bypass security in Charlotte. He got 14 months in prison instead.

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  19. Apr 19

    Charlotte woman who says she was assaulted by out-of-control cop on Bald Head Island settles her lawsuit against him.

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  20. Apr 13

    Teen has missed 77 days of school. Will threatening his parents with jail help CMS or unnecessarily criminalize what are often low-income families?

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